Criminal Defense
Reed v. Goertz: Criminal defendant challenges Texas post-conviction DNA statutes
U.S. Supreme Court holds that Section 1983 procedural due process claim accrues when state-court litigation ends
Reed v. Goertz, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to determine when a cause of action accrues (and thus when the statute of limitations period starts running) for a plaintiff’s claim under 42 U.S.C.
Civil Rights Cases for Criminal Practitioners
Greetings, beloved criminal practitioners and defenders of civil rights! After a break from doing these updates, attributable mostly to a crazy trial schedule and launching / rebranding our new firm McKenzie Scott PC, my colleagues and I are excited to reboot this newsletter. As always, our hope is to
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
