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Thursday, July 6, 2017

“Detained immigrant youths entitled to release hearing, court rules”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has an article headlined “9th Circuit judges: Minors who enter U.S. illegally may not be confined without court hearings.”

In today’s edition of The New York Times, Miriam Jordan has an article headlined “Detained Immigrant Children Are Entitled to Hearings, Court Rules.”

In today’s edition of The Sacramento Bee, Anita Chabria has a front page article headlined “Immigrant kids can’t be detained without their day in court, 9th Circuit rules.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “9th Circuit: Unaccompanied immigrant children entitled to bail hearings.”

Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote yesterday’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Posted at 11:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“In Philly courts, whether they’ll die in prison comes down to their birthday”: Samantha Melamed has this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a ruling rejecting an appellant’s argument that the court should “expand the holding of Miller to offenders such as himself, who are ‘just over age 18’ at the time of their crimes.”

Posted at 8:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Davis honored by American Bar Association”: At the “On the Record” blog of The Daily Record of Baltimore, Danny Jacobs has a post that begins, “Weeks before he becomes Baltimore’s top lawyer, Andre M. Davis will receive national recognition for his impact on the justice system.”

Posted at 4:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court Blocks E.P.A. Effort to Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule”: Lisa Friedman had this front page article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson of The Washington Post report that “Federal court blocks Trump EPA on air pollution.”

Emily Flitter of Reuters reports that “Court rejects Trump administration move to delay methane regulation.”

Laura Jarrett of CNN.com reports that “EPA mulls options after appeals court blocks delay of Obama-era methane gas rule.”

And Megan Geuss of Ars Technica reports that “EPA must enforce methane emissions rules immediately after court decision; Obama-era rules on how methane is monitored by oil and gas companies remain.”

You can access Monday’s per curiam ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gorsuch already making conservative mark on Supreme Court, amid Kennedy rumors”: Bill Mears of FoxNews.com has this report.

Posted at 1:09 PM by Howard Bashman