The lawsuit filed by former Deputy Public Defender Rory Kalin accused the county, Public Defender Luke Brownfield and former Public Defender Marek Reavis of illegally firing him because he is Jewish and required medical leave after a stray golf ball conked him in the head, concussing him. Moorman granted a summary judgment rejecting claims of racial and religious discrimination, medical discrimination, hostile work environment and failures to accommodate a disability among several other satellite accusations.
People in Humboldt love to complain about the administration of criminal justice, but you want to know one thing they don't often complain about? The fact that we have a dismal percentage of people who actually show up to do the civic duty of serving on a jury.