A person’s presence in the same building with some potential connection to a fugitive fails to establish “particularized suspicion” to warrant a Terry stop, the Seventh Circuit held last week.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has reversed the Ninth Circuit’s decision, holding that Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) does not displace the state secrets privilege.

A federal judge has enjoined the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from enforcing a deportation prioritization directive to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit determined that the U.S. Postal Service acted outside of the authority of the Postal Service Reorganization Act.

On October 8, 2021, Travis Tuggle petitioned the Supreme Court to determine whether long-term, continuous, and video surveillance of a home constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.

The Federal Circuit issued two complementary opinions applying its 2021 precedent to disciplinary actions taken by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Supreme Court justices were critical during oral argument of allowing the federal government to prosecute a defendant in federal court previously convicted in a federally-operated tribal court.

The Federal Circuit held for the first time that an OPM decision to deny retirement benefits is an adverse personnel decision that can be appealed to the Merit Systems Protection Board.

The Eleventh Circuit wrote that it could not view the officer’s actions “with the 20/20 vision of hindsight” and that qualified immunity leaves “room for mistaken judgments.”

The Ohio National Guard and its Adjutant General (Guard) petitioned the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, requesting that it review a decision and order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).

An Army doctor working in Germany testified in an internal investigation that the commanding officer of the Army hospital harassed his wife and intimidated him at a hospital function after his wife complained about the care she received.

The officers pulled into an alleyway and saw a group of 5 individuals. The officers got out of the vehicle, approached the group, and asked him if they had any guns. Then, one began to run.

In central Illinois, Sheriff’s Deputy Derek Suttles spotted a silver Volkswagen traveling well under the posted speed limit with a covering over the rear cargo area.

A federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied a federal employee’s motion for a temporary restraining order to enjoin enforcement of the President’s executive orders.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected certiorari on Petitioner Erik Egbert’s request for the Court to reverse Bivens, the 1971 case that allows federal employees to be sued in their personal capacities for violating certain constitutional rights.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that sovereign immunity protected the government from such a suit.

On August 11, 2014, Salt Lake City Police Officer Bron Cruz shot and killed Dillon Taylor after responding to a radio transmission from dispatch, reporting that an individual “flashed a gun.”

A passport specialist at the Department of State (DOS) has argued that his fully successful performance evaluation should be considered as evidence that he consistently followed instructions.

Bivens may be under reconsideration as the U.S. Supreme Court re-circulated a petition asking the high court to do just that. The petition argues the Ninth Circuit went too far by expanding Bivens, an ideal vehicle to overturn.