RIP Judge Ray Fisher, 1939-2020

The LA Times reports: Judge Raymond Fisher, who led police reforms after L.A. riots, dies at 80

Raymond C. Fisher, a champion for police reform in Los Angeles and a veteran liberal judge who served on the 9^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has died at age 80.

During his 20 years on the bench, Fisher authored about 400 judicial opinions. These included his decisions holding that the Constitution prohibits the prolonged civil detention of immigrants seeking relief in the federal courts, as well as his ruling that the use of affirmative action to desegregate public schools does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Ninth Circuit Press Release here.
[March 4 Recorder obit here and DJ obit Raymond C. Fisher, 1939-2020.]