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(Tampa divorce attorney) Joshua A. v. Rocklin Unified Sch. Dist.

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(U.S. 9th Cir., Civil Procedure, Education Law) In a motion under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), requesting that Defendant school district be ordered to co-fund Plaintiff’s in-home intervention program, the motion is granted where the IDEA’s “stay put” provision applies to proceedings pending in the Courts of Appeals.

International Union of Operating Eng’rs. v. Plumas

(U.S. 9th Cir., Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law) In an action by Plaintiff-Union to compel arbitration based on allegedly wrongful terminations by Defendant-County, the order compelling arbitration is reversed, where Defendant was a political subdivision and thus was not an “employer” under the Labor-Management Relations Act, and hence the District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.

Boling-Bey v. US Parole Comm’n.

(U.S. 10th Cir., Civil Procedure) Plaintiff-Inmate’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied, where Plaintiff failed to provide a certified copy of his trust fund account statement, and it was immaterial under the Prison Litigation Reform Act that Plaintiff obtained leave to proceed in forma pauperis in the District Court.

Lopez v. Holder

(U.S. 5th Cir., Civil Procedure, Immigration Law) Denial of Petitioners’ petition for review of their removal from the U.S. is vacated, where the magistrate judge who had heard their earlier habeas petition did not have jurisdiction to hear their subsequent petition for review without Petitioners’ consent.

Zokari v. Gates

(U.S. 10th Cir., Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law) In a Title VII action claiming that Plaintiff was terminated based on his race, judgment for Defendant is affirmed where Plaintiff’s retaliation claim failed because he could not establish a causal connection between his protected activity and the adverse employment action.

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