The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday vacated an order dismissing an action against the City of Santa Barbara and others in which the plaintiffs, who are Second Amendment advocates, contest the lawfulness of  their ejection from a “buy-back” event at which members of the public who surrendered “guns” and were given gift certificates,  arguing that they had a right to be present and challenge the legitimacy of the program.

Releases purportedly surrendering a party’s right to benefits under a plan established under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 must withstand “special scrutiny” such that, in addition to the considerations generally applicable to determine voluntariness, court must consider any allegations of misconduct by the administrator in obtaining the waiver, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday.

The Third District Court of Appeal held yesterday that an order prohibiting a man who was convicted of threatening a police officer on social media, as a condition of his supervised release from prison, from using or accessing any website that allows users to publicly share words or images on the platform is not unconstitutionally vague or overbroad.

(Subscription required) Navarro's approach--firm but human--is rooted not just in legal training, but in 15 years as a Riverside County public defender, handling everything from misdemeanors to gang homicides. She was the first Latina judge at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, and the third in the county.