A divided en banc Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that a request for judgment on the pleadings was properly granted to the Los Angeles Unified School District in an action challenging, on constitutional grounds, a now-defunct rule mandating that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, rejecting the plaintiffs’ assertion that case law relating to mandatory inoculation policies did not apply to the purportedly less effective shots.

The ruling leaves in place a temporary restraining order barring masked and heavily armed agents from snatching people off the streets of Southern California without first establishing reasonable suspicion that they are in the U.S. illegally. The ruling scolded the Department of Justice for “misreading” the restraining order it sought to block.

The Court of Appeal for this district has determined that a woman who was found to have physically and verbally abused her husband, from whom she is now estranged, should have her identity shielded—despite her written opposition to use by the court of her initials rather than her actual name.

The State Bar of California is seeking to inform former State Bar licensees that through December, they can settle their State Bar debt by paying half of the balance they owe through the Fresh Start Settlement Program. The one-year program is an offer and compromise opportunity for current and former State Bar attorneys.