2021 Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 501 - 1000 of 3941

ROBERT VALENTE V. BANK OF AMERICA, NA
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16604
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. V. TRP FUND V, LLC
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16626
GAIL CRUZ V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16651
DEMOORE GRAY V. RYAN RUSSELL
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16702
TRICIA YEOMANS V. WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP INS.
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16937
KIMBERLY COX V. NEWREZ LLC
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17264
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC V. 7505 JAVA SPARROW TRUST
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17336
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON V. 8933 SQUARE KNOT TRUST
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17338
AARON BISHOP V. SIJI THOMAS
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17461
SHAYLA DUKE V. CLYDE SAIKI
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35155
JOSEPHINE GUION V. BONNER HOMELESS TRANSITIONS
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35378
STEVEN KRIER V. ADAM FORTNEY
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-36085
KEVIN BJORNSON V. USAA CREDIT CARD
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-36130
USA V. MICHELLE CASTILLO
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50254
PAMELA LAWSON V. OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55215
JEHAN MIR V. TEN UNKNOWN FBI AGENTS
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55739
ANIBAL SILVA V. RIVERSIDE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55790
USA V. DUMITRU MARTIN
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10000
USA V. CRAIG NITSCHE, II
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10104
CRISTOBAL CHAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 15-73732
BRIAN JEREMIAH V. ALY
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 18-35450
MARTIN RAMOS-REYES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 18-72590
USA V. DAVID TELLES, JR.
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10218
Argonaut Insurance Co. v. St. Francis Medical Center  
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17314

Justia Opinion Summary: Former students sued Kamehameha Schools, alleging sexual abuse by a doctor who had practiced on SFMC’s campus. Kamehameha filed crossclaims against SFMC, which sent these crossclaims to its insurer, Argonaut. Argonaut…

HUMBERTO CORTEZ PUENTES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-71102
RANJIT SINGH V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-71351
CARLOS MARES-SANCHEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72257
JOE SMITH, JR. V. DAVID SHINN
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17404
United States v. Langley.  
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50119

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2017, Langley pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to time served and 10 years of supervised release. As required by 18 U.S.C. 3583(d), the conditions of Langley’s supervised release…

JOSE CARDONA ALVAREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72754
ROCELIA DOMINGO DE CRUZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72765
IRIS TORRES ZEPEDA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72797
RAMON PEREZ PACHECO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-73133
CESAR RIVERA-ESQUIVEL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 15-73482
GULINDER SINGH V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 18-72753
DAVID HINKSON V. USA
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-71881
Mounoz v. Smith  
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16327

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2002, Munoz digitally penetrated his daughter. He later pleaded guilty to attempted lewdness with a child under the age of 14, acknowledging that “the Court will include as part of [his] sentence . . . lifetime…

USA V. DEQUANDRE DAVIS
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30220
DAWN ZUL V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35404
LAURIE PRICE V. STEVE SHELTON
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35639
KORENA CLARK V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35749
VICKI MICHAEL V. CONAGRA BRANDS INC. PENSION
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-36030
USA V. ALBERTO LOPEZ-CASTANEDA
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50201
USA V. MARCO DUENAS-GARCIA
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50346
J. J. v. City of San Diego  
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55622

Justia Opinion Summary: Officers stopped a Cadillac with an expired registration. Jenkins, a passenger, showed no signs of distress. When the officers discovered that Jenkins was subject to an arrest warrant, they handcuffed her and put her in…

ROSA VASQUEZ DE QUINTERO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70846
ANGEL MARTIN-PEREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71394
DALI PEREZ PEREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71815
JUAN ALCAIDE-SALDIVAR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72066
LEROY BRYAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72082
SAUL SERRANO ARIAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72107
JOSE VALENCIA BIRRUETA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72186
DOMINGO FRANCISCO-NICOLAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72239
HAJI FOFANA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72373
YANETH ZELEDON-LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72382
DELFINO GOMEZ-GONZALEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72494
JOSE GUZMAN HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72538
JOSE DE JESUS-ORELLANA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72639
USA V. DANIEL MILLER
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10117
OSCAR LOPEZ ZAMUDIO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 15-72591
MIGUEL VALENCIA LIMA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 17-70062
Vazquez v. Garland  
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 18-70329

Justia Opinion Summary: Following several unlawful reentries into the U.S., Lopez sought review of the 2017 reinstatement of his 1996 order of removal, arguing that the drug conviction on which it was based was vacated in 2014. The Ninth…

SIOKAPESI VILINGIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 18-71717
ERIC SILVEIRA V. BRIAN KOEHN
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-16270
GERRY WILLIAMS V. MARTIN BITER
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17186
TERRY STEINER V. ASSET ACCEPTANCE, LLC
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-35953
TODDELLA BROWN V. HOMESTREET BANK
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-56132
ERNESTO HERNANDEZ-VELASCO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-71168
DAVINDER SINGH V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-71638
EDER GARCIA-DIAZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-73096
USA V. ROBERT LIESSE
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10096
ISAIAH HOOVER V. SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16088
TASHIA CHANNEL V. DENIS MCDONOUGH
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16211
NORMAN HERTERICH V. CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16286
USA V. SURJIT SINGH
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16492
ALEXANDER HAMILTON V. RON DAVIS
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16495
NORMAN HERTERICH V. ERNEST GOLDSMITH
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17197
USA V. ANTONIO WASHINGTON
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30255
USA V. GABRIEL AGUILAR GONZALEZ
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30271
IBEW LOCAL 1547 V. ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35021
RONNIE SMITH V. CITY OF DALLES
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35871
JOSEPH FERRARI V. USA
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-36071
MARIE FORTIER V. ANTHEM, INC.
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56361
GYORGY MATRAI V. JONI HIRAMOTO
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15084
GERRY WILLIAMS V. CLEMENT OGBUEHI
Date: November 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15661
JULIO RUIZ -ARCINIEGA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 10, 2021
Docket Number: 17-73337
Fordley v. Lizarraga  
Date: November 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-15691

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an inmate at Mule Creek State Prison, asserted that he was physically and sexually assaulted in March 2016 and filed a grievance in March 2016, which prison officials failed to process. He submitted a second…

DEBBIE ATCHINSON V. HOWMET AEROSPACE, INC.
Date: November 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35250
DENNIS BAADSGAARD V. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF IL
Date: November 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-36104
Miller v. Sawant  
Date: November 10, 2021
Docket Number: 21-35004

Justia Opinion Summary: Seattle police officers sued, alleging that they were defamed by Sawant, a Seattle City Council member, through comments Sawant made about a deadly police shooting in which the plaintiffs were involved. The district…

ART TOBIAS V. DANIEL EAST
Date: November 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55845
Doe v. Garland  
Date: November 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56063

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007-2011, the Department of Justice and the FBI issued press releases disclosing Appellant’s role in the mortgage fraud crimes with which he and his co-conspirators were charged. The press releases included…

ANTHONY GUERRIER V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70115
USA V. ABHIJIT PRASAD
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10454
United States v. Prasad  
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10454

Justia Opinion Summary: Prasad owned and operated Maremarks, through which he filed petitions seeking H-1B status for nonimmigrant, foreign workers in specialty occupations to come to the U.S. as Maremarks’ employees performing work for…

JAMES STEINLE V. USA
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15419
TONYA CANADY V. BRIDGECREST ACCEPTANCE CORP.
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15997
DEBBIE THOMPSON V. U.S. BANK, N.A.
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16376
WhatsApp Inc.v. NSO Group Technologies Ltd.  
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16408

Justia Opinion Summary: WhatsApp sued under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and California state law, alleging that NSO, a privately owned and operated Israeli corporation, sent malware through WhatsApp’s server system to approximately 1,400…

Montana Green Party v. Jacobsen  
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35340

Justia Opinion Summary: A Montana political party shall hold a primary to nominate its candidates if, for any statewide office in one of the last two elections, it received votes totaling five percent or more of the total votes for the last…

ESTATE OF HOWARD V. MOORE V. CIR
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-73013
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. V. FIDELITY NAT'L TITLE INS. CO.
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17332
TUFA IUVALE V. COASTAL MARINE SERVICES
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-71172
Acres Bonusing, Inc. v. Marston  
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15959

Justia Opinion Summary: Blue Lake, a federally-recognized Tribal Nation, sued Acres and his company in Tribal Court over a business dispute involving a casino gaming system. Acres prevailed in tribal court. Acres then brought suit in federal…

USA V. ROBERT STAHLNECKER
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50173
Inland Empire Waterkeeper v. Corona Clay Co.
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55420
BRIAN WHITAKER V. SMB GROUP
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55838
CITY OF SACRAMENTO V. FAA
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72150
TOMMY CROW, JR. V. RON HAYNES
Date: November 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35911
YONG WU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71614
Martinez-Gonzalez v. Elkhorn Packing Co. LLC  
Date: November 3, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17311

Justia Opinion Summary: Elkhorn is a farm labor contractor for a California-based vegetable grower. As part of Elkhorn’s orientation for incoming employees, Martinez-Gonzalez signed employment paperwork that included arbitration agreements. The…

Quebrado-Cantor v. Garland  
Date: November 3, 2021
Docket Number: 19-73085

Justia Opinion Summary: Quebrado entered the U.S. in 2006. In 2011, he was served a notice to appear lacking the time or place of his removal hearing. He later was served notice with the date, time, and place of his hearing. His final order of…

JUDY SZWANEK V. JACK IN THE BOX, INC.
Date: November 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16942
JAIRO CERVANTES RAMIREZ V. SHELLY ZIMMERMAN
Date: November 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56117
RICARDO ACUNA-MUNOZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72032
USA V. ANTONIO VILLEGAS-SERRANO
Date: November 2, 2021
Docket Number: 19-50094
RODRIGO LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 2, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72407
USA V. MAURICE FREGIA
Date: November 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30158
Ochoa v. Davis  
Date: November 1, 2021
Docket Number: 16-99008

Justia Opinion Summary: Ochoa was convicted in a 1988 trial for violent crimes against three female victims, including murder, kidnapping, forcible rape, and assault with a deadly weapon. The California state court imposed the death…

Usubakunov v. Garland  
Date: November 1, 2021
Docket Number: 18-72974

Justia Opinion Summary: Detained, separated from his family, speaking no English, and having diligently pursued representation, asylum applicant Usubakunov finally connected with a pro bono attorney at Catholic Charities who agreed to represent…

USA V. BRIAN WRIGHT
Date: November 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10152
THI THU THAO NGUYEN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: November 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72390
United States v. Tan  
Date: November 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56399

Justia Opinion Summary: Tan operates businesses that import agricultural merchandise. The director of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection section that specializes in agricultural imports served Tan with an administrative summons to compel him…

USA V. SERGIO HERRAN
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10157
USA V. JAIME CALDERON
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10234
SIGRID WILLIAMS V. COSTCO
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16455
United States v. Rizo-Rizo  
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50172

Justia Opinion Summary: A border patrol agent found and stopped Rizo-Rizo near the U.S./Mexico border. Rizo-Rizo admitted that he was a citizen of Mexico without appropriate immigration documents. The agent arrested him. Rizo-Rizo was then…

USA V. EFRAIN CERVANTES-RAMIREZ
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50176
ROBEENA BABKHANIAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 15-70512
Harris v. County of Orange  
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-56387

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1993, the County and the Orange County Employee Retirement System (OCERS) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), allowing the County to access surplus investment earnings controlled by OCERS and depositing…

BERT THOMPSON V. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-56460
DEUTSCH BANK NAT'L TRUST CO. V. FIDELITY NAT'L TITLE INS.
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15849
1600 EAST NEWLANDS DRIVE, LLC V. AMAZON.COM.NVDC, LLC
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17355
NICHOLAS SCOYNI V. DANIEL SALVADOR
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35123
KELLY BARNETT V. UBIMODO, INC.
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35299
ALMONT AMBULATORY SURGERY CTR. V. ILWU-PMA WELFARE PLAN
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55464
ABIGAIL THOMPSON V. LOS ROBLES REGIONAL MED. CTR.
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55771
USA V. RANDLY BEGAY
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 14-10080
USA V. KELEN BUCHAN
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-50272
MELISSA GORDON V. LAUSD
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-55806
WARREN GREEN V. O. AKINTOLA
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16007
KENARD THOMAS V. COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16443
SUMOTEXT CORP. V. ZOOVE, INC.
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17245
FELIX MENDELSON V. COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17389
JULIUS CHO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71615
WARREN GREEN V. GALEN CHURCH
Date: October 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15249
HEYI SHAO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 15-72808
LEOPOLDO MENDOZA V. FONSECA MCELROY GRINDING CO.
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 17-15221
WALTER ESPINOZA ORELLANA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 18-71606
KOUROSH KENNETH HAMIDI V. SERVICE EMP. INT'L UNION
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17442
RANDALL CHILDRESS V. COSTCO
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-35441
LECIA SHORTER V. LEROY BACA
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-56182
CITY OF LOS ANGELES V. FAA
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-73164
STACY PENNING V. SEIU LOCAL 1021
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15226
DAVID COTTRELL V. AT&T INC.
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16162
MARK GABRIELE V. SEIU
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16353
FANN CONTRACTING, INC. V. GARMAN TURNER GORDON LLP
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16497
GERRIE DEKKER V. VIVINT SOLAR, INC.
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16584
ERIC LUND V. STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17133
AUDUBON IMPORTS, LLC V. BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIE
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17139
KYKO GLOBAL, INC. V. OMKAR BHONGIR
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17526
LIVING THE DREAM ALASKA, LLC V. MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35816
Cohen v. ConAgra Brands, Inc.  
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55969

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court dismissed a putative class action challenge to ConAgra’s poultry labels and its website advertising, alleging that ConAgra falsely advertised its frozen chicken products as natural and…

KUITY CORPORATION V. LESLIE GLADSTONE
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56120
ADAM TENSER V. BETH SILVERMAN
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56176
CORAIMA SANCHEZ NUNEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71526
BIRDEVINDER TIWANA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71634
AMITABHO CHATTOPADHYAY V. BBVA USA
Date: October 26, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15017
YUNBO SONG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 15-72252
YING LIU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 16-74033
ERIK LE V. M. SPEARMAN
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 18-56434
USA V. MICHAEL MIRANDO
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-50384
ALEJANDRO GUZMAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72159
USA V. ROOSEVELT JONES
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10386
CDK Global LLC v. Brnovich  
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16469

Justia Opinion Summary: A 2019 Arizona statute prohibits auto dealer management system (DMS) providers from “tak[ing] any action by contract, technical means or otherwise to prohibit or limit a dealer’s ability to protect, store, copy, share or…

IVAN LEE V. CITY OF SACRAMENTO
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17003
THERESA BROOKE V. BALAJI ALAMEDA LLC
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17236
LAURA WESSELIUS V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35386
PAUL PEKSENAK V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35823
ROBIN SHERWOOD V. GEORGE NEOTTI
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55636
JESSIE FLORES V. W. SULLIVAN
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55817
LISA KOUBALL V. SEAWORLD PARKS & ENTERTAINMENT
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56069
ANA ARIAS-VASQUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70809
RICKY BENJAMIN V. LAURA ELDRIDGE
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70935
JAIRO APARICIO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71000
ALARAZIM KASSIM V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71242
JOSE CASTILLA-FLORIAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72720
DONOVAN GRANT V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72735
BERNADINE POULTER V. USDOL
Date: October 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72978
DEYU LU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 15-71855
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC V. 312 POCONO RANCH TRUST
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17504
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC V. 6364 GLENOLDEN STREET TRUST
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17544
USA V. SEAN SCATES
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10427
MICHAEL HILL V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16305
PAMELA VALIN V. NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16746
SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK V. CESAR CABALLERO
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16785
EUGENE DAW V. ONHIR
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17261
CESAR CABALLERO V. USA
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17356
USA V. DONNIE BARNES, SR.
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30059
C. W. V. DEBBIE ASUNCION
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55757
MARK MOON V. COUNTY OF ORANGE
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56076
LASHON SALES V. DEBBIE ASUNCION
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56145
BELEN ACEVEDO V. C & S PLAZA LLC
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56318
CONNIE CHONG V. NESTLE WATERS NORTH AMERICA
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56373
ANUSH MATASAKIAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71573
Colchester v. Lazaro  
Date: October 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-35210

Justia Opinion Summary: S.L.C. is the now-six-year-old, U.S.-citizen daughter of Lazaro, who resides near Seattle, and Colchester, who resides in Spain. Colchester was given sole custody of S.L.C. by a Spanish court. Lazaro was visiting…

JINYAO ZHAO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 15-72110
JUNKAI WANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 15-73130
JOSE ALVAREZ V. DWIGHT NEVEN
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 18-15516
TRACEY WASHINGTON V. C. ESSEX
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 18-16644
USA V. VIVIAN TAT
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-50034
United States v. Tat  
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-50034

Justia Opinion Summary: Tat aided a money-laundering scheme involving cashier’s checks while she managed a bank in San Gabriel, California. She was convicted of conspiring to launder money, 18 U.S.C. 1956(h), and two counts of making false…

USA V. WILLIAM GLARNER, III
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-50293
McGill v. Shinn  
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-99002

Justia Opinion Summary: McGill was sentenced to death in 2004 for the murder of his former housemate, Perez. The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed McGill’s conviction and sentence and the state trial court denied post-conviction relief. The…

COURTNEY KRISTEK V. TRAVELERS HOME & MARINE INS.
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17072
WILLIAM HOLDNER V. RICHARD KRIETZBERG
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35565
JAMES W. FOWLER CO. V. QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35926
WILLIAMS RODRIGUEZ V. A. RODRIGUEZ
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55929
RICKY RAY V. STATE FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55989
AMBERCITY HOSPICE, INC. V. XAVIER BECERRA
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56242
MARCOS MENOCAL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70398
CESAR CAIXON RAXTUN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71226
BHUPINDER SINGH V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71412
JACINTO VELA-FLORES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71926
OSCAR LIMA-NUNEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72246
JOSE HERNANDEZ-LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72543
MARCIO MATA-TREJO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72629
USA V. TINEIMALO ADKINS
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10083
USA V. JON DECANO
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10099
JEFFREY MALKAN V. OMNI HOTELS MANAGEMENT CORPORA
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15067
STATE OF HAWAII V. ROBERT STONE, II
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15210
MIGUEL RIVERA V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15931
USA V. SHOWNEE SMITH
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50017
USA V. RAYMOND SHRYOCK
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-50038
DANIEL CHAVEZ GARCIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-70140
FEI WANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 15-72316
XIULING ZHANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 15-73619
YAN MA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 15-73672
CASEY HOYLE V. SHELTON
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-36011
USA V. DANEIL WILSON, II
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10030
USA V. ROSS FARCA
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10184
USA V. HOANG LE
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10249
LEO KRAMER V. JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NA
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15095
McKinney-Drobnis v. Massage Envy Franchising, LLC  
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15539

Justia Opinion Summary: A putative nationwide class of current and former members sued MEF, a membership-based spa-services company, alleging that MEF increased fees in violation of the membership agreement. The parties settled. In exchange…

JEROME BEARDEN V. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16508
PERCY HILL V. HULL
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16554
ENRIQUE DIAZ V. ROGER MARTINEZ
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17097
STEVE WILSON BRIGGS V. JAMES CAMERON
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17229
GREGORY JELOUDOV V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17345
ROLLINGTON FERGUSON V. CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDIC
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17451
ANTHONY SMITH V. PAROLE BOARD
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17474
JUN YU V. IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35582
SIR GIORGIO CLARDY V. JONES
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-36056
USA V. MAXWELL GAFFNEY
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50037
USA V. TURHAN ARMSTRONG
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50192
Fraihat v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement  
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55634

Justia Opinion Summary: In April 2020, the district court entered a preliminary injunction and provisionally certified nationwide subclasses of ICE detainees with risk factors or disabilities placing them at heightened risk of severe illness…

KEITH ROY V. SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIRS, INC.
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55719
NICHOLAS PATRICK V. ORANGE COUNRTY SHERIFFS DEP.
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55754
MELCHOR LIMPIN V. ROBERT MCSEVENEY
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55866
MARK ANTHONY DAVIS V. BOULEVARD NIGHTLIFE GROUP, LLC
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55975
BRIAN WHITAKER V. 370 NORTH CANON DRIVE, LP
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56068
JAMES CONSTANT V. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56179
RUSH SPINKS, JR. V. E. LOPEZ
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15007
ROBERT STEWART, JR. V. MARICOPA COUNTY JAIL
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15061
USA V. BRYAN HASKELL
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30012
USA V. AMADOR MENDOZA
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30038
USA V. DUSTIN HOUSTON
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30092
KENNETH SYLVESTER V. MERCHANTS CREDIT CORPORATION
Date: October 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-35101
JUAN MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 13-71456
JOSE MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 16-73046
ANTONIO CASTELO-LINARES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 16-73480
EDUARDO TORRES-HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 17-70448
JAMES MOLEN V. UNITED STATES 9TH DISTRICT CT
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 18-16291
MICHAEL TURNEY V. DOJ
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-16377
KENNETH HILL V. SCOTT KERNAN
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-16759
DOUGAL SAMUELS V. PAM AHLIN
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17419
USA V. ANDREW MUNOZ
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-30132
Hutchinson v. Internal Revenue Service  
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-60065

Justia Opinion Summary: The IRS recorded liens for unpaid taxes, interest, and penalties against the debtors’ residence. After debtors filed for bankruptcy, the IRS filed a proof of claim. The portion of the claim that was secured by liens on…

JOSE BARBA-AGUILAR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-70978
JUAN TORRES-SANTOYO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-71795
ISRAEL MARTINEZ-CORONA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72569
ANTONIO ROMERO-ECHEVERRIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72810
USA V. OSCAR BARRERAS-FELIX
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10369
PACIFIC RIM LAND DEVELOPMENT, V. IMPERIAL PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16047
Miranda v. City of Casa Grande  
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16905

Justia Opinion Summary: Miranda got into an argument with his son, Matthew who was driving Miranda’s truck. Matthew stopped the truck in traffic near the family’s home. Neighbors called 911. Officers found Miranda in the driver’s seat. At the…

TRAVIS WARREN V. OLE HANSEN
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35053
ROXANNE TUNISON V. SAFECO INS. COMPANY OF IL.
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-36017
ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55770
ELAINE WALKER EARLE V. UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55868
DANTE MARTINEZ-LIZALDE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56127
Stevens v. Whitmore  
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60044

Justia Opinion Summary: While their state suit against their mortgage service company was pending, the debtors filed for bankruptcy. On a schedule that asked about claims against third parties, they stated they had none. They listed the…

ELHADJI TOURE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70369
STEVEN IGLESIAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70377
EDWIN LOPEZ-VILLANUEVA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72029
VICENTE MOZ-HENRIQUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72147
LEOPOLDO VILLALBA-FRANCO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72712
USA V. CHARLES FOSTER
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10102
USA V. DANIEL NIX
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30085
Walsh v. United States District Court for the District of Arizona  
Date: October 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-70685

Justia Opinion Summary: The Secretary of Labor filed an action against Valley Wide, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. During discovery, Valley Wide sought the identities of all informant employees who provided information to…

EUGENIA BROWN V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 18-16133
PABLO CASTELLANOS V. MERS
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15660
TIMOTHY WILKINS V. SCOTT KERNAN
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17257
KATHERINE WHITNEY V. CITY OF TACOMA
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35106
JAMES GRIEPSMA V. CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35948
TIMOTHY WILKINS V. CDCR
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55805
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56261
RAUL MARTINEZ-MENDOZA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71567
SHUHUI CAO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72136
FRANCISCO NATAREN LARA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72145
SHOU XIE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72402
USA V. JUSTIN GLADDING
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10005
KEVIN ALLEN V. S. RIMBACH
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15203
USA V. MITCHELL CHANDLER
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30136
S. C. v. Lincoln County School District  
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 21-35242

Justia Opinion Summary: An ALJ concluded that the school district had failed to provide the student, who has Prader-Willi Syndrome, with a free appropriate public education (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(1)(A)) because she required “total food security” to…

AMANA GLOBAL COMPANY V. KING COUNTY
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 21-35537
ERIK LECKNER V. GDIT
Date: October 18, 2021
Docket Number: 21-70284
USA V. BRONSON MCSHANE
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 17-16906
BOB HANKS V. CHRISTINA HARPER
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17537
JERRY KANSOU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-71907
HECTOR ROBLERO-ROBLERO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72693
FHLMC/FREDDIE MAC V. CHANHT KEO
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16145
MARY ROGERS V. IRS
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17294
GABRIEL ECKARD V. PATRICIA THOMAS
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35267
GABRIEL ECKARD V. DANIEL SITES
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35268
HEIDI CHIAT V. STATE OF WASHINGTON
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35958
MARTIN WALSH V. GEORGE KATSILOMETES
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-36002
TYRONE JOHNSON V. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55186
STATE FARM MUTUAL INS. CO. V. PENSKE TRUCK LEASING CO., L.P.
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55893
JODY CHAMBERS V. JOHN KNIGHT
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56141
TINA BRADFORD V. LACOE
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56148
DI DI XIE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70234
DORA CORTEZ DE ORTIZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70568
GUILLERMO OJEDA-DELGADO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70682
ANTONIO CRUZ-ARREDONDO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71039
ARMANDO SORIA-CASTILLEJO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71089
JUAN RODAS-JOAQUIN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71351
JIANG ZHENG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71371
JOSE JESUS GARCIA MENERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71477
REN FU WU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71949
KEVIN PEREZ-DELZAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72047
BIDE ZHEN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72312
CIRILA VERASTEGUI-ARAUJO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72455
HELIAN CHEN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72645
URIEL SANCHEZ-TORRES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-73174
RONALD LIVINGSTON V. LOUIS DEJOY
Date: October 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-55114
SERGIO RODRIGUEZ-SOSA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 15-72687
DAVID HAKIM V. MURANO, INC.
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 18-55674
JOSEPH PADGETT V. A. CURTIS WRIGHT
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-16383
JOSEPH PADGETT V. A. WRIGHT
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17268
THERON HALL V. MARK NOOTH
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-35248
JOSE ROLDAN-BARRERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-71993
TOMMY SUDIARTATE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72585
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72589
MARTIN J. WALSH V. WELLFLEET COMMUNICATIONS
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16385
ARCY PON V. USA
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17153
USA V. MICHELLE OSBORN
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30092
FRANCES GALLARDO V. COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55825
BRYANT FONSECA V. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56161
Berkovich v. California Franchise Tax Board  
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60046

Justia Opinion Summary: Berkovich filed California state tax returns as required for 2003-2005. In 2008, the IRS assessed about $145,000 of additional federal income taxes against Berkovich for those years. He did not notify the California…

RICARDO AYALA-NEGRETE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70335
OTONIEL MARTINEZ-VELEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70492
LUIS HERNANDEZ-VELAZQUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70867
ZENAIDA CHULE-LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70987
WILFREDO MARTINEZ LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71140
JAVIER MENJIVAR-PALMA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71580
HAI HUANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71704
VERONICA PEREZ GARCIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72129
DANIEL PINEDA GALDAMEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72283
SEBASTIAN HURTADO HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72346
ARACELI VAZQUEZ GARCIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72470
MARIA DUBON DE BUSTAMANTE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72536
ROSEMOND BOURGOUIN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72620
ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC V. RINGCENTRAL, INC.
Date: October 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-15792
YONGHUI LIN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 15-72911
YONG JIANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 17-70738
United States v. Goodall  
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 18-10004

Justia Opinion Summary: Facing more than 70 years in prison for his role in multiple armed robberies, Goodall pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. 1951(a)) and brandishing a firearm during and in…

COBB MUTTER V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 18-15877
BERNALDA ALFARO PINEDA V. ROBERT WILKINSON
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 18-70882
ALLISON DELACRUZ V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-16577
AMY FIEDEROWICZ V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-35567
USA V. WALLACE GILMORE
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10270
USA V. ANTHONY TAYLOR
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10342
MICHELLE MANOR V. ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35720
MUSTAFA OZGUR V. DTNA
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35920
RAJVEER MUTTI V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70798
MICHAEL SEQUEIRA OSORTO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72162
JARET FUENTES-DE LA CRUZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72783
ELVIS NDUM V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-73481
USA V. JOHNY QUINONEZ-BELTRAN
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-30040
CHARISSA WILSON V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17204
USA V. SAMMY YETISEN
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-35200
NORMA CANDELERO PEREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-70900
USA V. DANIEL MCCOY
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10204
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17463
EDWIN GOMEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72213
United States v. Yates  
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-30183, 18-30184

Justia Opinion Summary: Heine and Yates, bank executives, were convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud (18 U.S.C. 1349) and 12 counts of making a false bank entry (18 U.S.C. 1005). The government told the jury that the two conspired to…

USA V. FRANCIS COX
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-30254
A.C. V. ERICA CORTEZ
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-55895
RUBEN MENCIAS-SOTO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72722
RODYN VAQUERANO AYALA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-73082
USA V. ERICA UMBAY
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10124
RAMON RUELAS V. TROY BOWSER
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35899
USA V. JOAQUIN DAVALOS-LOPEZ
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50022
LINDA CASTELLUCCI V. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55852
BRIAN CLOVER V. ABEL TESFAYE
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55861
LAWFUND MGMT. GRP., LLC V. S&B SURG. CTR. CREDITOR TRUST
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56171
RAYMOND CHICO V. CIR
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71017
CYNTHIA LORICA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71117
YUDAI MA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72275
NATHAN APILADA V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 18-36100
Amaya v. Garland  
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 18-70060

Justia Opinion Summary: Amaya shot his drug dealer five times and was convicted in Washington of first-degree assault. He was charged as removable for having been convicted of an “aggravated felony,” 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). Amaya argued…

GEORGE WOOLLEY V. YGRENE ENERGY FUND, INC.
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16608
SAMMY PAGE V. AUDREY KING
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17073
USA V. ULYSSES WARD
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30153
USA V. TYRA CASTILLO
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30191
USA V. VICTOR FOURSTAR, JR.
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30267
DOMINIC BAILEY V. JOHN MYRICK
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35549
DANIEL LEONARD V. THE BOEING COMPANY
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35844
DARLA JONES V. D. JOHNSON
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55407
ANTONIO FERNANDEZ V. ROBERTA TORRES
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55723
QUIDEL CORPORATION V. SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55933
OMAR BENAVIDES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72141
ROSELINE NGWE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72586
JASON THURTON V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-73025
MILLENNIUM HEALTH, LLC V. DAVID BARBA
Date: October 7, 2021
Docket Number: 21-35314
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper v, United States Environmental Protection Agency  
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-35898

Justia Opinion Summary: The Clean Water Act requires states to adopt water quality standards regulating pollutants in their navigable waters, including the designated uses for the water body, such as supporting aquatic life or recreational use…

ROBERT PALACIO V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-55219
TEJBEER SINGH V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-70906
YAZMIN RIVERA OROZCO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-73280
CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR V. JOSH TEWALT
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35254
DOUGLAS ASKE V. CLATSKANIE SCHOOL DISTRICT 6J
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35796
SARAH FLYNN THOMAS V. STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55231
American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc. v. Bonta  
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55734

Justia Opinion Summary: California’s AB 5 codified the “ABC test” for ascertaining whether workers are classified as employees or independent contractors. The ABC test permits businesses to classify workers as independent contractors only if…

STAFFORD TAYLOR V. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56021
DEE PERRY V. JASON VILORIA
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56081
BERNADETTE CHAPMAN V. KARL ANDERSON
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-60009
RICHARD VELEZ V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 18-17175
GEO Group, Inc., v. Newsom  
Date: October 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-56172

Justia Opinion Summary: California AB 32 phases out private detention facilities within the state. Because of fluctuations in immigration, ICE relies exclusively on private detention centers in California. AB 32 carves out exceptions for the…

Platt v. Moore  
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-15610, 19-15732

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit alleging that the seizure of their car and the deprivation of its use for five months violated their rights to due process under the federal and state constitutions. In this case, the police stopped…

DELANO NIELSEN, JR. V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-35857
USA V. EDUARDO NAVARRO
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10032
DUNG DANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72093
Madrid-Becerra  
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10458

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence for illegal re-entry under 8 U.S.C. 1326(a). The panel concluded that the district court correctly applied USSG 4A1.1(d), which assigns two criminal history points if the…

Pavulak v. von Blanckensee  
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-16314

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit withdrew a per curiam opinion filed August 4, 2021; filed an amended per curiam opinion affirming the district court's dismissal of the 28 U.S.C. 2241 petition; denied a petition for panel rehearing;…

Dietrich v. The Boeing Company  
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-56409

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's order remanding a removed action to state court, vacated the district court's award of attorneys' fees to plaintiff under 28 U.S.C. 1447(c); and remanded for further…

Mudpie, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. of America  
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16858

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's order dismissing Mudpie's claims against its insurer in a putative class action brought by Mudpie, seeking to recover under the insurance policy's "Business Income" and…

CHATTANOOGA PRO BASEBALL V. NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17422
Smith v. Kijakazi  
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35487

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's decision affirming the ALJ's 2019 decision denying claimant's application for social security disability benefits. The panel concluded that, although the ALJ's conclusion…

SELANE PRODUCTS, INC. V. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-55123
ALLEN HAMMLER V. DIRECTOR OF CDCR
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15675
JOSHUA DAVID MELLBERG LLC V. JOVAN WILL
Date: September 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16215
Stromberg v. Qualcomm, Inc.  
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 19-15159

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court certified a nationwide indirect purchaser class in antitrust multidistrict litigation seeking injunctive and monetary relief under sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act and California law against…

California River Watch v. City of Vacaville  
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16605

Justia Opinion Summary: River Watch sued the City of Vacaville under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6902(b), claiming that Vacaville’s water wells were contaminated by a carcinogen (hexavalent chromium), which was…

USA V. CARLOS ZAVALA-HUERTA
Date: September 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-50252
City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo & Co.  
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-15169

Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Oakland sued under the Fair Housing Act, claiming that Wells Fargo’s discriminatory lending practices caused higher default rates, which triggered higher foreclosure rates that drove down the assessed value…

Hawkins v. United States  
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-35918

Justia Opinion Summary: Hawkins, a Navy veteran, suffered a mental breakdown at work. She was escorted from her workplace in handcuffs and hospitalized for observation. She sought follow-up psychiatric care at a VA hospital. According to…

YOSMANY MOLINA-CARILLO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-72982
Ballou v. McElvain  
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35416

Justia Opinion Summary: Ballou filed suit, 42 U.S.C. 1983, asserting that Police Chief McElvain discriminated against her because of her gender by intentionally subjecting her to internal affairs investigations to preclude her eligibility for…

DePaul Industries v. Miller  
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35598

Justia Opinion Summary: Miller, an assistant city attorney, advised the City of Eugene not to renew contracts with DePaul, a qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities (QRF) under an Oregon law that requires cities to contract…

ELIZABETH SANFILIPPO V. MATCH GROUP LLC
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55819
Nolasco-Amaya v. Garland  
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70187

Justia Opinion Summary: During 2005 removal proceedings, Amaya returned to Honduras after her mother fell ill. An IJ issued an in absentia removal order. After Amaya reentered the U.S. in 2019, the government reinstated its removal order, 8…

SAUL SOLANO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70564
EDWIN GALDAMEZ-SERPAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70982
MITCHEL ZEGARRA-CARRION V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71026
JUAN CASTANEDA-MARTIN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: September 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-72027
ANTONIO VAZQUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 09-72489
Lake v. Ohana Military Communities, LLC  
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17340

Justia Opinion Summary: The Defendants, Ohana Military Communities, LLC and Forest City Residential Management, began a major housing construction project on Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) in 2006. MCBH was widely contaminated with pesticides…

MIN GAO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-73175
Melnik v. Dzurenda  
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15378

Justia Opinion Summary: Melnik, a Nevada prisoner, was charged with unauthorized or inappropriate use of the prison mail system after prison officials intercepted two envelopes addressed to him that contained methamphetamine in secret…

ERIN RIEMAN V. MARGARET GILBERT
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35463
YANI LEDEZMA-PAZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-71156
MARK HUNT V. ZUFFA, LLC
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-17529
RENGQIANG YU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 19-73102
USA V. ERIK QUIROZ RAZO
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10021
Wade v. Kijakazi  
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35327

Justia Opinion Summary: Wade filed her claim for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits and Supplemental Security Income in 2015. An ALJ denied Wade’s claim in 2017, finding her not disabled. Following an unsuccessful administrative…

High Country Paving, Inc. v. United Fire & Casualty Co.  
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35791

Justia Opinion Summary: HC purchased commercial auto liability, commercial umbrella, and commercial general liability (CGL) coverage from United. An HC employee was operating a company truck and trailer. The trailer detached and hit another…

ROSETTE PAMBAKIAN V. GREGORY BLATT
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55076
GREGORY BLATT V. ROSETTE PAMBAKIAN
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55084
EDUARDO REYES-MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: September 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-70897
Demetrulias v. Davis  
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 14-99000

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1995, Demetrulias was sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of Miller. Demetrulias claimed that he killed Miller in a struggle initiated by Miller when Demetrulias visited his home to collect a $40 debt. The…

CTR. FOR INVESTIGATIVE RPTG. V. DOJ
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 18-17356
Cui v. Garland  
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 18-72030

Justia Opinion Summary: Cui. a Chinese citizen, overstayed her work visa and applied for asylum. In 2014, Cui was arrested while out of state. Neither she nor her counsel attended her merits hearing before the IJ. She was ordered removed in…

Sanders v. City of Pittsburg  
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-16920

Justia Opinion Summary: After being spotted in a stolen car, Sanders fled from the police. He led them on a car chase, then on a foot chase. An officer eventually caught up to Sanders, who continued to struggle. An officer then commanded a…

CHARLIE OREA V. QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORP.
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-56529
USA V. RUBEN DURAN SANCHEZ
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10045
MICHAEL RHYMES V. DWIGHT NEVEN
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15183
PRGE&J RET. SYS. ADMIN. V. VOLKSWAGEN
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15564
MERS V. GARY KOEPPEL
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15640
TERRANCE WALKER V. INTELLI-HEART SERVICES, INC.
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-15688
SONJIA MACK V. BRIAN WILLIAMS, SR.
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-16590
MICHAEL RYAN V. CORIZON
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17200
DAVID GETZEN V. JUAN ROMERO
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17241
FREDERICK SILVER V. CHARLES SCHARF
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-17426
United States v. Lizarraras-Chacon  
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-30001

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2011, Chacon was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1,000 grams or more of heroin and possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. The prosecution moved under 21 U.S.C.…

ALICE HICKS V. THOMAS SKAAR
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-35918
KARIM KAMAL V. JOSEPH FARROW
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55065
RHONDA POLITE V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55621
AZARIAH ELLINGTON V. MARY THORNTON HOUSE
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55733
JULIAN SEGOBIA, II V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: September 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-55943

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