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Court Denies Injunction in Title IX Retaliation Case
Jane Doe 9 v. Steven Sloan, decided by Seventh Circuit on April 14, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction soug...
Florida appeals court reverses cocaine conviction due to illegal search
Jackson v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 13, 2026, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The plaintiff, Jackson, sued the State of Florida alleging that his arr...
Ninth Circuit: No Eighth Amendment violation for Hepatitis C treatment
David Ramirez v. Ryan Thornell, decided by Ninth Circuit on April 9, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction, hold...
Excessive Force Claim Fails Due to Insufficient Evidence
Richards v. Cuyahoga Cty. Corr. Ctr. Warden Shemo, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on April 6, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former inmate, sued the correctional center ...
Excessive Force Claim Dismissed: Inmate Fails to Prove Deliberate Indifference
Richards v. Cuyahoga Cty. Corr. Ctr. Warden Shemo, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on March 27, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former inmate, sued the correctional center...
Sheriff Not Liable for Arrestee's Injuries
State ex rel. Fritsche v. Cook, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on March 25, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's decision, holding that the...
Ohio Court Affirms Dismissal of Inmate's Medical Care Claim
Jones v. Ohio, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on March 19, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Jones, sued the defendant, Ohio, alleging that the state's failure to provide ade...
Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Prisoner's Medical Care Lawsuit
Richardson v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 11, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Richardson, sued the State of Florida, alleging that ...
Prisoner's Eighth Amendment claim for unsanitary cell conditions denied preliminary injunction
Shareef Childs v. Cheryl Webster, decided by Seventh Circuit on March 4, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction...
Florida's 'no-contact' policy for sex offenders upheld
Liddie v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 27, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former inmate, sued the state of Florida alleging th...
Sheriff Not Liable for Deputy's Alleged Excessive Force
Gregroy Tony, in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Broward County, Florida v. Ashley Biggie, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 26, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. Th...
Fifth Circuit: School District Not Liable for Title IX Claims
Castille v. Port Arthur ISD, decided by Fifth Circuit on February 24, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Port Arthu...
Prisoner's Eighth Amendment claim for special diet denied
Nardoni v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Nardoni, sued the State of Florida alleging that the ...
Prisoner's Eighth Amendment claim for inadequate medical care fails
Jackson v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 20, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Jackson, sued the State of Florida, alleging that the...
Prison officials' actions did not show deliberate indifference to inmate's access to courts
Khanal v. Bondi, decided by First Circuit on February 18, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former inmate, sued the former Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections,...
Ohio Supreme Court: Overly Broad Public Records Request Denied
State ex rel. Lawrence v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., decided by Ohio Supreme Court on February 18, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ohio Supreme Court considered whether the Department of ...
School district not liable for student bullying under state-created danger doctrine
M. D. v. Momence Community Unified School District 1, decided by Illinois Appellate Court on February 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, M.D., a minor student, alleged that ...
Prisoner's deliberate indifference claim dismissed for failure to plead awareness of risk
Nyynkpao Banyee v. Pamela Bondi, decided by Eighth Circuit on January 29, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a prisoner's lawsuit ...
Inmate's claim of deliberate indifference to sexual assault denied preliminary injunction
John Doe v. John Burlew, decided by Sixth Circuit on January 26, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought by...
Fourth Circuit: No Deliberate Indifference in Prison Sexual Assault Case
Frederick Allen v. Joshua Stein, decided by Fourth Circuit on January 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a former inmate's law...
Texas appeals court upholds dismissal of inmate death lawsuit against state
In the Estate of Georgia Gayle Arnold v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on January 15, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Estate of Georgia Gayle Arnold sued the Sta...
Court Rules State Not Deliberately Indifferent to Inmate's Medical Needs
ROGERS v. STATE OF NEVADA, decided by Nevada Supreme Court on January 15, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Rogers, sued the State of Nevada alleging that the state's failure t...
Sheriff Not Liable for Inmate's Harm Under Eighth Amendment
Ryan Wolterman v. Shawn Syverson, decided by Eighth Circuit on January 14, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the ...
Eighth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Officers in Death-in-Custody Case
Sara Montague, individually, and as parent and next friend of C.M., a minor, and as the duly authorized representative of the Estate of Robert McFarland v. Beth Skinner, William Sperfslage, Samantha T...