2016 Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 1001 - 1500 of 4162

RODERIC SCHMIDT V. COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL BR
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17653
STERLING MORTENSEN V. COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 13-35286
PETER ZEPPEIRO V. GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 13-55420
JOSE GUTIERREZ-BARRAGAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 13-74396
TERRIS JONES, SR. V. LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRIC
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15614
ROY WARDEN V. KATHLEEN ROBINSON
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15803
ROY WARDEN V. BOB WALKUP
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16440
ROY WARDEN V. MIKE RANKIN
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16555
MICHAEL LEON V. THE BOEING COMPANY
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-17009
JAMES JEREMIAH V. STEVE LINCOLN
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35172
WASHIE OUMA V. CLACKAMAS COUNTY
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35495
CECIL FAIRLEY V. STEVE SHELTON
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35971
MARY CUNNINGHAM V.
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56763
ANTHONY WRIGHT V.
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56852
ANTHONY WRIGHT, SR. V.
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56854
EDWARD NEGRETE, JR. V. CITIZENS STATE BANK
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-60056
MICHAEL MEEHAN V.
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-60078
PEDRO RODRIGUEZ DURAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-70012
STEVEN WALTNER V. CIR
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-71531
DAMARIS DE LA ROSA-VALENZUELA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-71812
HECTOR MARISCAL-SANDOVAL V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72916
United States v. Lo  
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10219

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud and mail fraud. On appeal, defendant challenged the restitution order and a forfeiture money judgment, both in the amount of $2,232,894. The court concluded that, as…

DANIEL SANDIGO V. MICHAEL SAYRE
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15850
NATHANIEL JOHNSON V. KELLY
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15890
BOB RHODES V. RAYTHEON COMPANY
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16052
RICARDO LUNA-DOMINGUEZ V. BRIAN WILLIAMS
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16202
WINONA WEATHERS V. M. HAGEMEISTER-MAY
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-17492
HITACHI ANTONIO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70456
JUAN YEPEZ-GUERRERO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-71073
SERGIO GARCIA-CAMACHO V. LORETTA LYNCH
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-71543
LUIS VERDU-DEGREGORIO V. LORETTA LYNCH
Date: October 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-73323
VARDAN GRIGORIAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 10-72757
THAVY CHUM V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 13-70972
DAVID CHAVEZ-MACIAS V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 13-72243
MARIA VALLES DE MENDEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 13-73385
ZHIHONG AN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 13-73943
USA V. MARIA LOPEZ
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-10425
USA V. ROBERT CUNNINGHAM
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-30259
ROBERT HUBBARD, JR. V. JAY SHEFFIELD
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35377
DANIEL TANNER V. ANITA PHILLIPS
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35983
GARY JEFFERSON V. TIME WARNER CABLE, INC.
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56297
IRENE TRITZ V. PATRICK DONAHOE
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56301
ROBERT ABELL V. SUSE DODSON
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56716
SHARON BOYD V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56800
CESAR SANCHEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-71670
LUIS BARILLAS GALINDO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72100
FABIAN FRAGOSO-GONZALEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72121
OSBALDO ALVAREZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72631
BENJAMIN SANCHEZ CABRERA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73035
USA V. A J WILLIANDER
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10146
JAMILAH ABDUL-HAQQ V. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15747
CHRISTINE WONG V. ELLEN ANDERSON
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15807
FRANCIS SAITTA V. TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16155
STEVEN JAFFE V. MATTHEW KRAMER
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16880
USA V. DAVID SCHULTZ, II
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30165
USA V. CRISTOBAL MORALES
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50221
USA V. MICHAEL SALAS
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50359
JUAN RISCAJCHE-GONZALEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70548
JESUS DY V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70956
ISMAEL JIMENEZ-MUNIZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-71081
JASON YU V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-71120
MERLY GARCIA-PEREZ V. LORETTA LYNCH
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-73515
USA V. DAMASO ARELLANES-ZARATE
Date: October 4, 2016
Docket Number: 16-50055
IGNACIO DIAZ-PEREZ V. ERIC HOLDER, JR.
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 10-70644
U. S. SECURITIES & EXCHANGE V. FRANCIS WILDE
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 13-55043
MATTHEW MOLINA V. DAVE DAVEY
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15078
PETER HALLORAN V. PATTY SELLS
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16126
GERARDO CASTILLO V. LEGRAND
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16341
ROBERT ELLIOTT V. DWIGHT NEVEN
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 14-17291
STEVEN PETERSEN V. LEWIS COUNTY
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35201
USA V. ERIKA MACIAS-JIMENEZ
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50369
ERIC JONES V. NEIL MCDOWELL
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56215
JOSE GRIMALDI V. K. HOLLAND
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56888
USA V. FRANK CORDOVA-GONZALEZ
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10342
USA V. DARRELL BUCKINS
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10397
USA V. LYLE JOHNS
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10562
DAVID BARGHOORN V. KEN CLARK
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15197
SHAWNDRA BOODE V. D. JOHNSON
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16057
COREY BURGESS V. HECTOR RIOS
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16512
DONALD WELCH V. EDMUND BROWN, JR.
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16598
USA V. CHRISTOPHER DURBIN
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30266
USA V. DEREK ALEXANDER
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30295
USA V. EARL CHESNUT
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30368
USA V. HECTOR CORRALES EDEZA
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50028
USA V. JESUS JERONIMO-CARRILLO
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50030
USA V. SISSY SOLANO-YANEZ
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50056
USA V. JORGE AUSENCIO GIL-VELASQUEZ
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50071
USA V. STEVEN MONTANO
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50098
USA V. LEANDRO REGALADO
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50139
USA V. CASEY CONLEY
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50347
USA V. JOHN ZENTMYER
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-56108
USA V. DAVID ROUTE
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 16-30124
In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 16-90117
In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct
Date: October 3, 2016
Docket Number: 16-90121
ALDF V. FDA
Date: September 30, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17131
USA V. CAMERON HARRISON
Date: September 30, 2016
Docket Number: 14-10535
Cameranesi v. U.S. Dep't of Defense  
Date: September 30, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16432

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are two members of the School of the Americas Watch (SOAW), a human rights and advocacy group dedicated to monitoring the United States Army School of the Americas (SOA) graduates and lobbying for closure of…

CHAD BRAZIL V. DOLE PACKAGED FOODS, LLC
Date: September 30, 2016
Docket Number: 14-17480
URICA, INC. V. MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: September 30, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56545
SARAH BROWN V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: September 30, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16863
USA V. JUAN VALENZUELA-SANCHEZ
Date: September 30, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50136
NO MEMORANDUMS FILED TODAY
Date: September 29, 2016
Docket Number: 00-00000
Furnace v. Giurbino  
Date: September 29, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17620

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a prisoner at Salinas Valley State Prison, alleges that defendants wrongfully classified him as a gang member in retaliation for filing a section 1983 suit against defendants' colleagues. Plaintiff was denied…

RISHI BARAL V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 12-71318
JAMEE WADE V. BILL COPELAND
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35281
USA V. CHAO XU
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10016
USA V. MARCO SANCHEZ-FERNANDEZ
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10291
USA V. MIGUEL GARCIA
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10398
USA V. MARCELO SANTOS-CORDERO
Date: September 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50312
ANGELA EBNER V. FRESH, INC.
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 13-56644
SHAGDAR BOLDMYAGMAR V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 13-72857
HARJINDER SINGH-KAUR V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 13-73247
SUKHJINDER SINGH V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 13-73566
USA V. YIJUN ZHOU
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50288
RUSSELL JOHNSON, III V. LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56542
USA V. ENRIQUE BUENROSTRO
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10466
RONALD HURTADO V. STU SHERMAN
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15184
MANUEL ORTEGA MELENDRES V. DENNIS MONTGOMERY
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16440
USA V. BERNARDO BON
Date: September 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50403
De Fontbrune v. Wofsy  
Date: September 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15790

Justia Opinion Summary: This dispute stems from plaintiff's attempt to protect his copyright in photographs of Pablo Picasso's artworks after an American art editor (Wofsy) reproduced the photographic images. Plaintiff received a judgment in…

DAVID GAY V. TRUMBULL INSURANCE COMPANY
Date: September 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16642
DENELL KELLY V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: September 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35332
USA V. MELVIN MARTINEZ-LOPEZ
Date: September 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50014
USA V. REYES VEGA
Date: September 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50357
UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL ETC V. NLRB
Date: September 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-70771
CATHOLIC BISHOP OF N. ALASKA V. UNAATUQ, LLC
Date: September 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35197
DAVID HOFFMANN V. LIFE INS. CO. OF N. AMERICA
Date: September 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-55093
ROMINA PHILLIP-VALLADARES V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 23, 2016
Docket Number: 11-71395
ESTATE OF JOHNSON CLARK V. WILLIAM HORWICH
Date: September 23, 2016
Docket Number: 12-17064
ATTORNEYS LIABILITY PROTECTION V. INGALDSON FITZGERALD, PC
Date: September 23, 2016
Docket Number: 13-35115
EMMA PETROSYAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 23, 2016
Docket Number: 13-71816
Arizona Green Party v. Reagan  
Date: September 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15976

Justia Opinion Summary: After the Party failed to meet the deadline for recognition as an official political party on the 2014 Arizona ballot, it challenges the constitutionality of Arizona’s filing deadline for new party petitions, seeking…

KNUTSON TOWBOAT CO V. ALFRED WAKELEY
Date: September 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-70990
FIRST SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK V. SUNNYSLOPE HOUSING LP
Date: September 22, 2016
Docket Number: 12-17241
MICHELLE MOSS V. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: September 22, 2016
Docket Number: 12-57117
WILLIAM KITCHENS V. MARGARET MIMS
Date: September 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15230
BRIAN EDWARDS V. M. MCDONALD
Date: September 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16185
TERRY PLEASANT V. COUNTY OF MERCED
Date: September 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16247
MONTE LITTLE COYOTE, JR. V. LORI HARPER SUEK
Date: September 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35820
BRIAN EDWARDS V. KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON
Date: September 22, 2016
Docket Number: 16-15288
USA V. DIAZ
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 10-50029
NATALIE REIGHARD V. WAYNE LONGO
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 12-35161
Budiono v. Lynch  
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 12-71804

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native of Indonesia, seeks review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's order of removal based on its determination that although petitioner otherwise qualified for withholding of removal, he was barred…

ROGELIO ESPINOZA V. MARION SPEARMAN
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 13-57167
FILMON ITBARK V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 13-72575
BRENDA USMANY V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 13-74376
KIMBRA GOTTSCHALL V. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15379
RICHARD GOODIN V. FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURA
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-17226
RICHARD MORRISON V. JOHN DIETZ
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-17414
LARRY REINLASODER V. CITY OF COLSTRIP
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35253
JERRY MENCHU V. LEGACY HEALTH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35614
ANDREW CLARK V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35622
PAULA TERRELL V. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35909
United Cook Inlet Drift Ass'n. V. NMFS  
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35928

Justia Opinion Summary: United Cook filed suit challenging Amendment 12, which removed three historic net fishing areas from the Salmon fishery management plan (FMP), and its implementing regulations as contrary to the Magnuson-Stevens Act's…

USA V. JOSE PEREZ
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50519
MAURICE KING V. BANK OF AMERICA
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55647
WALTER SHAW V. VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56097
MCKENZIE DANIELS V. PATRICK DONAHOE
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56967
JOSE RAMOS-GOMEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-71337
IVAN VALENZUELA-MARTINEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-71865
WALTER CABRERA V. ERIC HOLDER, JR.
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72626
SERGIO PEREZ HERNANDEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73155
DANIEL COSTON V. ANDREW NANGALAMA
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15397
ANTHONY PENTON V. SIMMS
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15461
FADI SABA V. UNISYS CORPORATION
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16590
RODNEY GRAVES-BEY V. CITY AND COUNTY OF SF
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-17271
CHARLES REED V. JOHN BIDDULPH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35653
JASON SUTTON V. RAMON RUIZ
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35712
USA V. PAULINO HERRERA-HERNANDEZ
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50271
JIMMY MALO V. M. HERNANDEZ
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-55035
XING JING V. LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-55907
LANCE WILLIAMS V. KERKFOOT
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-56230
ERICK PALOMEQUE V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70373
LUIS RAMIREZ-GREGORIO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-71250
CRISTIAN DURAN-CASTRO V. LORETTA LYNCH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-71678
XIN ZHAO V. LORETTA LYNCH
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-73493
LANCE WILLIAMS V. APARICIO
Date: September 21, 2016
Docket Number: 16-55419
ESTATE OF BRUCE BARTON V. ADT SECURITY SERVICES PENSION
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 13-56379
WILLIAM WHITSITT V. PAMELA RAMBALL
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15462
WILLIAM WHITSITT V. AMAZON.COM
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16258
WILLIAM WHITSITT V. JEAN ZEDLITZ
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16477
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY V. ERIC FEIT
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35283
United States v. Williams  
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10008

Justia Opinion Summary: The government appealed the district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss evidence of the crack cocaine in his pockets and the firearm in his vehicle. The court concluded that, based on the totality of the…

USA V. MARIO MUNIZ-MARTINEZ
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10409
ALEX TABATABAEE V. BRIAN MARSHALL
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16483
FLORENCIO VALLEJO V. GRAY
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16713
RONNIE LACY V. STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16930
J.E. F.M. V. Lynch  
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-35738, 15-35739

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellees are immigrant minors, aged three to seventeen, who have been placed in administrative removal proceedings. The children, suing on behalf of themselves and a class, claim a due process and statutory right to…

ALBERT ALTO V. SALLY JEWELL
Date: September 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-56527
JAYAKANTH BALASUBRAMANIAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 12-73339
YONI SOLIS-RAMIREZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 13-72649
FRANK FORD V. VICTOR ARTIGA
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15050
JAMES ELLSWORTH V. PRISON HEALTH SERVICES INCORPO
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15905
AL ZEINY V. USA
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15917
CAROL MOLANICK V. USAA
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16404
BARBARA A. SIMS V. STEVEN ELLIS
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35151
ASOPURU OKEMGBO V. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35206
MELVIN HOWARD V. MAXIMUS, INC.
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35693
USA V. NORMA BARRANCAS-SANCHEZ
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50249
USA V. FRANCISCO VELAZQUEZ
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50392
USA V. JORGE NAVIDAD
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50548
GARRETT ZELEN V. USA
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55657
N. OF ENG. PROT.& INDEM. ASS'N V. TESORO REFINING & MKTG. CO.
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56362
LIBIN HE V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-70954
ELIDA RAMIREZ-PINEDA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-71256
JOSE ARIAS MARINERO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-71409
PANTALEON CASTRO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-71835
LUIS ESTRADA-ROSALES V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73856
USA V. THOMAS RUIZ
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10287
USA V. FRANCISCO AMAYA-PORTILLO
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10533
USA V. CARLOS ZAVALA-RUIZ
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10544
ANTHONY JACKSON V. COUNTY OF MARICOPA
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15061
ROYAL GLAUDE V. POSTMASTER GENERAL
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15241
WILLIAM GALLAGHER V. DENNIS KENDALL
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15680
DON MCCUNE V. LEGRAND
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16341
JOE MENDOZA V. USA
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16351
KRZYSZTOF WOLINSKI V. JENNIFER SHAFFER
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16685
BOBBY BINFORD V. KENNEY
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35874
USA V. FRANCISCO GALLO-TAVIZON
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50020
USA V. BYRON PAYES-CHINCHILLA
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50524
JONATHAN COHEN V. LORETTA LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-55669
TEODORO GUERRERO-VENEGAS V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70914
ROSENDO BLANCO-BAUTISTA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70946
JOSE HERNANDEZ JASSO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-71038
USA V. JOSE CONTRERAS
Date: September 19, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10097
MANUEL TARANGO, JR. V. E. MCDANIEL
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17071
RICHARD THORSNES V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 13-36096
SARA LOWRY V. CITY OF SAN DIEGO
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 13-56141
MAURICE LEWIS V. P. VASQUEZ
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 13-56844
SHUAI GUO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 13-72994
LAL DEV V. PATRICK DONAHOE
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15431
SAMI MITRI V. WALGREEN CO.
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 14-17580
JUDITH NEWMAN V. UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35103
United States v. Soto-Zuniga  
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50529

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1). At both his first trial and his subsequent re-trial, defendant testified that before being…

A. K. H. V. City of Tustin  
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55184

Justia Opinion Summary: After Osvaldo Villarreal, a police officer in Tustin, California, fatally shot Benny Herrera during an attempted investigatory stop, relatives of Herrera filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against Officer Villarreal and the…

DAVID CHANDLER V. THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, INC.
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56623
USA V. RICKEY CHRISTIAN
Date: September 16, 2016
Docket Number: 16-35247
HENRI NABABAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 15, 2016
Docket Number: 13-71331
USA V. VALENTIN QUINTERO AISPURO
Date: September 15, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10318
SUNEARTH, INC. V. SUN EARTH SOLAR POWER CO.
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17622
Fuentes v. Lynch  
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 13-74056

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner seeks review of the BIA's decision dismissing his appeal of the IJ's denial of his application for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. 1229b(a). The court applied Medina-Nunez v. Lynch and In re…

Wood v. Burwell  
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15356

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, the Wood plaintiffs, who were recipients of health coverage under Arizona's Medicaid demonstration project, filed suit against the Secretary challenging her approval of a new Arizona project that raised…

SILVIA LOPEZ V. GENEVIEVE SHIROMA
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16640
GARY SAM V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 14-36109
USA V. FIDELIS NEGBENEBOR
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50531
CLARITA BARCARSE V. CENTRAL MORTGAGE COMPANY
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55285
Herrera v. Command Security  
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55525

Justia Opinion Summary: The Union filed suit against Aviation Safeguards for violations of the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C. 151–165. The district court granted Aviation Safeguards’s motion for summary judgment and denied the Union’s…

USA V. THERESA FISHER
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50306
USA V. JAMES FOLSOM
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50339
USA V. JOSE AYALA-VENTURA
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50395
MARCELINA DIAZ V. KIMBERLY HUGHES
Date: September 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-55711
USA V. FLOYD HARSHMAN
Date: September 13, 2016
Docket Number: 13-30030
BKWSPOKANE V. FDIC
Date: September 13, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35284
MALIBU TEXTILES, INC. V. H&M HENNES & MAURITZ, LP
Date: September 13, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56203
WESTERN LANDS PROJECT V. USBLM
Date: September 13, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56386
MALIBU TEXTILES, INC. V. LABEL LANE INT'L, INC.
Date: September 13, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56635
JAMES WILLIAMS V. ROBERT HERZOG
Date: September 13, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35681
RUPANI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 05-77364
Mendiola-Martinez v. Arpaio  
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15189

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was in the custody of Maricopa County for a nonviolent offense when she gave birth to her son. After her release, she filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1981 & 1983, alleging that her constitutional rights were…

Kimzey v. Yelp!  
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35487

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, owner of a locksmith business, filed suit against Yelp, alleging that Yelp is responsible for causing a review from another site to appear on its page, providing a star-rating function that transforms user…

GREGORY STURM V. MATTHEW CATE
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55118
Bahr v. EPA  
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72327

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners seek review of the EPA's rule approving Arizona’s Five Percent Plan for airborne particulate matter around Maricopa County. The court upheld the EPA’s determination that the control measures in Arizona’s Five…

USA V. TIMOTHY BINFORD
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30160
USA V. URBANO DE LA CRUZ-VALLES
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30195
USA V. ARIANNA ROSALES
Date: September 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30228
TRIDENT SEAFOODS CORP V. ACE AMERICAN INS CO
Date: September 9, 2016
Docket Number: 13-36035
Aerotec Int'l v. Honeywell Int'l  
Date: September 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15562

Justia Opinion Summary: Aerotec is a small, independent company that provides maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for Honeywell's auxiliary power units (APUs). Aerotec filed suit alleging causes of action under sections 1 and 2 of…

USPS v. Bellevue Post Office  
Date: September 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35100

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1963, USPS and Bellevue’s predecessor-in-interest entered into a twenty-year initial lease with five options to renew the lease and an option to purchase certain property. When USPS attempted to exercise the purchase…

KELLY YOX V. PROVIDENCE HEALTH PLAN
Date: September 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35127
ERIC ADERHOLD V. CAR2GO NA
Date: September 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35208
ANDRANIK PETROSIAN V. USA
Date: September 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55186
RUBEN GARCIA, JR. V. SMITH
Date: September 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56687
United States v. Kaplan  
Date: September 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10241

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a urologist, appeals his felony conviction for conspiracy to commit adulteration in violation of 21 U.S.C. 331(k) with the intent to defraud or mislead. Defendant's conviction stemmed from his reuse of…

DARIO CANNON V. GERALD JANDA
Date: September 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15374
WENDY PAULUK V. GLENN SAVAGE
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15027
WENDY PAULUK V. GLENN SAVAGE
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15027
Deocampo v. Potts  
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16192

Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Vallejo petitioned for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in 2008. Two years after the bankruptcy court confirmed Vallejo's debt-adjustment plan, a federal jury found that two police officers employed by Vallejo used…

USA V. TERESA DEMINT
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50272
In re Tracht Gut, LLC  
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Number: 14-60007

Justia Opinion Summary: After the County Treasurer and Tax Collector conducted tax sales of the properties debtor owned, debtor filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief. Debtor filed an adversary complaint against the County Treasurer and the…

DAVID DECKER V. ROB PERSSON
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35854
MPS Merchant Serv. v. FERC  
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-73803, 15-73818, 15-73905, 15-73912, 16-70004, 16-70524, 16-70525, 16-70868

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners seek review of FERC's determination that various energy companies committed tariff violations in California during the summer of 2000. As part of a deregulation program, California created two nonprofit…

IN RE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION V.
Date: September 8, 2016
Docket Number: 16-50234
GERALD WILSON V. STUART SHERMAN
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 12-55505
DOROTHY MCKAY V. SANDRA HUTCHENS
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 12-57049
NewGen v. Safe Cig  
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Numbers: 13-56157, 13-56225

Justia Opinion Summary: Safe Cig challenges an almost $1.5 million default judgment awarded in NewGen's favor as void for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The court concluded that the district court acted within its statutory authority to…

Draper v. Rosario  
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16340

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a prisoner civil rights action, alleging a violation of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment stemming from a physical altercation with defendant Officer David Rosario.…

USA V. KENNETH DOOR
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 14-30170
GLOBAL BARISTAS V. TC GLOBAL
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35715
United States v. Carey  
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50222

Justia Opinion Summary: Federal agents, acting pursuant to the Wiretap Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-22, secured a wiretap order for a San Diego phone number based on evidence that Ignacio Escamilla Estrada (Escamilla) was using the number in a drug…

JOHN GALLAGHER V. SAN DIEGO UNIFIED PORT DIST.
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56517
SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ V. DERRAL ADAMS
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15679
PHILIP LYONS V. A. DICUS
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15804
Mohamed v. Uber Technologies  
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-16178, 15-16181, 15-16250

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Mohamed and Gillette, former Uber drivers, filed suit alleging on behalf of themselves and a proposed class of other drivers that Uber violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., and…

USA V. OMAR NAVA-MAYTOREL
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50213
VINUM TOKAJ INTERNATIONAL, LLC V. GRAND TOKAJ ZRT
Date: September 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-55822
USA V. PMB, JUVENILE MALE
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 11-10405
DONNA LEE V. DEBRA JACQUEZ
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 12-56258
Picerne Constr. v. Castellino Villas  
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 12-57186

Justia Opinion Summary: Castellino hired Picerne, a general contractor, to construct an apartment complex on Castellino's property. After Castellino defaulted on its obligations and failed to pay Picerne and its subcontractors, Picerne filed a…

Hiken v. Dep't of Defense  
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17073

Justia Opinion Summary: MLTF substantially prevailed in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, action filed against the Government. MLTF filed a motion for attorney fees pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(E), requesting that the court…

OREGON RESTAURANT AND LODGING V. THOMAS PEREZ
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 13-35765
Kerr v. Jewell  
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 14-36000

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a former FWS employee, filed suit contending that she was discriminated and retaliated against in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq., and retaliated against in violation of…

USA v COTA-CHAVAZ
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50407
USA v TOKUNAGA-FUJIGAKI
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50466
Direct Tech. v. Electronic Arts  
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56266

Justia Opinion Summary: EA, creator of The Sims, contracted with a production company called Lithomania to produce a USB flash drive shaped like a “PlumbBob,” a gem-shaped icon from the computer game, to promote a “Collector’s Edition” of The…

CUNICO CORP. V. CUSTOM ALLOY CORP.
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56544
USA v ALTAMIRANO
Date: September 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50090
NO MEMORANDUMS FILED TODAY
Date: September 5, 2016
Docket Number: 00-00000
ROBERT JACOBSEN V. AURORA LOAN SERVICES
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 12-17026
MICHAEL YELLEN V. ANA OLIVAREZ
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 12-17445
ALDF V. FDA
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17131
SANJAY BHARDWAJ V. ANUPAMA PATHAK
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17498
DAVID GELBER V. TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 13-56433
Loomis v. Cornish  
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 13-57093

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, the composer of a song called "Bright Red Chords," filed suit alleging that defendant, publicly known as Jessie J, and a team of high-profile songwriters led by Dr. Luke, stole a two-measure melody from Bright…

JIN HE-CHUAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 13-73863
ERNESTO GONZALES-PUEBLA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 13-73905
RICARDO MARTINEZ-BRICENO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 13-74070
USA V. LOREN DODDS
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 14-30190
WENDY PITTS V. USA
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56502
Helping Hand Tools v. EPA  
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-72553, 14-72602

Justia Opinion Summary: Helping Hand and the Center petition for review of the EPA's final decision granting Sierra Pacific a prevent of significant deterioration (PSD) permit for construction of a new biomass-burning power plant at its lumber…

Clark v. Ryan  
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15531

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct in 1982. In this appeal, petitioner challenges the district court's denial of habeas relief, contending that an Arizona Court of Appeals’ decision that Arizona’s modern sex…

PUBLIC INTEGRITY ALLIANCE, INC V. CITY OF TUCSON
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16142
USA V. CHRISTIN DIDIER
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30060
USA V. JOHN LYON
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30204
USA V. CARLOS BRISENO
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50317
AVINASH KULKARNI V. MEERA UPASANI
Date: September 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-55377
Singh v. Lynch  
Date: September 1, 2016
Docket Number: 12-74163

Justia Opinion Summary: The IJ granted petitioner, a citizen of India, voluntary departure with an alternate order of removal to India. The BIA affirmed the denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief, but remanded the case to the…

MARY BECKMAN V. MATCH.COM
Date: September 1, 2016
Docket Number: 13-16324
CENTURION PROPERTIES III V. CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE CO.
Date: September 1, 2016
Docket Number: 13-35692
C.R. v. Eugene Sch. Dist. 4J  
Date: September 1, 2016
Docket Number: 13-35856

Justia Opinion Summary: C.R. challenged his suspension, for sexually harassing two younger students, in district court under the First Amendment. C.R. argued that because the harassment occurred off-campus, in a public park, the school lacked…

Sony Electronics v. HannStar Display Corp.  
Date: September 1, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15916

Justia Opinion Summary: After Sony and HannStar engaged a mediator to resolve a price-fixing dispute, the mediator proposed settlement in an email exchange. Both parties accepted by email, but when HannStar refused to comply, Sony filed suit to…

United States v. Samaniego  
Date: September 1, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16070

Justia Opinion Summary: Claimants challenge the government’s seizure of two J.P. Morgan Chase bank accounts in a civil asset-forfeiture action. In a verified complaint seeking forfeiture, the government contends that Claimants unlawfully used…

L. J. V. Pittsburg U.S.D.  
Date: September 1, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16139

Justia Opinion Summary: L.J.’s mother filed suit in federal district court to require the school district to provide L.J. with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) to provide specialized services to assist with what she contends are serious…

United States v. Alvarez  
Date: September 1, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50506

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to transportation of aliens in the United States illegally in exchange for the government’s promise to recommend a custodial term on the low end of the sentencing guideline range and a special…

HEIDE KURTZ V. LIBERTY MUTUAL INS. CO.
Date: September 1, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55931
JOHN ROBERTS V. ESTHER ANDREWS
Date: September 1, 2016
Docket Number: 14-60047
ISAIAH WILLIAMS V. DEBRA WILLIAMS
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17284
Perez-Guzman v. Lynch  
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 13-70579

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Guatemala, seeks review of the BIA's affirmance of the IJ's decision declining to consider his application for asylum and denial of withholding of removal and protection under the…

FIDEL QUINONEZ-HERNANDEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 13-71304
Wilson v. Lynch  
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15700

Justia Opinion Summary: Consistent with a letter issued by the ATF, a firearms dealer refused to sell plaintiff a firearm because of her medical marijuana registry card. Plaintiff filed suit challenging the federal statutes, regulations, and…

ROBIN COMBS, SR. V. WASHINGTON STATE
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35821
SEC v. Jensen  
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55221

Justia Opinion Summary: The SEC filed suit against Peter Jensen and Thomas Tekulve, the former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the now-defunct Basin Water, Inc., alleging that they had participated in a scheme to defraud…

USA V. NATHAN CHARLTON
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10222
RAYMOND BRADFORD V. M. BROOKS
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16151
USA V. LUIS SANDOVAL
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30131
Ruiz Torres v. Mercer Canyons  
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35615

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a putative class action against Mercer, alleging that Mercer had a common policy or practice of failing to inform domestic farm workers of the availability of H-2A work that paid $12 per hour, in…

USA V JOHN DOE
Date: August 31, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50263
FRANCISCA MORALES DE SOTO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 30, 2016
Docket Number: 09-72122
FORTINO ALVAREZ V. RANDY TRACY
Date: August 30, 2016
Docket Number: 12-15788
Bhattarai v. Lynch  
Date: August 30, 2016
Docket Number: 12-74062

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native of Nepal, seeks review of the BIA's denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) based on past persecution and fear of future…

JOSE MENDEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 30, 2016
Docket Number: 13-70920
USA V. MARIANO PANGELINAN
Date: August 30, 2016
Docket Number: 14-10469
Ibrahim v. US DHS  
Date: August 30, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16161

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit seeking monetary and equitable relief against various state and federal officials alleging 42 U.S.C. 1983 claims, state law tort claims, and constitutional claims based on her inclusion in the…

Rademaker v. Paramo  
Date: August 30, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56946

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of first-degree murder with a special circumstance for committing the murder during the commission of a kidnapping, appealed the denial of his habeas petition. Based on an erroneous jury instruction…

RICHARD PHILLIPS V. DAVE DAVEY
Date: August 30, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16361
RICHARD PHILLIPS V. DAVE DAVEY
Date: August 30, 2016
Docket Number: 16-15487
JOSHUA FROST V. RON VAN BOENING
Date: August 29, 2016
Docket Number: 11-35114
Mulligan v. Nichols  
Date: August 29, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-55278, 14-55763

Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was injured in an altercation with two LAPD officers, he filed an administrative claim against the City, alleging that the officers acted unlawfully. The police union, LAPPL, allegedly with assistance…

USA V. JOHNNY WILLIAMS
Date: August 29, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16143
FTC v. AT&T Mobility  
Date: August 29, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16585

Justia Opinion Summary: The FTC filed suit against AT&T under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTA), 15 U.S.C. 45(a), taking issue with the adequacy of AT&T’s disclosures regarding its data throttling program. The district court…

Akina v. Hawaii  
Date: August 29, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-17134, 15-17453

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are Hawaiian residents who challenge the recent efforts by a group of Native Hawaiians to establish their own government. Plaintiffs challenge the district court’s order denying their request for a preliminary…

United States v. Aguilar-Canche  
Date: August 29, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-30209, 15-30210

Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pleaded guilty in two separate federal drug distribution cases, the district court, in a consolidated sentencing proceeding, imposed the mandatory minimum sentence for each plea, and ordered that the…

DEMETRIUS BORSTAD V. J. HARTLEY
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 10-15412
CRISTOBAL HERNANDEZ, JR. V. JANICE BREWER
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 13-16826
AVILA V NAIMAT KADAH INTERNATIONAL
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17075
Demer v. IBM Corp.  
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17196

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., against the Plan and MetLife, claiming that MetLife, the claim administrator and insurer of the Plan, improperly…

JAYCEE DUGARD V. USA
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17596
JAYCEE DUGARD V. USA
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17596
SCOTT TEUTSCHER V. RIVERSIDE SHERIFFS ASSN
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 13-56411
Teutscher v. Woodson  
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Numbers: 13-56411, 13-56659

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against his former employer, RSA, alleging retaliatory discharge claims under both state law and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. A jury awarded him…

YI SU V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 13-72480
MING YI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 13-73763
MATTHEW UA CRUADHLAOICH V. JOHN BRYSON
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16403
GRACIELA SOLORIO V. COUNTY OF FRESNO
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-17192
Trader Joe's Co. v. Hallatt  
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35035

Justia Opinion Summary: Trader Joe's filed suit against defendant for trademark infringement and unfair competition under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., and Washington law after defendant purchased Trader Joe's-branded goods in…

SHAW RAHMAN V. CRYSTAL EQUATION
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35346
BOBBY CHARLTON V. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIO
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35450
SHAW RAHMAN V. AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTOR INC
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-35966
DOUGLAS KISAKA V. USC
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55649
THE HEMMER GROUP V. SOUTHWEST WATER COMPANY
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56235
Fenske v. Service Emp. Int'l  
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-71512

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner seeks review of the Board's decision holding that petitioner could not receive concurrent payments for total disability and permanent partial disability under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation…

USA V. JASON TERPSTRA
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10375
USA V. LINO RODRIGUEZ-PARTIDA
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10426
MICHAEL LENA V. SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15011
RICKIE HILL V. CHRISTOPHER DAVIS
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15923
JESUS CASTANEDA V. R. TRIMBLE
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16386
RICKIE HILL V. C. ROWLEY
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16458
MICHAEL LENA V. C. DAVIS
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16553
JAMES REEDOM V. SSA
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16983
USA V. ERNEST BISSON
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30274
FARON LOVELACE V. ROBIN SANDY
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35518
RAYMOND PEYTON V. DAVE DAVEY
Date: August 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-55968
IMRAN JAMALI V. COUNTY OF MARICOPA
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17283
EDDIE YOUNG V. D. LUNA
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17642
Godoy v. Spearman  
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 13-56024

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of second degree murder, appealed the denial of habeas relief. In Tarango v. McDaniel, the court stated that Mattox v. United States “compels a criminal trial court to consider the prejudicial…

ANA LIZAMA RIVAS V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 13-72713
USA V. CURTIS MANUEL
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-10420
MICHAEL SANSOE V. FORD MOTOR CO.
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16124
NORMA MOSLEY V. USDOA
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16275
DALE GORNEY V. ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16753
GREGORY BARREN, SR. V. T. ROBINSON
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16792
DONALD HENRY V. SFPD
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-17362
USA V. FERNANDO ZATARAIN-PENA
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50163
USA V. CANDELARIO GONZALEZ-GARCIA
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50250
USA V. SACRAMENTO DIAZ
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50338
J. HERNANDEZ V. FHLMC
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56309
LARRY TEVIS V.
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-60009
ANTONIA GARCIA MENDOZA V.
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-60026
Reyes v. Lynch  
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73510

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of Mexico, seeks review of the BIA's decision finding him ineligible for adjustment of status or cancellation of removal. Petitioner was determined ineligible for adjustment or cancellation under 8…

RAMIRO VELA V. LISA WALSH
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15432
JAY PEMBER V. AL RAMOS
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15627
CLAUDELL MARTIN V. LOADHOLT
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15750
JENGHIZ STEWART V. MELYSSA RODERICK
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16157
JENGHIZ STEWART V. JOSEPH ARPAIO
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16160
DONALD ALLEN V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16505
ERIC CHRISTIAN V. CHRISTOPHER HOYE
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16545
ORLANDO BLACKWELL V. D. DOSUELLA
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16630
LARRY TEVIS V. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF VETER
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16962
KATHLEEN CHAPMAN V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35049
GUSTAVO MCKENZIE V. PAUL JORIZZO
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35083
TAMARA ROBERSON V. TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35394
RICHARD SHREVES V. SCOTT PIRANIAN
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35441
RONALD BUZZARD, JR. V. ISRB
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35667
USA V. FERNANDO ESPARZA
Date: August 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50439
MARIA MERCADO MELENDEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 11-73835
WENQIANG XU V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 12-73428
LEONARDO BARRERA-TORRES V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 12-73514
MICHAEL YELLEN V. USA
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16344
PATRICIA GARCIA V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16435
MICHAEL YELLEN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16899
Estate of Diaz v. City of Anaheim  
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55644

Justia Opinion Summary: After Manuel Diaz was shot by an Anaheim police officer, Diaz's estate and mother filed suit against the officer and the city, alleging federal civil rights violations. The jury returned the verdict in favor of…

NANCY GEIGER V. CITY OF CHINO
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56865
MARIA RAFAEL DEPAZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-70672
AIQIN LI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-70761
JUAN DIAZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-70907
Shea Homes v. CIR  
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-72161, 14-72162, 14-72163

Justia Opinion Summary: The Commissioner appeals the Tax Court's decision in these consolidated cases that SHI did not have deficiencies for the tax years under consideration and that SHLP and Vistancia had no adjustments to partnership items…

MARIA ISLAS-ESPINOSA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72698
ENGUANG WANG V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72873
XIAOXING WANG V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72942
JOSE MARTINEZ-FLORES V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72980
SERGIO JACOBO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73232
JORGE LUNA-BAUTISTA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73249
JIANHUA YAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73514
ENRIQUE DOQUE-LORENZANA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73545
ISRAEL LINARES-AQUINO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73555
SAMARJEET GILL V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73656
JOHN BAKER V. THOMAS BELL
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15446
Bhd. of Maint. of Way v. BNSF  
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-56556, 16-55070

Justia Opinion Summary: After BNSF suspended an employee, BMWED filed a complaint against BNSF alleging that BNSF's disciplinary actions interfered with and subverted the Railway Labor Act's (RLA), 45 U.S.C. 151-188, grievance and arbitration…

NOIME CRUZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70416
JOSE ARANA OLIVARES V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70594
CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ-MEJIA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70611
ROHIT PATEL PATEL V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70917
JUAN PACHECO-GARCIA V. LORETTA LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 15-71674
JUAN TORRES-SANTOYO V. LORETTA LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2016
Docket Number: 15-71722
NARETH CHHOR V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 12-73023
Ortega-Lopez v. Lynch  
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 13-71127

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Mexican citizen, challenged the BIA's decision holding that his misdemeanor conviction for participating in cockfighting under 7 U.S.C. 2156(a)(1) is a categorical crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT). In…

JUAN GONZALEZ SABINO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 13-71713
LUIS HERNANDEZ SANTOS V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 13-72369
LAI YU V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 13-74273
CURTIS DOWNING V. JOHNNIE GRAVES
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16308
Tompkins v. 23andMe, Inc.  
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16405

Justia Opinion Summary: Multiple plaintiffs filed different class actions against 23andMe relating to the company’s health claims. 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer provider of genetic testing service, claimed that its service could be used to help…

SANDIE CHU V. PATRICK DONAHOE
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-16467
USA V. RICHARD ROSSIGNOL
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50350
Adeli v. Barclay  
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-55854

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement agreement regarding a parcel of land in Berkeley, California, but failed to seek a stay of the sale order. The district court dismissed the appeal as…

TU THIEN THE, INC. V. TU THIEN TELECOM, INC.
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56487
RAUL ROQUE V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-70408
SANTA ROJAS V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-71715
RICARDO SALAS-HERNANDEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72007
ANGEL CRUZ-JUAREZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72249
NINA OGANESIAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72348
PEDRO RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72599
DHARMESH PATEL V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72648
JOSE RIVERA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-72651
SANTIAGO OSORIO-AVILA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73073
ROBERTO PEREZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-73668
USA V. JOEL MARTINEZ-PEREZ
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10438
STEVE BADUE V. JEFFREY BEARD
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16586
Welch v. Brown  
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-16598

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit alleging facial constitutional challenges to California’s law prohibiting state-licensed mental health providers from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) with minor patients (Senate…

BRIAN HERRON V. J. SHARTLE
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-17315
USA V. SHAWN RODRIGUEZ
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30093
USA V. TERRY CROFF
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30247
MATTHEW YOUNG V. STATE OF OREGON
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35412
USA V. OMAR MENERA-ARZATA
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50283
American Hotel and Lodging Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles  
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-55909

Justia Opinion Summary: Hotels appealed the denial of their motion to preliminarily enjoin the City from enforcing the Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance. The district court denied Hotels’ motion for preliminary injunctive relief. The…

BENITO ZARAGOZA-TINOCO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70905
NOEL NAVA-MENDOZA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-70916
JOSE RODRIGUEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-71195
RADU GRUMAZESCU V. LORETTA LYNCH
Date: August 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-72334
SOO KWAK V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 12-71576
Morris v. Ernst & Young, LLP  
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 13-16599

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Morris and McDaniel filed suit against Ernst & Young, alleging that the company misclassified Morris and similarly situated employees and denied overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29…

Liquidating Trust Comm. v. Freeman  
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 13-17500

Justia Opinion Summary: David Freeman and his cohort of investors, including William Del Biaggio, III, purchased the Nashville Predators, a National Hockey League (NHL) team in Nashville, Tennessee. As a result of the sale, the Predators became…

USA V. DANIEL PARK
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 14-50200
LIBERTY SURPLUS INSURANCE CORP V. LEDESMA AND MEYER CONSTRUCTION
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 14-56120
MAN PAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 14-70437
USA V. TIEN LE
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10020
USA V. ROBERT VARGAS
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10282
USA V. DONALD WALTERS, JR.
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10298
USA V. MIGUEL CERVANTES-CEVALLOS
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10471
USA V. TONY GUSTAFSON
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-30192
USA V. JUAN FERNANDEZ
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-35116
USA V. CAMILLO RUIZ-DIAZ
Date: August 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-50479

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