Ninth Circuit May Limit LA Police Force Order: California Brief

The Ninth Circuit appeared likely Monday to narrow a lower court’s temporary order limiting who federal agents can use force against at protests, Maia Spoto reports.

A California federal court last year blocked US agents from firing crowd control weapons at people not threatening them. The federal appeals panel indicated at arguments Monday that the order was likely too broad, signaling they’d likely permanently narrow the preliminary injunction.

“We agree that the complete relief principle has deep roots in equity, but to the extent respondents argue that it justifies the award of relief to non parties, they are mistaken,” said ...