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MEMORANDUM * In 1999, Liani Reyna became the first female police officer to be selected to the Portland Police Bureau’s Special Emergency Response Team (“SER Team”). As a member of the SER Team, she was exposed to the team’s sexist rituals and practices. After a health incident, Reyna resigned from the SER Team. She subsequently brought some of the egregious practices to management’s attention. Thereafter,

OPINION AND ORDER AIKEN, Chief Judge: Defendants the City of Portland, Suzanne Kahn, and Randy Johnson each move for summary judgment on plaintiff Kelly Shepard’s employment discrimination and retaliation claims. See Fed. R.Civ.P. 56. For the reasons set forth below, Suzanne Kahn’s and Randy Johnson’s motions are granted; the City of Portland’s motion is granted in part and denied in part.

726 F.Supp.2d 1244 (2010) Lindsay HUNT, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PORTLAND, an Oregon municipal corporation; William Hubner, an individual; Joseph Schilling, an individual; Eric Hendricks, an individual; Bryan Parman, an individual; Judy Brumfield, an individual; Leslie Pintarich, an individual; and Quency Ho, an individual, Defendants. Case No. 08-CV-802-AC. United States District Court, D. Oregon, Portla

670 F.Supp.2d 1164 (2009) THUNDERBIRD HOTELS, LLC, an Oregon limited liability corporation, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PORTLAND, a municipal corporation, and Sam Adams, in his official capacity as a Commissioner of the City of Portland, Defendants. No. CV 08-1385-JE. United States District Court, D. Oregon. November 5, 2009. *1167 Don

OPINION AND ORDER Michael H. Simon, United States District Judge Plaintiff Brian Addison (“Addison”) brings this action against Wyn Lohner (“Lohner”), the Police Chief for the City of Baker City (“Baker City”), in his official and personal capacities, and Baker City, an Oregon municipality (collectively, “Defendants”). Addison asserts the following claims: (1) First Amendment retaliation under 42 U.S.C

652 F.3d 1225 (2011) Robert E. HUNTER, D.V.M.; Howard Eley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO; Sheriff's Department, County of Sacramento; Lou Blanas, Sheriff; Office of the District Attorney, County of Sacramento; Jan Scully; William Kevin Sowles; John McGinness, Sheriff; Defendants-Appellees. No. 09-15288. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and

815 F.Supp.2d 1190 (2011) Heinrich GERKE, Plaintiff, v. TRAVELERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA et al., Defendants. No. 3:10-cv-01035-AC. United States District Court, D. Oregon, Portland Division. September 15, 2011. *1191 Brooks Macinnes Foster, Megan S. Cook, Chenoweth Law Group, PC, Portland, OR, for Plaintiff.

ORDER BROWN, District Judge. Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta issued Findings and Recommendation (# 35) on July 1, 2013, in which he recommends this Court deny Defendant’s Motion (# 20) for Summary Judgment, grant Plaintiffs Cross-motion (# 24) for Summary Judgment, and order Defendant to provide to Plaintiff an unredacted copy of the “Notes” (ia, the three pages of notes from a telephone interview conduct

676 F.Supp.2d 1127 (2009) Susan E. LEE, Plaintiff, v. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA, Defendant. No. CV 08-140-ST. United States District Court, D. Oregon. December 23, 2009. *1128 Brian Richard Whitehead, Law Offices of Brian R. Whitehead, PC, Salem, OR, for Plaintiff. William T. Patton, Lane Powell, PC, Portland, O

NUMBER 13-25-00006-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG DREW RYAN BICKERSTAFF, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE 36T

OPINION AND ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION SIMON, District Judge. Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart issued findings and recommendation in the above-captioned case on October 3, 2012. Dkt. 39. Judge Stewart recommended that Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, Dkt. 24, be GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. Defendant timely filed objections. Dkt. 41. Plaintiff has responded to those object

v01867.ly1 NUMBER 13-01-867-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI EMI MUSIC MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V., Appellant, v. HERMELINDA RODRIGU

OPINION BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff James Carey brought this civil rights action against the State of Nevada, the Nevada Gaming Control Board, and Agent Gregory Spendlove under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. He now appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to all defendants. We have jurisdic

REYNA, Circuit Judge. This case returns to us on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States and was returned to the panel for reconsideration in light of Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., 574 U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 831, — L.Ed.2d — *1334 (2015). Appellant Univ

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ LIGHTING BALLAST CONTROL LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION, Defendant, AND UNIVERSAL LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant. ______________________ 2012-1014 __

Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge PROST in which Circuit Judges NEWMAN, LOURIE, DYK, O’MALLEY, and REYNA join. Opinion concurring-in-part, dissenting-in-part filed by Circuit Judge HUGHES in which Circuit Judges MOORE, WALLACH, TARANTO, and CHEN join. *1315PROST, Chief Judge. We convene en banc to resolve whether, in light of the Supreme

Wallach, Circuit Judge. Appellant D Three Enterprises, LLC ("D Three") sued Appellees SunModo Corporation ("SunModo") and Rillito River Solar LLC, doing business as EcoFasten Solar ("EcoFasten"), (together, "Appellees") in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado ("District Court"), alleging infringement of various claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,689,517 ("the '517 patent"), 9

Michael H. Simon, United States District Judge. Plaintiff Randi Wilson ("Plaintiff") brings this lawsuit against Guardian Management, LLC d/b/a Mountain Knoll ("Guardian"), Kristine Herb, and two John or Jane Does (collectively "Defendants"). Plaintiff alleges that Guardian negligently allowed its tenants to smoke on its property, which resulted in a fire damaging Plaintiff's property. Plaintiff also alleges housing discrimination u

ORDER MARCO A. HERNÁNDEZ, United States District Judge - ■ Magistrate Judge Acosta issued a Find-' tags & Recommendation [24] on June 5, 2017, in which he recommends' that this Court deny Defendants’ motion to: dismiss [13]; grant Defendants’ motion for abstention as to Plaintiffs claims for injunctive relief;' and deny Defendants’ motion for abstention as to Plaintiffs' other claims. The matter is no

OPINION AND ORDER Michael H. Simon, District Judge. Plaintiff Sarena Daniel filed this lawsuit in state court against her employer, Defendant Oregon Health & Sciences University (“OHSU”), and her former supervisor at OHSU, Defendant David Scott (“Scott”). Plaintiff alleges that Scott sexually harassed her and that OHSU and Scott retaliated against her after she reported the alleged sexual harassment.