When the Board of Supervisors of Tobyhanna Township in Northeastern Pennsylvania passed an ordinance to “establish fire protection” in the Township in 2022, the Tobyhanna Township Volunteer Fire Company followed through with its warning that it would no longer serve as the officially recognized fire company in the Township. It said it would serve on a secondary basis at no cost to the Township.

A trial court in Manhattan has been called upon to interpret the bylaws of what is purportedly the oldest black Baptist church in the state of New York in order to determine whether the recently elected pastor was validly elected.  It has interpreted the Church’s bylaws to include a word that isn’t there.

The federal District Court for the District of Columbia (Beryl A. Howell) has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from abruptly terminating seven research projects at the American Academy of Pediatrics.  The Court found that the terminations on the stated ground that the projects “no longer effectuate agency and HHS policies” are likely to be found to be unconstitutional retaliation for public positions that the AAP had taken against activities at HHS.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury conviction and trial court sentence for wire fraud and money-laundering in raising funds under false pretenses on Facebook.

A federal District Court in Delaware has held that neither a quadriplegic individual nor any of six organizations, apparently all nonprofits supporting rights for the disabled, has standing to challenge the validity of Delaware’s End of Life Options Act (“EOLOA”) that permits physician-assisted suicide of terminally ill patients.  The Court has also ruled on a request for a temporary restraining order that the plaintiffs would not be likely to prevail on the merits.

The federal District Court in the District of Columbia (Jia M. Cobb) has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from interfering with Congressional visits to ICE facilities.  The Court has said that ICE policies stating that field offices are not detention facilities and requiring seven days advanced notice of Congressional visits are likely unlawful.

The nonprofit African Immigrant Rights Council has been awarded attorney’s fees for “substantially prevailing” in its Freedom of Information Act suit against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  It had sought to obtain a copy of a Revised Guidance for Asylum Officers considering asylum cases.