Former Los Angeles fire chief appeals her dismissal
Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Christine Crowley is suing for the termination of Mayor Karen Bass as the city is tackling tensions following the fatal wildfires earlier this year. Crowley announced her decision on Thursday to appeal the dismissal in a letter to city council members. KTLA 5 reported. She said she chose to proceed […]
Appeals court ruling denies parents’ rights to be informed by school about 11-year-old child’s gender change
Parental rights were hit by a ruling from the Court of Appeals, which stated that the school did not need to notify parents when an 11-year-old said the child was changing gender. The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the previous ruling from 2022 by US District Judge Mark G. Mastroani. Rejected An […]
Appeals court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ conviction
Disgraced Terranos founder Elizabeth Holmes lost her bid to overturn a conviction of fraud on Monday. Holmes and Terranos President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani were found guilty in 2022 for valuing investors at a blood test startup that failed investors at $9 billion. A three-judge panel in San Francisco's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected allegations […]
US appeals court rejects Trump’s emergency bid to curtail birthright citizenship
The US Court of Appeals confirmed Wednesday that it would comply with an order that would block President Donald Trump from cutting automatic birth citizenship across the country as part of a Republican hardline crackdown on immigration and illegal border crossings. I did. The San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit rejected the Trump administration's request for an […]
Appeals court won’t immediately revive Trump’s birthright citizenship order
On Wednesday evening, the federal court of appeals declined the Trump administration's request to partially revive the president's executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The Justice Department has called on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to immediately limit the decisions of district judges blocking Trump's orders indefinitely, only individual plaintiffs sued in the underlying […]
Federal appeals court denies Trump request to reinstate birthright citizenship order
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the Trump administration's birth order immigration ban from coming into effect Wednesday. The appeals judge unanimously ruled that the administration failed to show that the administration was likely to succeed in the merits of the appeal, and urged the panel to go 3-0 against hearing the urgent […]
U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s Student Debt Forgiveness Plan
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has thwarted former President Joe Biden's savings for his valuable education (SAVE) plan. CNBC It has been reported The decision by the appeals court comes after “seven Republican-led states” filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education's save plan, with Biden not “power to establish a save plan,” […]
R. Kelly’s sex-trafficking convictions upheld by federal appeals court
R. Kelly's assault and sex trafficking conviction, along with a 30-year prison sentence, was upheld by the federal court of appeals on Wednesday, with the singer having sex with girls and young women for over a quarter of a century. He concluded that he exploited fame. Manhattan's Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday after […]
Appeals court denies Trump’s bid to reimpose federal funding freeze
The federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's efforts to temporarily suspend a lower court order to halt the president's fragile federal funding freeze. The court said the administration was unable to provide details about the potential harm caused by halting the freeze on federal payments for grants, loans and other programs. “[T]His […]
Appeals court denies Trump admin request to block judge's order to lift spending freeze
The federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to temporarily block a lower court order directing the Trump administration to freeze federal grants. The U.S. Court of Appeals in the First Circuit has already requested a suspension from the lower court judge John McConnell, the US District Judge who issued the order, but the appeal is […]