Civil Rights
Civil Case Updates for Criminal Practitioners Archive (March 2018)
“The Cops Beat the Crap Out of Me” and Preclusion of Civil Suits by Criminal Guilty Pleas
Byrd v. Phoenix Police Dep’t, No. 16-16152, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 6575 (9th Cir., March 16, 2018).
This case teaches two things: 1) pleading guilty to a drug
“Rising Against Asian Hate” now on PBS
Incidents of harassment, bullying, and hate crimes against the Asian American community have been on the rise since early 2020. Stop AAPI Hate documented nearly 11,500 acts of hate during the two year period from March 2020 through 2022. Sadly, California
Pretext Stops, Whren, and The Onion before the Supreme Court
(Constitutional Cases for Justice Warriors: October 12, 2022 Edition)
Other than a hard-fought loss from McKenzie Scott PC’s criminal / white-collar practice, it was a slow week for relevant Ninth Circuit civil cases.
So we turn our attention to unexpectedly powerful language—and ideas—from the Fifth
