In Castro v. County of Los Angeles, 785 F.3d 336 (9th Cir. 2015), the Ninth Circuit held that the deliberate-indifference standard for constitutional violations and the reckless-indifference standard for punitive damages in § 1983 cases are synonymous. Thus, juries “have the discretion to impose punitive damages if they believe further punishment […]

In Yousefian v. City of Glendale, 779 F.3d 1010 (9th Cir. 2015), the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of several police officers who were sued for false arrest and malicious prosecution. The court held there was probable cause to arrest and prosecute the suspect, notwithstanding the fact that the […]

In Sharkey v. O’Neal, 778 F.3d 767 (9th Cir. 2015), the Ninth Circuit held that the statute of limitations for claims under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (public services disability discrimination), which does not contain an express statute of limitations, is the forum state’s statute of limitations […]