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Punch and Jurists: June 30, 2008

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Volume 15, Number 25

In this issue:

  1. Redding v. Safford United School District, No. 05-15759 (9th Cir.) (504 F.3d 828) (September 21, 2007) (Judge Richard R. Clifton) (p None)
  2. U.S. v. Ramos, No. 06-51489 (5th Cir.) (537 F.3d 439) (July 28, 2008) (Judge E. Grady Jolly) (p None)
  3. Redding v. Safford United School District # 1, No. 05-15759 (9th Cir.) (531 F.3d 1071) (July 11, 2008) (Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw) (p None)
  4. U.S. v. Cope, No. 06-50441 (9th Cir.) (527 F.3d 944) (June 4, 2008) (Judge Sidney R. Thomas) (p None)
  5. Warshak v. U.S., No. 06-4092 (6th Cir.) (532 F.3d 521) (July 11, 2008) (Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton) (p None)
  6. A.C.L.U. v. Mukasey, No. 07-2539 (3rd Cir.) (534 F.3d 181) (July 22, 2008) (Judge Morton I. Greenberg) (p None)
  7. U.S. v. Gilbert, No. 07-30153 (9th Cir.) (286 Fed.Appx. 383) (July 15, 2008) (Per Curiam) (p None)

Redding v. Safford United School District, No. 05-15759 (9th Cir.) (504 F.3d 828) (September 21, 2007) (Judge Richard R. Clifton)

Loaded on Aug. 1, 2007 published in Punch and Jurists June 30, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, School Searches.

In this case, Savana Redding, a 13-year old student in Arizona, appealed from a Magistrate Judge’s dismissal of her civil rights action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against her school district and various individuals for conducting a warrantless strip-search on her during school hours and on school premises. The ...

U.S. v. Ramos, No. 06-51489 (5th Cir.) (537 F.3d 439) (July 28, 2008) (Judge E. Grady Jolly)

Loaded on June 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists June 30, 2008
Filed under: Excessive Force, Punch And Jurists.

Few criminal prosecutions in the last decade have generated more emotion and controversy than this case involving two former U.S. Border Patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. They were convicted of a series of crimes arising out of their shooting on Feb. 17, 2005 of Oswaldo Aldrete-Davilla, as he ...

Redding v. Safford United School District # 1, No. 05-15759 (9th Cir.) (531 F.3d 1071) (July 11, 2008) (Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw)

Loaded on June 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists June 30, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, School Searches.

In Redding v. Safford United School District # 1, 504 F.3d 828 (9th Cir. Sept. 21, 2007) ("Redding I") (P&J, 08/27/07), a divided panel issued a controversial ruling upholding the dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit brought by Savana Redding, a 13-year old student, against her school district and various ...

U.S. v. Cope, No. 06-50441 (9th Cir.) (527 F.3d 944) (June 4, 2008) (Judge Sidney R. Thomas)

Loaded on June 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists June 30, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Chemical Castration.

Gordon Cope was arrested in September, 2003 by the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department, and charged with various sex offense crimes arising out of their discovery of over 600 images and 20 videos of child pornography on Cope's home computers, including "videos of sadistic and masochistic acts." Ultimately, Cope pled guilty ...

Warshak v. U.S., No. 06-4092 (6th Cir.) (532 F.3d 521) (July 11, 2008) (Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton)

Loaded on June 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists June 30, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Emails.

In Warshak v. U.S., 490 F.3d 455 (6th Cir. June 18, 2007) (“Warshak I”) (P&J, 06/04/07), a panel from the Sixth Circuit issued a landmark decision in which it affirmed an injunction prohibiting the Government from seizing the contents of personal email accounts maintained by Internet Service Providers (ISPs), without ...

A.C.L.U. v. Mukasey, No. 07-2539 (3rd Cir.) (534 F.3d 181) (July 22, 2008) (Judge Morton I. Greenberg)

Loaded on June 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists June 30, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Child Online Protection Act (COPA).

For more than a decade, Congress and the courts have been battling over the permissible boundaries of legislation designed to outlaw child pornography on the Internet. The latest battle lines can trace their history to 1997, when the Supreme Court struck down several key provisions of the former Communications Decency ...

U.S. v. Gilbert, No. 07-30153 (9th Cir.) (286 Fed.Appx. 383) (July 15, 2008) (Per Curiam)

Loaded on June 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists June 30, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists.

The initial tremors from the Supreme Court’s blockbuster Second Amendment decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2783 (June 28, 2008) (P&J, 06/02/08) have begun to die down; but now there seems to be a race among the courts, individual gun rights proponents, state legislatures ...