Published opinions from 1986. The case name opens the case page.
September 30, 1986801 F.2d 1080
The Ninth Circuit affirmed parts of a district court's permanent injunction governing administrative segregation at San Quentin and Folsom while concluding that the district court had assumed too much control over the day-to-day affairs of the prisons, requiring modification of the decree.
August 12, 1986793 F.2d 1072
Reversing course from its own recently withdrawn prior decision, a reconstituted Ninth Circuit panel affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner's section 1983 action alleging that a state judge and county prosecutor conspired to predetermine the outcome of his criminal proceedings.
July 3, 1986789 F.2d 1328
The Ninth Circuit held that the denial of appointed counsel in Wilborn’s § 1983 action was not immediately appealable and affirmed the district court’s denial of counsel under the abuse-of-discretion standard.
February 11, 1986782 F.2d 829
The court affirmed dismissal with prejudice of Thompson’s Title VII action because repeated failures to prepare for pretrial conferences, despite continuances and warnings, supported dismissal under the district court’s docket-management authority.
January 14, 1986782 F.2d 1470
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of Eitel’s motion for default judgment, concluding that the district court acted within its discretion given the policy favoring decisions on the merits, the substantial damages sought, disputed facts, and McCool’s reasonable reliance on apparent settlement negotiations.