2020 Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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JENNIFER CHRISTIAN V. UMPQUA BANK
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35522
Christian v. Umpqua Bank  
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35522

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment for the Bank on plaintiff's claim of gender harassment under Title VII and the Washington Law Against Discrimination. Plaintiff, a former employee…

ALFREDO JIMENEZ GARCIA V. JEFFREY ROSEN
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72455
United States v. Dixon  
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10112

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appeals the district court's partial denial of his motion to suppress evidence resulting from a search of his vehicle. At issue was whether the insertion of a car key into a lock on the vehicle's door for the…

Alpert v. NationStar Mortgage LLC  
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35867

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit filed an order deferring submission and certifying the following questions to the Washington State Supreme Court: 1. Should the filed rate doctrine apply to claims by a Washington homeowner against a…

Doe v. Trump  
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-36020

Justia Opinion Summary: Proclamation No. 9945, which restricts entry of immigrant visa applicants who cannot demonstrate that they either (1) will acquire qualifying healthcare coverage within 30 days of entry or (2) have the ability to pay for…

D. D. v. Los Angeles Unified School District  
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55810

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an elementary school student who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and severe, disability-related behavioral issues, filed suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) alleging that…

JIANRUI LIN V. JEFFREY ROSEN
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73150
Hall v. United States Department of Agriculture  
Date: December 31, 2020
Docket Number: 20-16232

Justia Opinion Summary: As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Families First Act), which provides for emergency assistance to households participating in the Supplemental…

Hernandez Flores v. Rosen  
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 17-72888

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision dismissing petitioner's appeal of the IJ's finding of removability based on his past drug convictions. Under the Special Agricultural Worker program…

PIUS AILEMAN V. JEFFREY ROSEN
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72734
ERIC GONZALES MIRANDA V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15474
PATRICIA BARNES V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17203
USA V. CARLOS ROMERO-CORICHE
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50372
LOCAL JT. EXEC BD OF LAS VEGAS V. NLRB
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73322
SEIU LOCAL 1107 V. NLRB
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 20-70312
FERNANDO FERNANDEZ SEGURA V. JEFFREY ROSEN
Date: December 30, 2020
Docket Number: 20-70379
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Seila Law LLC  
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 17-56324

Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed the district court's order granting CFPB's petition to enforce the law firm's compliance with the Bureau's civil investigative demand (CID) requiring the…

MARGARITO QUIROZ-BARRERA V. JEFFREY ROSEN
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71328
LUXI YANG V. JEFFREY ROSEN
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72206
USA V. SHEILA HARRIS
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10006
United States v. Harris  
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10006

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for two counts of aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. 1028A. Defendant was the owner and operator of a business that provided therapeutic services, and her…

ANTHONY BARTLING V. APPLE INC.
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16720
Nunes v. Stephens  
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-16815, 19-16816

Justia Opinion Summary: Angelina Nunes, individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for her minor children, and Emanuel Alves filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action against the County and its attorneys for unlawfully viewing the juvenile records of the…

ERIC BATES V. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17094
DEMARIO ROBERTS V. STEPHEN SINCLAIR
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35846
Langere v. Verizon Wireless Services, LLC  
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55747

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit held that plaintiff does not create appellate jurisdiction by voluntarily dismissing his claims with prejudice after being forced to arbitrate them. The panel dismissed plaintiff's appeal of the…

Flores v. Rosen  
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56326

Justia Opinion Summary: This case relates to the consent decree incorporating the Flores Agreement, a 1997 settlement agreement between the United States and a class of all minors subject to immigration detention. The Agreement established…

Public Watchdogs v. Southern California Edison Co.  
Date: December 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56531

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of the complaint based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Administrative Orders Review Act, frequently referred to as the Hobbs Act. Because the…

MID CONTINENT CASUALTY COMPANY V. ALAN ENGELKE
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36033
ESMERALDA ESPINOSA MOLAR V. JEFFREY ROSEN
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71835
ENG CHHUN V. JEFFREY ROSEN
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72340
USA V. BRETT BEGAY
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10296
USA V. JAVIER MERAZ-CAMPOS
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10384
TERRENCE MCKNIGHT V. R. JOHNSON
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16631
JERALD HOLCOMB V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17413
USA V. RANDY HALL
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30245
TERRY LANNING V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35991
Ashe v. Saul  
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15531

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court's judgment dismissing as time-barred plaintiff's challenge to the Appeals Council's decision affirming the denial of social security disability benefits. The district court…

ROSEMARY GARITY V. APWU NAT'L LABOR ORG.
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15633
RALPH BARRETT V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36090
BRIGETTE TAYLOR V. BOSCO CREDIT LLC
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16727
KORY PEDERSEN V. OREGON BOARD OF PAROLE
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35599
DONOVAN JANUS V. MARK ANTHONY FREEMAN
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55199
MELODY KEMSLEY V. MEGAN BRENNAN
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55856
ANA RIVERA-MONTENEGRO V. JEFFREY ROSEN
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70548
NOB HILL GENERAL STORES, INC. V. NLRB
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72429
LIVING ECOLOGY, INC. V. BOSCH PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY INC
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15042
BRIAN SCIARA V. STEPHEN CAMPBELL
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15123
MICHAEL WYATT V. JOHN SUTTON
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15203
WENDY GISH V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55445
SOUTH BAY UNITED PENTECOSTAL V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: December 24, 2020
Docket Number: 20-56358
TIMOTHY DEMARTINI V. MICHAEL DEMARTINI
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 17-16400
IRVIN MORENO V. RICHARD IVES
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35888
MARLENE ZELAYA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72133
USA V. GERALD GARCIA
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10468
JEFFREY BERK V. COINBASE, INC.
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16594
USA V. JESUS LANDEROS-MORALES
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30207
CHRISTOPHER CONANT V. CREDIT SUISSE GROUP SECURITIES
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35944
USA V. RICARDO RENTERIA
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50228
HARVEST ROCK CHURCH, INC. V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 20-56357
SOUTH BAY UNITED PENTECOSTAL V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: December 23, 2020
Docket Number: 20-56358
PATRICK CAU V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71866
FELIPE LOPEZ-CAMARILLO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71162
USA V. CLIFTON JACKSON
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10277
U.S. BANK, NA V. SFR INVESTMENTS POOL 1, LLC
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15349
I. M. V. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16374
DAT LUONG V. NAPA STATE HOSPITAL
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16846
NAEC V. USDOI
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35008
FRANKLIN FRALEY, JR. V. TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55846
CLAUDIEN FRANCOIS V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70004
IRIS GARCIA-LOPEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 22, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70224
JOSEPH SMITH V. RENEE BAKER
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 14-99003
SAID ISSE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70178
Minh P. Nguyen v. Barr  
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17-72197

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision denying petitioner's application for asylum and withholding of removal. The panel held that petitioner waived review of the Board's discretionary…

Southcentral Foundation v. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium  
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35868

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit filed: (1) an order amending its opinion, denying a petition for panel rehearing, and denying on behalf of the court a petition for rehearing en banc; and (2) an amended opinion reversing the district…

USA V. ERIC STAGNO
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10466
ROBERT LANE V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15438
MORNING STAR PACKING COMPANY V. LOS GATOS TOMATO PRODUCTS
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16649
GLEN CALDWELL, JR. V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17358
SHERRIE BERG V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35879
USA V. AMERICA AGUILAR-REYES
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50074
USA V. MIGUEL HURTADO
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50174
MARIA RODRIGUEZ V. N.H. BALL BEARINGS, INC.
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55087
JANICE DICKINSON V. RYAN SEACREST ENTERPRISES INC.
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55415
RAGAN SORIANO V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56171
INTRACOASTAL CAPITAL, LLC V. BRADLEY SHARP
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60054
JOSE NAVA-CRUSILLO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72122
RAMON CALDERON-MEJIA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72849
Unite
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10317
FREEDOM FOUNDATION V. WASHINGTON DEPT. OF ECOLOGY
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35007
ARIFF GULAMANI V. UNITRIN AUTO & HOME INSURANCE
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35312
STEPHEN THORSTENSON V. USDOL
Date: December 21, 2020
Docket Number: 20-70211
GUSTAVO NAVICHOQUE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70661
USA V. SYNDA COLLINS
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30244
ARLY BOSH V. USA
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-36099
Dr. Seuss Enterprises, LP v. ComicMix LLC  
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55348

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's summary judgment in favor of defendants on a copyright infringement claim and affirmed the district court's dismissal and grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants…

SCOTTSDALE INS. CO. V. DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55502
USA V. JOHN BACHLER
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10044
EVA MOORE V. MITZI JOHANKNECHT
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35028
RALPH ISOM V. R. HOPKINS
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 20-60019
LEOBARDO JIMENEZ-DOMINGUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 18, 2020
Docket Number: 20-70207
MELANIE MINTZ V. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 16-15397
DOUGLAS VILLALOBOS V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 17-72891
USA V. DWIGHT WILLIAMS
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35732
RICKIE LEE FOWLER V. RONALD DAVIS
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56647
MINERVA SANCHEZ BELLO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72229
VINCENT CHAVEZ V. SULLIVAN
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15543
BANK OF AMERICA, NA V. KENNETH BERBERICH
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15924
ROBERT GARDNER V. LVMPD
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16047
MICHAEL ECKERT V. PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16869
SHALISE AUSTIN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35670
INGE ANDERSON V. SCOTT ANDERSON
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-36000
USA V. FRANCISCO PALACIOS-GUERRERO
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50071
Beverly Oaks Physicians Surgical Center, LLC v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois  
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55820

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of Beverly Oaks' claim for benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Beverly Oaks contends that Blue Cross waived or is…

EDGAR TODESCHI V. UBALDO JUAREZ
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60051
BYRON ARRIAZA-PACHECO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72133
SUSAN PIERSON V. HUDSON INS. CO.
Date: December 17, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35185
JOSE SANCHEZ, JR. V. DONALD HOLBROOK
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35899
XING CHEN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70886
VARDUHI SASHOYAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71510
USA V. BRANDON PRUITT
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10125
USA V. ZALATHIEL AGUILA
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10390
Attia v. Google, LLC  
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15771

Justia Opinion Summary: Attia developed architecture technology called “Engineered Architecture” (EA). Google and Attia worked together on “Project Genie” to implement EA. Attia disclosed his EA trade secrets with the understanding that he…

MATT JACOBSEN V. RUSHMORE LOAN MGMT. SERVS. LLC
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16341
Innova Solutions, Inc. v. Baran  
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16849

Justia Opinion Summary: Innova, wanting to hire a citizen of India with a bachelor’s degree as a computer programmer, sought an H-1B “specialty occupation” visa on his behalf. Under the relevant regulation, Innova had to establish that a…

RONNIE TOWNSEND V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16919
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC V. EQUITY TRUST COMPANY CUSTODIAN
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17167
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17331
UNITED SPECIALTY INS. CO. V. SHOT SHAKERS, INC.
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35192
LANCE BRITTON V. KLAMATH COUNTY
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35782
RACHEL BENJAMIN V. STEVENS COUNTY
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35814
MARTIN MONDRAGON V. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56087
MARTI MACKEY V. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56135
NANCY CABRERA-LOPEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70381
DARWIN ALVAREZ-UMANZOR V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71667
HOWARD COCHRAN V. ANDREAS THUDE
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15032
WILLIAM GRAVEN V. STATE OF ARIZONA
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15110
HOWARD COCHRAN V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15154
OMAR GAY V. JENNIFER SHAFFER
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15249
HOWARD COCHRAN V. KUBLER
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15434
ROLAND MA V. USC
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35370
CRAFTY PRODUCTIONS, INC. V. FUQING SANXING CRAFTS CO. LTD.
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55010
MICHAEL SMITH V. 116 S MARKET LLC
Date: December 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55304
United States v. Hardiman  
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 16-50422

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Jermain Hardiman's motions under 28 U.S.C. 2255 and 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2). A jury found that Hardiman was responsible for distributing at least 28 grams but less…

SHELIA MASON V. MEDIFIT CORP. SERVS., INC.
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16230
MELINDA VALENZUELA V. KATAUSHIA THOMAS
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17166
ABRAM FAREG V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72490
KELVIN MORENO-NAVARRETE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72822
ALEJANDRA CARRANZA-ALEY V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73130
SANDEEP SINGH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73464
VIKY ALVAREZ DE MORENO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73474
USA V. MIHRAN MELKONYAN
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10026
INGINIO HERNANDEZ V. ROMEO ARANAS
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16782
ROY MAXWELL V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16956
WILMINGTON TRUST, NA V. SATICOY BAY LLC SERIES 206 VAL
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17573
USA V. RYAN ALEXANDER
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30262
MARK MAYES V. ANGIE RAYFIELD
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-36097
USA V. SALVADOR ACOSTA
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50007
USA V. JOSE HERNANDEZ
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50258
KEVAN GREEN V. NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLC
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55363
WLADIMER KLIMENKO V. ROSENDO GONZALEZ
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56359
SHMUEL ERDE V. CAROLYN DYE
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60039
RYAN O'HARA V. UNITED STATES TRUSTEE
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60044
SHMUEL ERDE V. CAROLYN DYE
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60062
SHMUEL ERDE V. THEODOR BODNAR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60063
HENRI CALDERON-RODRIGUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71195
SONIA OROZCO-SALGADO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71358
OSCAR AGUILAR V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71407
GRACIELA ARELLANO HERRERA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72750
MIN GAO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73175
THERMOLIFE INTERNATIONAL, LLC V. AM. FITNESS WHOLESALERS, LLC
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15163
JAMES SCHLIENZ V. RICHARD PRATT
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15755
Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak  
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-16169

Justia Opinion Summary: Calvary Chapel challenges Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak's Directive 021, which prohibits certain gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a violation of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.…

CALVARY CHAPEL LONE MOUNTAIN V. STEVE SISOLAK
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-16274
EDDIE TATE V. TRE SMITH
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35271
J.F. V. SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55376
SHMUEL ERDE V. THEODOR BODNAR
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-60001
SHMUEL ERDE V. DAVID EISENBERG
Date: December 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-60002
MIGUEL VELASCO-MARIN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72279
SHAGDAR BOLDMYAGMAR V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72534
USA V. ALLEN FONG
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10254
USA V. STEPHEN DOUGAN
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10312
MICHAEL ENOS V. U.S. BANK, N.A.
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15828
ROD STUCKER V. STATE OF IDAHO
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35733
ALLEN MORIN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-36007
USA V. JERRY AUBREY
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55463
LEANDRO GONZALEZ V. M. DEGUZMAN
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56116
HOWARD APPEL V. ROBERT WOLF
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56131
LEANDRO GONZALEZ V. A. RENTERIA
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56149
OPTIMUM PRODUCTIONS V. HOME BOX OFFICE
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56222
Christian v. Thomas  
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70036

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit denied applicant's application for federal habeas corpus relief from his 1997 conviction in Hawaii state court for second-degree murder where applicant seeks retroactive relief based on McCoy v.…

VAHAGN ABRAHAMYAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70141
RAUL ULLOA-GUTIERREZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70525
USA V. AARON ORDONEZ
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10059
ANGEL DIAZ-MENDOZA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 20-70023
Tate v. United States  
Date: December 14, 2020
Docket Number: 20-70785

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit denied applicant's request for authorization to file a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. 2255 to vacate his 2015 conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in…

JAIME MEDINA V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 17-17344
LONNIE WILLIAMS, JR. V. DANIEL PARAMO
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55284
OTONIEL PATINO GARCIA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70835
LUISA BACA-BACA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71793
VICTOR FENESAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71833
MYRA ANDRES-GALEOTE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71940
SONIA RECANOJ-DE LEON V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73238
USA V. DAMIEN NORRIS
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10431
USA V. ISAAC BAUTISTA
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10448
USA V. GUSTAVO LERMA
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10453
LEVERTY & ASSOCIATES LAW CHTD. V. JULIANA EXLEY
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15545
JOSEPH STREEPY V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15628
LISA STRUGALA V. FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16774
EXPENSIFY, INC. V. EDDIE WHITE
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17320
JUSTIN GRIFFIN V. SACHS ELECTRIC COMPANY
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17457
INTEGON NAT'L INS. CO. V. BILLY REECE
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17567
ROBIN BURSELL V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35636
SHEILA OWEN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35684
CARMEN ROBLES V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55458
CANDACE BIGGERSTAFF V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55935
J AND J REALTY HOLDINGS V. GREAT AMERICAN E & S INS. CO.
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56172
GARY ZIEBARTH V. SHARON ADAMS
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60055
IAN COBOURNE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73029
PETRONA ANDRES-GASPAR V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73214
KARL SEURING V. DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73334
USA V. NETZAHUALCOYOTL CERNA
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10049
GARRETT DEETZ V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15015
TOM GONZALES V. LAKE HAVASU CITY
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15027
KING SOLARMAN, INC. V. CIR
Date: December 11, 2020
Docket Number: 20-70373
NLRB V. LORI IRISH
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15063
ADAM MCADAMS V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16735
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION V. DONNA AMINA
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16786
MARCOS GARCIA-CARRILLO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72343
AURELIA URIOSTEGUI GUADARRAMA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72963
JASWANT SINGH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73011
JOSE HENRIQUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73269
GREGORY GOODS V. D. HAMAD
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15393
ANGELICA ALBAY V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15642
KEVIN AUBART V. RYAN MCCARTHY
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16676
DWANE MILLER V. DEPUY SYNTHES SALES, INC.
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16821
GREGORY HARRIS V. JAMES DZURENDA
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16841
ALEX VILLA VALENZUELA V. GERARDO GREGORIO
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17367
REBEKAH CHARLESTON V. STATE OF NEVADA
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17423
STELLA CASTANEDA V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17511
GEOFFREY LAWSON V. DAN PACHOLKE
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35141
FRANCES DU JU V. AIRBNB INC.
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35628
DOUGLAS ROUGH V. CHASE BANK
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35902
DON WALLER V. CITY OF SPOKANE
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35999
USA V. MERLI MARTINEZ-AVILA
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50236
USA V. ERIK LEON DEL ANGEL
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50254
DAVID WHITEHEAD V. NETFLIX, INC.
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55905
ENRIQUE SANCHEZ V. KIMBERLY SEIBEL
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56050
JASPER CROOK V. WYNDHAM DESTINATIONS, INC.
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56392
THEODORE NEWTON V. S. EATMON
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56478
EVER ALVARADO-GARCIA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70753
ALEJANDRA BURGOS-BORJA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70836
JOSE VASQUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71344
KOLYA BAGDASARYAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72885
USA V. DERRICK VINCENT
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10015
LA TONYA FINLEY V. TRANSUNION
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15316
LATONYA FINLEY V. OAKLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15347
STATE OF HAWAII V. ROBERT STONE
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15828
JOANNA PFEISTER V. RSUI INDEMNITY COMPANY
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-16534
RAYMOND ROLES V. JAY CHRISTENSEN
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35071
TAN VO V. JERI BOE
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35190
JEFF MILLHEISLER V. TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT #10
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35251
USA V. DAVID JACQUOT
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-50003
USA V. CARLOS GONZALEZ BECERRA
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-50033
USA V. CHIBUEZE NWAFOR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-50068
USA V. JOSE GOMEZ-ARIAS
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-50118
FRANCISCO SALGADO-VASQUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-70517
FIDEL CRUZ FLETES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-70671
WILLIAM URQUILLA-PINO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 15-71786
SANTIAGO AREVALO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73080
HUGO CARDENAS V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 17-73243
RENE FERNANDEZ V. ROMEO ARANAS
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17353
USA V. TERRANCE EDWARDS
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-30138
USA V. JORGE ZAMORA-GONZALEZ
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50422
MARCO SANCHEZ LEYVA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70913
ENEIDA GARCIA OLVERA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71811
ANGELE JEAN LOUIS V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72256
BENJAMIN LIZARDI V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72576
YONGSHENG CUI V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72808
Doe v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.  
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15074

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, individuals living with HIV/AIDS who have employer-sponsored health plans, and who rely on those plans to obtain prescription drugs, filed suit alleging that CVS's program violates the anti-discrimination…

LORA GREEN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16092
KATHRYN JONES V. MEDTRONIC
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16800
SHON MELLOW V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17249
DEREK SNARR V. HRB TAX GROUP, INC.
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17441
BRADLEY RUGGLES V. CITY OF SCOTTSDALE
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17470
JESUS MORAN V. THOMAS HIGGINS
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17503
USA V. STEPHEN HOWE
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30023
USA V. OSWALDO GARCIA-LARA
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30243
Does v. Wasden  
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35391

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, 134 men and women registered as sex offenders in Idaho, filed suit claiming that the retroactive application of Idaho's Sexual Offender Registration Notification and Community Right-to-Know Act (SORA) is…

RONALD VAN HOOK V. STATE OF IDAHO
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35875
KENT WILLIAMS V. ALAN STEWART
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35936
DAVID HEAD V. USA
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-36103
USA V. FELIPE AMBRIZ-VALDOVINOS
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50024
USA V. LANCE LAVERT
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50299
USA V. ULYSSES RAMOS
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50348
AM. BANKERS INS. CO. OF FLA. V. ANGEL VELAZQUEZ
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55024
NOAH'S ARK PROCESSORS, LLC V. CMBG ADVISORS, INC.
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55945
IVIN MOOD V. COUNTY OF ORANGE
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56009
JENNIFER REITMAN V. CHAMPION PETFOODS USA, INC.
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56467
PEOPLE'S BAIL BONDS V. AGNETA DOBOS
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60045
ELMER CHAVARRIA-RAMIREZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70504
LI WANG V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70531
SOFONIAS ALFARO-REYES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70742
FERNANDO BASILIO CRISTOBAL V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70827
Singh v. Barr  
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-70932, 19-71025

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit dismissed, based on lack of jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. 1252, petitions for review of the IJ's decisions concluding that petitioners lacked jurisdiction to reopen credible fear proceedings under 8…

JASIEL LOPEZ DIAZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71346
RUDY GUEVARA-BERMUDEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71570
ALAN QUIJANO SERRANO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71845
VICENTE VELASQUEZ LOPEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71885
VATSAL JOSHI V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72484
LUIS FIGUEROA CHAVEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72644
JULIO CASTRO-PEREZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73268
USA V. WILLIAM WISE
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15062
LORI MCGRATH V. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15730
USA V. GEORGE VERKLER
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 20-30097
THOMAS KRZYMINSKI V. SPOKANE COUNTY
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35182
RICHARD PICKETT V. RICK COURSEY
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35247
CHRISTIAN VAZQUEZ-SALGADO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 20-70322
KAREL SPIKES V. USDC-CASD
Date: December 9, 2020
Docket Number: 20-71494
United States v. Sineneng-Smith  
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 15-10614

Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions on two counts of encouraging and inducing an alien to remain in the United States for the purposes of financial gain in violation of 8…

ANA ANAYA DE NIETO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 16-71769
GURJEET KAUR V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71433
NORTHBAY HEALTHCARE GROUP V. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16769
CINTIA PEREZ ZAMORA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70021
JOSE MARTINEZ-VALENCIA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71163
JOHNATHAN LORENZO BIBIANO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72399
IGNACIO GALVAN-INCLAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72447
RHOAN WOOLERY V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72806
ESTEBAN GARCIA-RODRIGUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72897
USA V. HEATH ROBERSON
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10393
United States v. Ruiz Gainza  
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-10430, 20-10009

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit vacated defendants' sentences imposed after they pleaded guilty to multiple offenses, including conspiracy to possess unauthorized access devices, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft.…

USA V. DAVID NICHOLS
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10469
USA V. MICHELLE FERRELL
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30219
Clare v. Clare  
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-36039

Justia Opinion Summary: A husband's unauthorized access into his wife's work emails—undoubtedly an invasion of her privacy—could also constitute a violation of the Stored Communications Act. After wife and her law firm employer filed suit…

USA V. COLEMAN PAYNE
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50159
USA V. ANH NGUYEN
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50264
CLEMENTE HUERTA-JIMENEZ V. CHAD WOLF
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55420
CESAR LUNA-FLORES V. USDHS
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56020
MARCELINO CASTRO SILVA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70443
JUAN CHINCHILLA SANCHEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70672
MANA DIARRA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70889
JOSE UITZ-GONGORA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71228
ARMANDO HUERTA-MALDONADO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71296
ARMANDO ESCAMILLA-SERRANO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71302
BULMARA GANDARILLA OLIVAREZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71314
GRISELDA HERNANDEZ MACARIO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71437
EZEQUIEL HERNANDEZ GOMEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72268
FRANCISCO PEDRO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73304
USA V. ERIK CAMACHO-MEDINA
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10061
USA V. EDWIN BLAS
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10078
USA V. OSCAR ROMERO
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10093
USA V. SHONDOR ARCENEAUX
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10277
USA V. BRANDI DVORAK
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 20-30005
USA V. COURTNEY VAUGHN
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 20-30016
SOUTH BAY UNITED PENTECOSTAL V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: December 8, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55533
MIGUEL AGUILAR-BARILLAS V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 14-71905
RANDY CABANTAC V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 15-70248
JESUS MATIAS-JESUS V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 15-71633
JOSE MELGAR-RODRIGUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 15-73268
PEDRO MACTZUL-MUCIA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73525
LUIS QUEZADA-HERNANDEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71960
Hotop v. City of San Jose  
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16995

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that certain provisions of the City of San Jose's 2017 Ordinance and implementing regulations, pertaining to the…

QIJUN LI V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70505
Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt  
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73400

Justia Opinion Summary: CBD filed suit challenging the legality of BOEM's and FWS's actions, arguing that the agencies failed to comply adequately with the procedural requirements imposed by the National Environment Policy Act (NEPA), the…

USA V. DANNY LOWE
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30039
USA V. REFUGIO AGUSTIN-PINEDA
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30108
USA V. WILLIAM KING
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30282
USA V. PABLO MAGANA
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50374
Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc.  
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55802

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit certified the following question to the Supreme Court of California: Does the evidentiary standard set forth in section 1102.6 of the California Labor Code replace the McDonnell Douglas test as the…

FTC V. JACQUES POUJADE
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56397
EDUIN MIRAMONTES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70433
YAQUELIN CATALAN-MATTA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72896
USA V. JASON GARCIA
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 20-30046
DAVID HODGES V. CORIZON HEALTH, INC.
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35066
ODILA PENALOZA V. CITY OF RIALTO
Date: December 7, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55164
McGee v. S-L Snacks National  
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 17-55577

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal for lack of constitutional Article III standing of a putative class action brought by a plaintiff, a consumer of Pop Secret popcorn. Plaintiff contends that…

RONULFO VICENTE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 17-73319
CLUB ONE CASINO, INC V. DUSTEN PERRY
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17089
ALHAJI SILLAH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71473
USA V. WALTER REYES
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50207
RAFAGAD ALI V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72273
MARVIN ZUNIGA JOHNSON V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72382
MIRCY ALEZANO-HERNANDEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72869
LUCIA ESPINDOLA RIVERA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73104
ILAI KOON WAI YOU V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73310
RON GIVENS V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15949
MILDA RODRIGUEZ VASQUEZ V. CHAD WOLF
Date: December 4, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55142
United States v. Lozoya  
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 17-50336

Justia Opinion Summary: The en banc court affirmed defendant's conviction for misdemeanor assault within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States. Defendant was traveling on a commercial flight from Minneapolis to Los Angeles when…

Center for Investigative Reporting v. United States Department of Justice  
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17356

Justia Opinion Summary: CIR filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), requesting that ATF provide records concerning weapon ownership. CIR specifically wants to report on the use in crimes of guns that had at one time been owned…

Medina Tovar v. Zuchowski  
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35072

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was granted a U-visa effective a month after she married her husband. After USCIS denied plaintiff's petition for a derivative U-visa for her husband, she filed suit for declaratory and injunctive relief. The…

USA V. FRANCISCO LOPEZ-REYES
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10344
YOCHA DEHE WINTUN NATION V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16384
FNMA/FANNIE MAE V. SATICOY BAY LLC SERIES 6671
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17133
CITIZENS FOR FREE SPEECH, LLC V. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17448
DEANGELO GREEN V. MARGARET GILBERT
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35760
GRACE BAEK V. JOHN HALVORSON
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55816
SCOTT STONER V. COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55920
JOSEPH WILCZAK V. SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, IN
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60068
HARVEST ROCK CHURCH, INC. V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55907
HARVEST ROCK CHURCH, INC. V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: December 3, 2020
Docket Number: 22-55907
United States v. Collazo  
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-50509, 16-50048, 16-50117, 16-50195, 16-50345

Justia Opinion Summary: Five defendants appealed their convictions for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances under 21 U.S.C. 846 and 841. The en banc court concluded that the jury instruction in this case was erroneous, clarifying the…

U.S. BANK, N.A. V. SFR INVESTMENTS POOL 1, LLC
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17383
Broidy Capital Management v. State of Qatar  
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56256

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Elliot Broidy and his investment firm filed suit against the State of Qatar and various other defendants after Qatari agents allegedly hacked into plaintiffs' computer servers, stole their confidential…

ELMER SIMON VELASQUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71561
USA V. CHEROKEE DELAHANTY
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10459
WELLS FARGO BANK V. RESOURCES GROUP, LLC
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15876
KIRK CAMPBELL V. DANIEL PARAMO
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15880
Bair v. California Department of Transportation  
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16478

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit challenging a highway improvement project proposed by Caltrans, claiming that the project failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. The district court determined…

RICKY JARRETT V. DAVID SHINN
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16518
BRIAN H. V. BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16775
City and County of San Francisco v. USCIS  
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-17213, 19-17214, 19-35914

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, DHS issued a rule that defines the term "public charge" to include those who are likely to participate, even for a limited period of time, in non-cash federal government assistance programs. At issue are…

DAVID LILLIE V. MANTECH INT'L CORP.
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55891
SALITO CHILUVANE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70377
OSAMA FARAH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70998
TERESA REYES VILLANUEVA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-72215
LUTHER NCHE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-73139
EXAMWORKS, LLC V. TODD BALDINI
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 20-16125
In the Matter of Caleb Garrett  
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35127

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal, for lack of jurisdiction, of an admiralty action seeking exoneration from or limitation of liability for a boating accident. The panel concluded that the alleged…

BRETT ADAMS V. SKAGIT BONDED COLLECTORS
Date: December 2, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35158
USA V. SAMANTHA NUSS
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10221
WAYNE WRIGHT V. CHARLES BECK
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55084
Wright v. Beck  
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55084

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against various parties under 42 U.S.C. 1983, asserting a violation of his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process after the police department destroyed some of his firearms by smelting them. The…

MIRIAM ROJAS ALVARADO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 17-72012
PATRICK DINGMAN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17284
DAVID LARA V. CHARLES CALLAHAN
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56680
USA V. SPENCER STEELE
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16217
LAURA LESKINEN V. SONNY PERDUE
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17390
QDOS, INC. V. MATTHEW HAYDEN
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60066
INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGIES V. OTODATA WIRELESS NETWORK, INC.
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15756
MARK PETERSON V. CITY OF YAKIMA
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 20-35070
JUSTINE TANJAYA V. REGENTS OF UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55040
DWAYNE CONYERS V. MICHAEL RODDY
Date: November 30, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55143
United States v. Price  
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 15-50556

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for panel rehearing, denied on behalf of the court a petition for rehearing en banc, and filed an Amended Opinion and Concurrence. The panel affirmed defendant's conviction and…

WILLIAM MULLEN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35710
NICHOLAS BAKER V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36072
JOHN KENNEY V. CITY OF SAN DIEGO
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55916
PIN DONG V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72082
NANCI WILLIAMS V. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16440
BANK OF AMERICA V. TRP FUND IV LLC
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17080
DAKOTA TIDWELL V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17329
LEFT COAST VENTURES, INC. V. BRIGHTSTAR LLC
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35952
QUANAH SPENCER V. CITY OF SPOKANE
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-36054
USA V. RAYVON HEARNS
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50112
CITIGROUP INC. V. SALVADOR VILLAR
Date: November 27, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55312
United States v. Rusnak  
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 17-10137

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for accessing, possessing, and distributing child pornography. The panel held that defendant arguably waived his Franks claim and that any error was not plain. The panel…

MARK GRAY V. DEAN BORDERS
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16604
ALASKA DEPT OF NATURAL RES. V. KENNETH PURDY
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36089
DONNA CITIZEN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55734
USA V. SHAD THOMPSON
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10123
SUHAILA FARHAT V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16607
USA V. LEONARD LEWIS, JR.
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30130
USA V. SHANE ARNOLD
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50033
ANTHONY BROWN, SR. V. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55218
Manikan v. Peters & Freedman, LLP  
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55393

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants in an action brought by plaintiff under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Plaintiff alleged that P&F violated the…

JUAN VALENZUELA V. L. SMALL
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55759
PHILLIP MARTINEZ V. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF PRISON
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56296
MICHAEL GRECCO PRODS., INC. V. ZIFF DAVIS, LLC
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56465
TAMMY PHILLIPS V. KEVAN GILMAN
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-60056
VANTAGE MOBILITY INT'L V. KERSEY MOBILITY LLC
Date: November 25, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15781
Vega-Anguiano v. Barr  
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 15-72999

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit filed (1) an order stating that the opinion, concurrence, and dissent filed November 19, 2019 are amended by the opinion, concurrence, and dissent filed concurrently with the order, and denying on…

USA V. KEITH HOPKINS
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 16-10420
Lorenzen v. Taggart  
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Numbers: 16-35402, 16-60032, 16-60033, 16-60039, 16-60040, 16-60042, 16-60043

Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's decision reversing the bankruptcy court's finding of civil contempt and vacating its award of civil contempt sanctions against…

PAUL GRAY V. USA
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56507
JORGE GARCIA HERRARTE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71356
NARINDER SINGH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72135
DaVita Inc. v. Amy's Kitchen, Inc.  
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15963

Justia Opinion Summary: DaVita filed suit alleging that the Amy's Kitchen Employee Benefit Health Plan's dialysis provisions violate the Medicare as Secondary Payer provisions (MSP) of the Social Security Act, the Employee Retirement Income…

SCOTT JOHNSON V. AZIZUR REHMAN
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16557
FRANCISCA MORALEZ V. 76 ORINDA
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17241
DaVita, Inc. v. Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital  
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35692

Justia Opinion Summary: DaVita filed suit under the private cause of action under the Medicare Secondary Payer provisions (MSP), alleging that defendants reduced the payment amount for Patient 1's dialysis because of Medicare eligibility as…

JACK SMITH V. HARRY OREOL
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55855
SELENA MOORER V. STEMGENEX MEDICAL GROUP
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56500
DARCY HARPER V. CITY OF MERCED
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15120
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON V. T-SHACK, INC.
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 20-15228
YURIRIA DIAZ V. MACYS WEST STORES, INC.
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: 20-55011
ROBERT IBARRA V. W. MONTGOMERY
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 17-56623
OSCAR MARROQUIN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70063
YUNIOR SANTANA-GONZALEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70135
HECTOR BERGANZA LINARES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71558
REBECCA MAKAWA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71680
FIDEL PIEDRA-ALVAREZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71943
JORGE GARCIA-ORTIZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72882
DERIK COLON-ALVAREZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73219
USA V. WILLIAM FULLER
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10432
United States v. Bautista  
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10448

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed defendant's sentence for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. Defendant contends that the district court erred in applying a recidivist sentencing enhancement based on his prior state…

ROBERT NAVARRO V. DAVID SHINN
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15005
TODD WILLS V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16053
Benson v. Casa de Capri Enterprises, LLC  
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16686

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit certified to the Arizona Supreme Court the following questions: 1. In a garnishment action by a judgment creditor against the judgment debtor's insurer claiming that coverage is owed under an insurance…

VENTURE GENERAL AGENCY V. WELLS FARGO BANK
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17315
DAVID GARCIA V. MINERETTE JASSO
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-17366
United States v. Gutierrez  
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30107

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit certified to the Idaho Supreme Court the following question: Whether an Idaho state court order reducing the defendant's judgment of conviction for felony burglary to a judgment of conviction for…

Olson v. United States  
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35389

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in favor of the BPA, in an action brought by plaintiff, alleging that BPA violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by willfully interfering with her rights…

BRENDA NIEMI V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35659
LL LIQUOR, INC. V. STATE OF MONTANA
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-36002
USA V. JAMES GARCIA
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 20-30030
DAVID CROW V. EDWARD MANEY
Date: November 23, 2020
Docket Number: 20-60012
JIMMY MOORE V. CITY OF BOISE
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35377
Boule v. Egbert  
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35789

Justia Opinion Summary: Bivens remedies are available in the circumstances of this case, where a United States citizen alleges that a border patrol agent violated the Fourth Amendment by using excessive force while carrying out official duties…

3500 Sepulveda, LLC v. RREEF America REIT II Corp. BBB  
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-56620, 18-56637, 19-55227, 19-55273

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arises from the parties' dispute concerning a construction project to expand the Manhattan Village Shopping Center in Manhattan Beach, California. The parties' predecessors executed the Construction, Operation…

JOSE VALDES MORENO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: November 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70613

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