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It is Sunday, Aug. 17.

Street vendors sue Fontana, claim illegal seizure of property

Fontana has been illegally throwing away street vendors’ property, a lawsuit filed Aug. 11 by the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice claims.

The suit charges Fontana with intentionally making it burdensome to get a food vendor license—and then unconstitutionally seizing and throwing away unlicensed vendors’ carts and food.

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Essayli drops charges against Ontario medical workers in ICE raid

On Aug. 15, US Attorney Bill Essayli asked to withdraw his case against two Ontario medical staffers recorded during an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement raid.

His July 24 complaint charged Jose de Jesus Ortega and Danielle Davila with assaulting a federal officer and conspiracy to prevent a federal officer from discharging his duties.

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Child sexual assault suit reform bill passes Assembly Judiciary Committee

Childhood sexual assault litigation may be reformed again. In 2019, the legislature extended the statute of limitations around child sex assault cases, giving plaintiffs until their 40th birthday to file.  In 2022, the legislature almost entirely removed the statute of limitations. With public agencies facing a tidal wave of lawsuits, Sacramento is considering bringing the statute of limitations back.

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Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore hundreds of UCLA research grants

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore a portion of the 800 federal science research grants that it suspended at UCLA last month, delivering a major setback to efforts to force the university into a $1 billion settlement. 

California district court judge Rita F. Lin ruled Tuesday that the suspensions violated her June  preliminary injunction in which she ordered the National Science Foundation to restore 114 grants it had terminated at the University of California and blocked the agency from cancelling other grants at the UC system.

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Aug. 17, 2025 federal filing roundup

Five government cases, 11 ADA cases, and more in this week's federal civil filing roundup.

Calendar

Aug. 19 Hispanic Bar Association of the Inland Empire’s networking event, Riverside

Aug. 25 Hispanic Bar Association of the Inland Empire’s reenactment of Lopez v. Seccombe, San Bernardino Justice Center

Sept. 11 Riverside County Bar Association Installation Dinner, Mission Inn

Sept. 17 San Bernardino | Riverside American Board of Trial Advocate’s reenactment of Crawford v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles, University of La Verne 

Around the world

“Taking sides”: UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky wrote about the Supreme Court | Riverside Lawyer Magazine

Menifee police officer, formerly LAPD, accused of sex crimes on and off duty | Press Enterprise

The children facing quick deportation, alone, in SF immigration court | The San Francisco Standard

Appeals court reverses course, upholding Arkansas's ban on trans medical care for minors | Law Dork

San Francisco federal trial over Trump's National Guard deployment to LA | ABC7

Hack of federal court filing system exploited security flaws known since 2020 | Politico

‘Instilling fear’: Fired Bay Area immigration judges say Trump is trying to control courts | San Francisco Chronicle

SoCal Edison may sue public agencies that could share liability for Eaton fire damage | OC Register

Incarcerated Firefighters’ Pay Could Go From $5.80 a Day to 7.25 an Hour | PBS SoCal

Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court | Ars Technica

Is Kari Lake a CEO? Her agency said so. The law suggests not | NPR

Judge rejects Papaya attempt to gag Times of Malta | Times of Malta

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