“Officer responsible for fatal crash didn’t violate victim’s rights, judge rules”: Olivia Covington of The Indiana Lawyer had this report back in March 2020 on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana issued earlier that month.

Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued this decision reversing the dismissal of various of the plaintiff’s claims.

“Please be advised that the June court session will be held both in person and by video. The Clerk’s Office will contact counsel to schedule arguments and provide details as early as possible.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this notice today.

“Biden announces more diverse judicial nominees, including George W. Bush-nominated judge”: Morgan Chalfant of The Hill has this report.

Alexandra Jones of Courthouse News Service reports that “Biden Taps Six for Judgeships in Third Nominating Spurt; Just 112 days into his first term, the president is now up to 20 judicial nominations, continuing to put forth judicial candidates from diverse professional and personal backgrounds.”

And Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has a report headlined “There Are Only 2 Native American Federal Judges. Biden Just Nominated A Third.The president tapped Lauren J. King for a U.S. district court seat. If confirmed, she’d be one of just a handful of Indigenous judges in U.S. history.”

“Minnesota Woman Fights for Right to Film Kids at Parks; An Eighth Circuit panel was skeptical of a local ordinance requiring photographers to get permission to film children in public”: Andy Monserud of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument (access the audio via this link) that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard today.

“Appeals court overturns conviction in racial slur case”: Denise Lavoie of The Associated Press has this report.

And at Law & Crime, Colin Kalmbacher has a post titled “Federal Court: Saying the N-Word to Two Black People Does Not Qualify as ‘Fighting Words.’”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Justice Thomas’ reframing of Article III standing is catching on in circuit courts”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Police arrest man suspected of Hawaii Supreme Court arson”: The Honolulu Star-Advertiser has this report.

“Biden names new federal judges, including a Bush nominee, with an emphasis on diversity”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“Amid pandemic, U.S. Justice Clarence Thomas has a question or two”: Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have this report.

“President Biden Announces Third Slate of Judicial Nominees”: The White House issued this news release today, which includes the announcement of nominees for the First, Second, and Tenth Circuits.