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Petition for rehearing denied.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

*972 ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge: Afshin Bahrampour seeks reversal of the summary judgment entered in favor of the prison officials of the Oregon Department of Corrections (collectively “ODC”). In his pro se complaint, Mr. Bahrampour alleged that ODC violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights to free

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 05-56235 PARK PLACE ASSOCIATES, LTD., a  D.C. No. CV-04-08387-DT California limited partnership; GEORGE HARDIE; KARD KING, INC., a California corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

563 F.3d 907 (2009) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PARK PLACE ASSOCIATES, LTD., a California limited partnership; George Hardie; Kard King, Inc., a California corporation, Defendants-Appellees. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Park Place Associates, Ltd., a California limited partnership; George Hardie; Kard King, Inc., a California corporation, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 05-56

Honorable John J. Tuchi, United States District Judge At issue is Plaintiff and Counterdefendant Keith Ader's Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims and Motion to Strike Certain Affirmative Defenses (Doc. 38, Mot. to Dismiss), to which Defendants and Counterclaimants SimonMed Imaging Incorporated, SMI Imaging, LLC, and Howard John Simon (collectively, "SMI") filed a Response (Doc. 39, Resp.), and Ader filed a Reply (Doc. 40, Reply). The Co

*1239CORRECTED1 MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER RE FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS (Doc. 106) RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS (Doc. 89) Lawrence J. O’NEILL, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE a. The Constitutional Right at Issue. Although it is beyond dispute that Plaintiffs have a constituti

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of: No. 19-17449 other Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:15-cv-02245- v. ROS CHARLES L. RYAN, in his official capacity as Director of the Arizona OPINION Department of Corrections and in his individual capacity; GAIL RITTENHOUSE,

20-1158 Reynolds, et al. v. Quiros, et al. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit _____________________________________ August Term 2020 (Argued: April 12, 2021 Decided: February 3, 2022) No. 20-1158 _____________________________________ RICHAR

OPINION AND ORDER MOSMAN, District Judge. Pro se plaintiff Jeffrey Forter is an inmate at the Oregon Department of Corrections (“DOC”) and a practicing member of the Christian Identity Faith. Christian Identity is a Christianity-based religion based largely on the supremacy of Caucasians — specifically Northern Europeans. While it is ostensibly peaceful, many of its central tenets are conspicuously r

MEMORANDUM OPINION Glen E. Conrad, Chief United States District Judge Douglas Fauconier, a prisoner proceeding pro se, commenced this civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against four defendants in their individual and official capacities: Harold Clarke, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections (“VDOC”); David Robinson, Chief of Corrections Operations at Augusta Correctional Center (“ACC”);

493 F.Supp.2d 1122 (2007) Ronald WILSON, Plaintiff, v. PFS, LLC dba McDonald'S # 23315; PFS Management Co. Inc.; McDonald's Corporation, Defendants. No. 06CV1046 WQN (NLS). United States District Court, S.D. California. May 31, 2007. *1123 Scottlynn J. Hubbard, IV, Lynn Hubbard, III, Law Offices of Lynn Hubbard, Chico, CA, for Pl

POSNER, Circuit Judge. Anthony King, an inmate at a federal prison in Illinois, brought this suit for damages against both the prison’s warden and the Bureau of Prisons, claiming that they had violated his federal constitutional rights by forbidding him to telephone his stockbroker and to buy a book on computer programming. The district judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), whi

524 F.Supp.2d 1222 (2007) Lary FEEZOR, Plaintiff, v. TESSTAB OPERATIONS GROUP, INC., dba McDonald's # 5416; McDonald's Corporation, Defendants. Civil No. 07cv840-L(BLM). United States District Court, S.D. California. December 17, 2007. *1223 Lynn Hubbard III, Scottlynn J Hubbard IV, Law Offices of Lynn Hubbard, Chico, CA, for Pla

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER RE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (Doc. 164) RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS (Docs. 138, 140) LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL, District Judge I. INTRODUCTION Coccidioidomycosis, commonly known as “Valley Fever,” is an infection caused by inhaling the spores of the fungus Cocci-dioides, which is endemic to the soil throughout the southwestern United States

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE No. 24-2552 CENTER, INC., D.C. No. 4:21-cv-05047- Plaintiff - Appellant, TOR v. JEFFERY ALFRED UTTECHT, OPINION Superintendent of Coyote Ridge Corrections Center of the Washington Department

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW HERNÁNDEZ, District Judge: This case concerns the constitutionality of the Oregon Department of Corrections’ decision to reject an incoming piece of mail because it had artwork on the front of the envelope. Plaintiff Jacob Barrett, an Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) inmate, brings a claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which provides a cause of

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT VENTURA CONTENT, LTD., an Nos. 13-56332 Anguilla corporation, 13-56970 Plaintiff-Appellant/ Cross-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:11-cv-05912- v. SVW-FMO MOTHERLESS, INC., a New York corporation; JOSHUA LANGE, an OPINION individual,

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT NEIL GRENNING, No. 23-3018 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:22-cv-00136- MKD v. JAMES R KEY, sued in his official OPINION and individual capacities; ANN WISE, sued in her official and individual capacities,

OPINION N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge: Under the “void-for-vagueness” doctrine, due process requires enactments to be written with “sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited and in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement.” Kolender v. Lawson, 461 U.S. 352, 3