Wednesday, June 3, 2015

US Supreme Court: The Court held that an employer violates Title VII if an applicant actually requires an accommodation of a religious practice (that would not impose an undue hardship) and the employer’s desire to avoid the prospective accommodation is a motivating factor in its decision to refuse to hire the applicant, regardless of whether the employer had actual knowledge of the need or simply a belief, and regardless of whether the employer was relying on a neutral policy (here one that prohibited wearing “caps”)
US Supreme Court: The Court held that it was not clearly established at the time of inmate’s death by suicide that an incarcerated individual had an Eighth Amendment right to the proper implementation of adequate suicide prevention protocols, thereby entitling defendants to qualified immunity on Eighth Amendment claims
US District Court ME: Magistrate recommended summary judgment on inmate’s Fourteenth Amendment claim arising out of assault by another inmate who had a court order prohibiting contact with plaintiff where there was no evidence that defendants were aware that the court order was imposed out of a safety concern and not because they were co-defendants

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