The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that footage from a courthouse’s exterior camera that captured a judge being shot should be released under the state’s public records law.
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A long overdue makeover for one of California’s busiest state courts is finally underway as officials announced Friday construction has started on a half billion-dollar courthouse in downtown Sacramento.
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Immigration agents have been barred from arresting immigrants at federal courthouses in the Southern District of California, a practice the judge found “degrades the administration of justice.”
Read moreA woman was properly convicted of “creating a loud noise and nuisance” at a federal courthouse in Alabama for her argument with security officers who wouldn’t let her enter an office, the Second Circuit ruled. The woman claimed she had no idea her conduct was illegal but the circuit court said a “reasonable person would understand that shouting at security officers in a courthouse” is not an innocent act.
Read moreA federal court in Indiana denied a county’s request for a stay pending appeal of a ruling that prohibited it from displaying a nativity scene on courthouse grounds.
Read moreAn attorney tackled to the ground and dragged out of the Lowndes County courthouse by a security guard for refusing to walk through a metal detector may sue the county for failing to hire sufficiently trained law enforcement officers, a federal judge ruled.
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A person has been taken into custody for the drive-by shooting of a federal court security officer Tuesday outside a U.S. courthouse in downtown Phoenix.
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U.S. immigration authorities can once again arrest undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts courthouses, the First Circuit ruled Tuesday in overturning a preliminary injunction barring the arrests.
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After going for months without criminal or civil jury trials, the Southern District of California Wednesday live streamed a mock trial where witnesses wore face shields, courtrooms were flip-flopped and trial spectators were relegated to overflow courtrooms.
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Texas county officials on Tuesday got the state’s top law enforcement officer’s blessing to add a condition to courthouse access: They can mandate masks be worn by everyone entering the building.
Read moreA federal judge declared a New York state law which prohibits shouting and displaying signage outside a courthouse unconstitutional on Wednesday because it infringes upon the right to free speech.
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U.S. courthouses have become points of vulnerability for undocumented immigrants thanks to the government’s new policy on making arrests there, but the First Circuit appeared reluctant Wednesday to intervene.
Read moreAt least two federal courthouses in downtown Los Angeles were damaged Saturday night as hundreds of protesters marched through downtown while police used less-lethal rounds on a small group that smashed windows.
Read moreThe New Mexico attorney general sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf in federal court, claiming its policy of arresting people attending New Mexico courthouses on official business violates the federal and state constitutions and rights of access to the courts.
Read moreSeveral district courts were evacuated in Germany on Tuesday after they received bomb threats, police said, although searches turned up nothing concrete.
Read moreCourts across the U.S. are facing challenges as they try to balance public health protections with public access to their proceedings amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
Read morePlans to resume immigration court hearings for non-detained defendants at a handful of courts across the country lack safety measures necessary to prevent the spread of Covid-19, immigration judges and attorneys told Courthouse News this week.
Read moreWhile some courts have made strides to preserve access to legal proceedings during the coronavirus pandemic, First Amendment advocates say others are still withholding records and shutting the press and public out of hearings.
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Sowing chaos and intimidation throughout New York’s judicial system, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s policy of arresting people in state courthouses is illegal, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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Complete an online survey before heading to federal court, listing any signs of contact, symptoms or infection with the coronavirus. Permission to enter, should you qualify, will come with a QR code. You’ll need that, plus a mask and hand sanitizer, to get inside.
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