Last week, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, is unconstitutional. For now that means new DACA applications will not be approved, but DACA renewals will still be processed. It was the latest blow to the program, which allows more than …
Read More »Court Document Fees in Kern County Are Rising. Are They Too Restrictive?
In the past, when government agencies and the media requested court records from the Kern County Superior Court, they could typically access them for free. Last month, however, that changed, due in part to a rising number of incoming record requests. According to some sources, rising court fees are becoming …
Read More »Fresno City Council Votes To Support DACA Cases Going Before The Supreme Court
Fresno will join more than 40 other cities across the country in a legal brief that supports three Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals cases going before the Supreme Court in November. The Fresno City Council voted Thursday to be listed in the Amicus brief that supports the plaintiffs in the …
Read More »Inmates Who Contracted Valley Fever In California Prisons Petition U.S. Supreme Court For Relief
For more than a decade, lawsuits have been piling up against California from inmates who contracted the fungal disease valley fever while incarcerated in state prison . Most plaintiffs have lost. Now, many of them are turning to a higher court. A group of 117 currently and formerly incarcerated people …
Read More »Group Asks Supreme Court To Review Challenge To Madera Casino
A case challenging plans by a Madera County Native American tribe to build a casino and hotel resort has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, known as Stand Up California versus the federal Department of the Interior, questions the government’s ability to bring land into to trust …
Read More »Environmentalists’ lawsuit to drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir heads back to court
Two years after losing in court and six years after being rejected by voters, a Berkeley environmental group is continuing its long-running battle to drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, a linchpin … Click to Continue »
Read More »East Area Rapist suspect due back in court for hearing on sealed search warrant
East Area Rapist suspect Joseph James DeAngelo is due back in court Wednesday morning for a motion hearing involving a sealed search warrant in the case. DeAngelo, 72, made his … Click to Continue »
Read More »Battle over resuming California executions heads to court
The battle over California’s voter-backed effort to resume executions will begin in earnest when state officials and death penalty supporters head to court to seek an end to orders that … Click to Continue »
Read More »Slain toddler from Chowchilla identified by family. Suspect to appear in court.
The 2-year-old boy who was beaten, killed and left at Madera gas station has been identified by family members as Emmanuel Burton. The child was in the care of “family … Click to Continue »
Read More »Court documents blame ex CEO of Merced clinic for its closure. Here’s who she blames
The founder and former CEO of a defunct Merced health clinic that served thousands of low-income patients has been accused in court documents as the person responsible for the clinic’s … Click to Continue »
Read More »‘It should have been me’: Obdulia Sanchez talks in court, then is sentenced
Obdulia Sanchez, 18, of Stockton, appears before Judge Ronald W. Hansen during a sentencing hearing in the Merced County Superior Courthouse in Merced, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Sanchez was sentenced to six years and four months in prison for gross vehicular manslaughter, DUI and child endangerment for a …
Read More »Larry Nassar nearly attacked in court room by father of three victims, video shows
A father of three victims of Larry Nassar tried to attack the disgraced former sports doctor Friday during a court hearing in Michigan. After two of his daughters spoke, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Court orders psych evaluation in alleged Satanic killing
Melissa Bal, 37, of San Diego, appears before Judge Jeanne Schechter at the Merced County Superior Courthouse for a competency hearing where no decision was made, in Merced, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. Bal, who is suspected of killing her mother Lydia Marie Bal, 55, of Dos Palos, in …
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