Rachel Love presented at the 2017 Utah Sheriffs’ Association 22nd Annual Law Enforcement and Corrections Training Conference in St. George, Utah: Transgender Inmate Populations; and Answering and Lowering Your Grievances.  September 2017.

In Yahweh v. City of Phoenix, No. 1 CA-CV 16-0270, __ WL __ (Ariz. App. July 11, 2017), the court held that A.R.S. § 12-821.01’s sum-certain requirement requires a claimant to include in a notice of claim “a particular and certain amount of money that, if agreed to by the […]

On June 14, 2017, the Appellate Practice Section of the Arizona State Bar will be presenting this seminar at this year’s Bar Convention in Tucson, Arizona.  Following a live (and real) oral argument before the Arizona Court of Appeals, there will be analysis by expert commentators sharing their insights, highlighting […]

In Lowry v. City of San Diego, 13-56141, 2017 WL 2434715 (9th Cir. June 6, 2017), officers responded to an office building to investigate a triggered burglar alarm. Upon seeing an opened door to a darkened suite and suspecting a burglary might be in progress, one of the officers released […]

In County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, 16-369, 2017 WL 2322832 (U.S. May 30, 2017), the Supreme Court rejected the Ninth Circuit’s provocation rule, see Billington v. Smith, 292 F.3d 1177, 1189 (9th Cir. 2002).  Under that rule, an officer was liable for injuries resulting from a use of force—even […]

In Glazer v. State, 1 CA-CV 16-0416, 2017 WL 2125720 (Ariz. App. May 16, 2017), the court held that the lower interest rate applicable to judgments against the State during an appeal does not apply to any portion of a judgment that is not being paid out of the State’s […]

In S. B. v. County of San Diego, 15-56848, 2017 WL 1959984 (9th Cir. May 12, 2017), an individual with a history of mental health issues was acting aggressively and strangely all day, at one point threatening “someone was gonna get hurt” if he did not get some alcohol.  Concerned […]

In City of Phoenix v. Glenayre Elecs., Inc., CV-16-0126-PR, 2017 WL 1929472, at *1 (Ariz. May 10, 2017), the Arizona Supreme Court held that the statute of repose in A.R.S. § 12-552(A) applies to government entities and bars certain real property actions, notwithstanding A.R.S. § 12-510’s provision exempting government entities […]

On May 11, 2017, Nick Acedo presented at the Twentieth Annual Public Practice Legal Seminar at the Prescott Resort in Prescott, Arizona.  The topic—An Appellate Perspective on Case Strategy—included a discussion on appellate tips and insight, recent cases and trends in the law affecting public entities, and a close look […]

Following a two week trial in federal court, Dan Struck obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a correctional services provider. The six inmate plaintiffs were assaulted by a group of gang member inmates in a close custody unit. Plaintiffs alleged prison administrators failed to protect them, and that the […]