Saturday, November 21, 2020

First Circuit: Reversing summary judgment for police officers on qualified immunity grounds, court held that–despite this being the first time the First Circuit joined nine other circuits in recognizing a theory of substantive due process liability when officers fail to protect plaintiffs from danger created or enhanced by their affirmative acts–the widespread acceptance of this so-called state-created danger theory was sufficiently clearly established; and a circuit split did not alter that conclusion because the defendants could not have reasonably believed that the First Circuit would follow the minority approach
First Circuit: Harvard’s race-conscious admissions program does not violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Maine Supreme Judicial Court: Effective November 30, 2020, eFiling will be mandatory in the Bangor District Court, Penobscot County Superior Court, and the statewide Business and Consumer Docket for attorneys and self-represented parties filing more than six non-emergency cases in a calendar year
US District Court ME: Effective November 17, 2020, the Clerks’s Office is closed to in-person visits due to COVID-19
MHRC: November 16th Commission Meeting minutes posted

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