2022 Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 1501 - 2000 of 3530

USA V. EDWARD ELLINGTON
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35544
NIKKI BOWEN V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35600
USA V. MACK HARRIS
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35633
JUSTIN SANCHEZ V. LADOT  
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55285

Justia Opinion Summary: The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (“LADOT”) required e-scooter operators to provide vehicle location data through an application programming interface called Mobility Data Specification (“MDS”). Used in…

AKN HOLDINGS, LLC V. GREAT AMERICAN E & S INSURANCE
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55590
CRISTOBAL LUCAS SANTOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 18-71544
ELIDA DONIS HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72452
ROSALINDA VILLAPUDUA V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-15559
DAVID PEASLEY V. KATHERINE RIPPBERGER
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16695
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC V. SFR INVESTMENTS POOL 1, LLC
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16893
TYRONE LONG V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17117
ANGEL VELASCO-BARRAGAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71176
GERARDO GARCIA-CASTILLO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-72495
CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU V. SUNOCO LP  
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15313

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs alleged that the oil and gas companies knew about climate change, understood the harms energy exploration and extraction inflicted on the environment, and concealed those harms from the public. Plaintiffs sued…

EGG AND I, LLC V. U.S. SPECIALTY INS. CO.
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15545
MACOMB COUNTY EMPL. RET. SYS. V. ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.  
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15823

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff alleged that corporate executives at Align Technology, Inc., a medical device manufacturer best known for selling “Invisalign” braces, misrepresented their company's prospects in China.   The Ninth Circuit…

S. MENDEL V. LIANE RANDOLPH
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15910
USA V. MAURICE SMITH
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50120
ALLEN SHAY V. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55620
JONAH MARTINEZ V. ALEX VILLANUEVA
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56233
ANTONIO TISCARENO-GUILLEN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70885
ED BUTCHER V. AUSTIN KNUDSEN  
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35010

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, one of whom is a former Montana State Senator, operate a website that tracks the voting records of Republican state legislators in Montana. Based on the travel expenses Plaintiffs incurred in giving…

USA V. MIKELLE PENNINGTON
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50193
CRYSTAL SWEET V. RUIZ
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55057
MICHAEL STOKER V. USA
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55993
MICHAEL BRUZZONE V. INTEL CORPORATION
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-15157
CESAR RAMIREZ-RAMIREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 16-73138
Bowerman v. Field Asset Services, Inc.  
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 18-16303

Justia Opinion Summary: FAS is in the business of pre-foreclosure property preservation for the residential mortgage industry. Bowerman contracted with FAS as a vendor. Bowerman alleged that FAS willfully misclassified him and members of a…

JOSE FIERRO V. KEITH SMITH
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 19-16786
Fierro v. Smith  
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 19-16786

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2011-2013, Fierro made six requests to be placed into protective custody, insisting that he was at risk of harm because he had received threats from the Border Brothers, a gang active throughout Arizona’s prisons. All…

JOSE POZO-RIVAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70813
JULIE SHERIDAN V. CAESARS ENTERPRISE SERVICES
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16717
ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY V. ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55789
Sarkar v. Garland  
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 17-72212

Justia Opinion Summary: Bangladesh citizen Atm Magfoor Rahman Sarkar, his wife, and their two children petitioned for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (BIA) order denying their third motion to reopen removal proceedings. Although…

Guillory v. Allen  
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 19-55290

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner-appellant Jemere Guillory was convicted in California state court of multiple offenses arising from an investigation into a shooting in San Diego. In Guillory’s direct appeal of his conviction, the state…

USA V. ERIC ROMERO-LOBATO
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10280
California River Watch v. City of Vacaville  
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16605

Justia Opinion Summary: A nonprofit organization called California River Watch claimed that the City of Vacaville, California was violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). River Watch claimed the City’s water wells were…

ANA SALAZAR ARROYO DE RUCAL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71271
Machowski v. 333 N. Placentia Property, LLC  
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55673

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellant Amber Machowski was an individual with a disability who used a wheelchair for mobility. Defendant 333 N. Placentia Property, LLC, was the owner of a property in Fullerton, California, on which a…

VIRGINIO GARCIA-HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70181
FANXING ZENG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70911
GILBER GARCIA-VENTURA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 17-70945
FANG DONG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 17-72585
USA V. RONDALE YOUNG
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 19-50355
CHELSEA HAMILTON V. WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 19-56161
CHELSEA HAMILTON V. WAL-MART STORES, INC.  
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 19-56161

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought five claims arising under the California Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), all concerning alleged wage and hour violations, against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.…

PRESTON SEIDNER V. JONATHAN DE VRIES  
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17403

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Defendant officer, under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, alleging that Defendant violated Plaintiff’s Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when the officer used a roadblock to stop Plaintiff, who was suspected…

S. EMANUEL LIN V. CITY OF PERRIS
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-55954
LUIS RAMIREZ BETANCURD V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70489
ALBERTO PUPO DIAZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71321
XUE ZHANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71694
YOLANY BENAVIDES-GARCIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71847
USA V. DESMOND HAYES
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10266
FREDERICK LEONARD V. G. CASILLAS
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16225
WORLD FUEL SERVICES, INC. V. ANDREW MARTIN
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35233
JINXIANG BAO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 18-71824
CAROLYN CALLAHAN V. BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING CMTY.  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-55603

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought the action against her former employer Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc. (“Brookdale”), pursuant to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) Cal. Lab. Code sections 2698-2699.5, allow…

KELLY ANN MCDOUGALL V. COUNTY OF VENTURA  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56220

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court’s judgment consistent with the United States Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. (2022).

MARTHA ALVAREZ-CRUZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71553
USA V. PAUL WELDON
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15311
JORGE ROSALES V. BELLAGIO, LLC
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15465
AUDREY KIMNER V. LUCY KOH
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16932
USA V. BOUPANE PHAYMANY
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30253
BARBARA TANGWALL V. WILLIAM SATTERBERG, JR.
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35049
RAUL MENDEZ V. COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS, INC.
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35179
SETONDJI NAHUM V. LONNIE SPEAR
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35225
JANENE AGUILAR V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35380
RAMON SILVA V. CAMERON WALKER
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35398
RUBEN GARCIA-HERRERA V. KLAMATH COUNTY
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35489
BARBARA KNAPKE V. PEOPLECONNECT, INC.  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35690

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff claimed that PeopleConnect used her name and likeness in its Classmates.com school yearbook database without her consent. Plaintiff retained an attorney, who created a Classmates.com account and searched for…

BRENDA JOHNSON V. USA
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35761
RAMON SILVA V. TROY BACON
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35937
USA V. SUREN GARIBYAN
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50052
GRANT KIM V. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55603
VADIM MIESEGAES V. MALINDA DURNEN
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55708
ANIBAL SILVA V. ROD DANIELSON
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55873
USA V. JESSE KANESHIRO
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10006
MIKEAL STINE V. K. GARCIA
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-15120
MICHAEL BRUZZONE V. INTEL CORPORATION
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-15172
PEDRO MELENDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 18-71050
MANUEL RIVERA ROMERO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 19-70002
GEORGE AUSTIN V. TESLA, INC.
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15151
BIG SKY CIVIL TR V. OATH HOLDINGS, INC.
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15563
RUNE KRAFT V. GAINEY RANCH COMMUNITY ASSOC.
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15653
KARIMI SUTTON V. N. GUZMAN
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15817
RICKY RIVERA V. DAVE DAVEY
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15853
MADDI JEFFREY AARON MOORE V. HICKEY
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15915
KEICY CHUNG V. VISTANA VACATION OWNERSHIP
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15936
DONALD LILLY V. COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16114
RUNE KRAFT V. STATE OF ARIZONA
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16403
JEANE GREGORY V. GUST ROSENFELD PLC
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16853
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE CO V. ANGELINA SLEE
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35093
STEVEN KAYSER V. WHATCOM COUNTY
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35860
JOSE HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND  
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70493

Justia Opinion Summary: The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denied Petitioner’s cancellation of removal concluding that his receipt of temporary protected status (“TPS”) was not an admission and, therefore, he could not meet the statutory…

DAVID PEASLEY V. M. SPEARMAN
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 18-56648
USA V. MARCELA HEREDIA
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10416
RONALD SCHWARTZ V. YAHOO! INC.
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16633
RONALD SCHWARTZ V. YAHOO! INC.
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16779
MANUEL HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND  
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70158

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of El Salvador, sought a petition for review with the Ninth Circuit after the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA")dismissed his appeal under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1229b(a). Previoulsy, Petitioner…

JOHN MIKEN V. ICTSI OREGON, INC.
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71272
YOBANI CARLOS-RIVERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-73281
USA V. ALEJANDRO INCERA
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10335
DONALD PALMER V. STATE OF ARIZONA
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15020
USSEC V. JOHN THOMAS
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15146
DAVID BURNS V. TASHEENA SANDOVAL
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15409
HANNAH DAVID V. GINA KAULUKUKUI  
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15731

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, individually and on behalf of her minor daughter, alleged that Defendant, an employee of the Kauai County Police Department, deceived the Hawaii family court when she assisted the non-custodial father of…

USA V. MICHAEL MILLER
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30230
DANIEL WHITE V. USA
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35613
MARIA MARTINEZ-PATTERSON V. AT&T SERVICES, INC.
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35766
USA V. JASON MACDONALD
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50147
CLIFTON PLEASANT, JR. V. HUMBERTO MIRANDA
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55784
JONG KIM V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70432
CARLOS GARCIA-MESA V. USA
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-71147
SABPREET SINGH V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 16-71306
TITO JUAREZ SOPON V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 17-70233
SAMPSON ANTWI V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 17-71270
HIDAYA ABDUL RAZZAK V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 17-72015
MICHAEL FRIES V. KERNAN
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-16827
ROBERT JENKINS V. TED BLOOM
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-17416
JOANDARK KASSAB V. USA
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-55621
WILLIAM RICHARDS V. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-56205
WILLIAM RICHARDS V. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO  
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-56205

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s summary judgment for the County of San Bernardino and County investigator in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 alleging Defendants violated Plaintiff’s…

MARIA RIVERA- LEIVA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-73077
ANTHONY SOLIS V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17140
DAVID SMITH V. COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17238
USA V. HECTOR MARTINEZ-ROBOS
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50205
BETTER HOUSING FOR LONG BEACH V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-55373
PAULA PARISI V. PETER ANDERSON
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56150
ROMULO CORONADO-SANCHEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70206
APACHE STRONGHOLD V. USA  
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15295

Justia Opinion Summary: A 2014 act of Congress requires the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to convey Oak Flat to a mining company. In exchange, the mining company was to convey a series of nearby plots of land to the United States (the “Land…

USA V. NICHOLAS MONTANO
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30124
HYACINTH RASMUSSEN V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35468
RICK ESPINDOLA V. WISMETTAC ASIAN FOODS, INC.
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55534
ANIBAL SILVA V. RIVERSIDE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60037
MIGUEL VELASQUEZ-SAMAYOA V. MERRICK GARLAND  
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70093

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner asserted that, if he were removed to his native country of El Salvador, he would be identified as a gang member based on his gang tattoos and face a significant risk of being killed or tortured. Relying on…

JULIO AMARAL-LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70212
XIAQUAN CAI V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 15-71838
FRANCISCO HERRERA VEGA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 15-72194
HANG LIU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73414
JIYONG ZHAO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73716
JULIO MARTINEZ-RIVERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 16-70176
MARTIN CARMONA-ANAYA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 16-70415
KAMI ETEMADI V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 18-72318
SEAN ALLEN V. SANTA CLARA CNTY CORR. POA  
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 19-17217

Justia Opinion Summary: Several public-sector employees filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 seeking to recover any agency fees taken from their paychecks by the Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers Association and…

SAUL PELAYO V. M. SMITH
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16155
JOSE TENA-CISNEROS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70261
SANTOS PABLO CALMO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-73423
JEREMY PINSON V. BARBARA VON BLANCKENSEE
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16138
USA V. JONNY SHINEFLEW
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30173
GABRIEL CALDERON-ORTIZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-327
MADELEINE BARLOW V. STATE OF WASHINGTON
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35397
MADELEINE BARLOW V. STATE OF WASHINGTON  
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35397

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was raped by a fellow student two weeks after starting at the University of Washington. Plaintiff later learned that two other students had reported the same individual for unwanted sexual advances and contact.…

SON HONG V. MARY READ
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55019
ONOME ONOKOHWOMO V. STERLING JEWELERS, INC.
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55311
RICHARD A. MARSHACK V. LINDA PATOW
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60051
SAMUEL CRUZ-GONZALEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70288
YAJUN ZHANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 15-72304
MANUEL GUERRERO TOSTADO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 15-72365
DOMINGO MIRANDA-LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 15-72590
HEIDY MARTINEZ-SANTIAGO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 15-72612
MANUELA TOMAS-LORENZO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73295
JUAN MORALES-BARRERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73380
RHINA TORRES-DE-ARGUETA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73586
CESAR GUZMAN-QUINTANILLA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73780
ANGELA RENDEROS-ABREGO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 16-70193
DALILA TREJO GUTIERREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 16-71215
NICHOLAS ROCHA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 18-72469
USA V. MURPHY BEGAY
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 19-10251
JOSE HERNANDEZ-PEREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 19-71716
GERMAN HERRERA LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 19-73014
FRANCISCO CARRETO DIAZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 19-73070
MARTHA TORRES-TORRES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 19-73186
JAVIER LORENZO-CALMO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 20-72318
JANETTE MCAULEY V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16334
RAFIAK ALGZALY V. ANTHONY BLINKEN
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16375
MANUEL REYES V. HEARST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16542
SUE HONG V. BANK OF AMERICA, NA
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35742
OCM GROUP USA, INC. V. LIN'S WAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55651
HUA HE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70223
WALTER-BALDEMAR MARTIN-PEREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70320
CARLOS BONILLA-CASTILLO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 18-73214
SAMUEL ACINELLI, JR. V. ULYSSES BANIGA
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 19-15916
USA V. JACK COVERSUP
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30266
ROBERT PLATEK V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16296
USA V. RICO GILLESPIE
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30211
DENA LINTON-HELMS V. PAULA MEYERS
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35172
CHRISTOPHER BOWEN V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35750
HONG YANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-71010
In re: STEPHEN YAGMAN  
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 07-80153

Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent, was ordered suspended from practice before this court based on the State Bar of California’s suspension following his federal conviction. He was permitted to file a petition for reinstatement if he were…

JOSE ALDANA SOSA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 16-73875
JUAN AGUILAR AVILA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 17-72071
ROBERTO ORTIZ MENDOZA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 17-72455
PEDRO ABARCA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 18-72458
DEMETRIO CHILEL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 19-73090
USA V. RYAN MCGUIRE
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30210
NRDC V. USEPA  
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70787

Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”) require the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to regulate pesticides, which are defined to include herbicides. EPA issued an Interim…

ROBERT KREB V. USDOL
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-73497
JARRETT CARSON V. USDOA
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35938
USA V. EBRAHIM KALATEHE
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50056
SHUTHIMA PONGSAI V. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55652
FRANK JOHNSON V. CITY OF MORRO BAY
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55666
USA V. STEPHANIE SMITH
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55714
ROBERTO ZACAPALA-ROJAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73395
JERROD FINDER V. LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 16-16903
HAI HAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 16-70555
SHAHJAHAN AHMED V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 16-72919
KHACHATUR CHOBANYAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 17-71955
GARFIELD GREENWOOD V. MERRICK GARLAND  
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 17-72389

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner asserted that changed circumstances in his native Jamaica— a spike in violence against members of the People’s National Party—justified his untimely second motion to reopen. Because an Immigration Judge in an…

SANDRA PENA FLORES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 19-73185
USA V. LONNIE LILLARD
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30256
ERICK VALLADARES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-72553
WILTO FENESCAT V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-72643
IBRAHIN CUTINO ESPINOSA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-73145
USA V. LONNIE LILLARD
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30020
ROBERT LUKE V. CITY OF TACOMA
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35440
SARAH STIPEK V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35731
ANTELIA FIGUEROA BARRERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70988
ISRAEL CHIC BATE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73123
SATYA NEUPANE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 17-70316
ENRIQUEZ FLORES BARRERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 17-71362
ENOC CALIX DIAZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 17-71713
JORGE GUERRA-LEYVA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 18-70504
FELIPE ARAGON TRINIDAD V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 18-71244
USA V. JASON DAVID
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50274
USA V. JASON DAVID  
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50274

Justia Opinion Summary: After pleading guilty to charges stemming from possessing stolen mail, credit cards, and other financial devices, Defendant was sentenced to 36 months in prison. He appealed his custodial sentence. But, under the terms…

MATTHEW BRACH V. GAVIN NEWSOM  
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56291

Justia Opinion Summary: The en banc Ninth Circuit court dismissed as moot an appeal from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of California Governor Newsom and state officials in an action brought by a group of parents and a student…

NICOLINE MBI V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-73755
JAVIER MARTINEZ V. LOWELL CLARK  
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35023

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was detained under 8 U.S.C. Section 1226(c), which provides for mandatory detention of noncitizens with certain criminal convictions. After Petitioner filed a habeas petition, the district court ordered that…

MICHAEL MOCKOVAK V. RON HAYNES
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35634
STEPHANIE KROPP V. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55960
J. MARQUEZ-REYES V. MERRICK GARLAND  
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 17-71367

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner petitioned for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his request to administratively close his removal proceedings. An immigration judge ordered Petitioner removed from the…

ROGELIO GOMEZ-OROZCO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 17-71836
ESTEFANIA SALGADO ESTRADA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 18-73072
USA V. GRANT MANAKU  
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10069

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2). He contended that the district court should have granted his pretrial motion to suppress…

USA V. JEFFREY HANSEN
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10408
MONICA MCCARRICK V. JANELLE ESPINOZA
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17311
DWAIN LAMMEY V. PLAZA SEGUNDO, LLC
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-55070
ROGELIO LOPEZ-PAEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-72657
KARINA GOMEZ-FIGUEROA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-72670
ROBERT MANN, SR. V. CITY OF SACRAMENTO
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15440
MARIA ADAME V. CITY OF SURPRISE  
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16031

Justia Opinion Summary: In determining whether a police officer’s killing of the decedent arose out of the decedent’s “operation or use of a motor vehicle” pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 12-820.05(B), the Ninth Circuit…

USA V. SENECA NEAL
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35452
TD AMERITRADE, INC. V. JAMES MATTHEWS
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35788
USA V. VICTOR AVALOS
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50151
MARCO DIAZ-ARROYO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70900
HECTOR ALVAREZ MONTANO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73382
SANDRA JAVIEL TORRES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73904
JORGE DE LA CRUZ-SANTOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 16-72549
HENRRY MOLINA RODRIGUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 16-73926
RAUL HERNANDEZ-BUENO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 18-70617
USA V. RICHARD MATHEWS  
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 19-56110

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant argued that his conviction and sentence under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(1) for using or carrying an explosive device during a crime of violence should be vacated. The Government conceded that Defendant’s…

MARIO FLORES MOLINA V. MERRICK GARLAND  
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 19-73028

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was publicly marked as a terrorist and threatened with torture over social media by Nicaraguan government operatives, repeatedly verbally threatened with death by supporters of the Ortega regime and received a…

BRIAN WHITAKER V. MARYLEE REEDER
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-55358
JOHN HO V. NICK FLOUTSIS
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56017
ALVARO GONZALEZ MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70484
FERNANDO CHAVEZ-GUZMAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-72943
STEVEN HAVENS V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35022
MISTY ZOMBIE V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35216
PAUL GRONDAL V. USA  
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35507

Justia Opinion Summary: In a series of appeals concerning a business lease which Defendant Wapato Heritage, LLC, once held on waterfront land within the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State, the Ninth Circuit affirmed (1) the…

PAUL AMOROSO V. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35801
ALFRED JOHNSON V. WINCO FOODS, LLC  
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55501

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, employees of WinCo Foods, LLC alleged violations of the California Labor Code relating to the payment of wages and business-related expenses and the California Business & Professions Code Sections.…

SIMON VALENCIA-MATA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70742
ARMANDO CABELLO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70791
STEPHEN MAY V. DAVID SHINN  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 17-15603

Justia Opinion Summary: Denying Petitioner’s motion to recall a mandate, the Ninth Circuit wrote (1) motions that assert a judgment is void because of a jurisdictional defect generally must show that the court lacked even an arguable basis for…

JOSE JIMENEZ-LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 17-70773
RUBEN HERNANDEZ-HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 19-70078
ELSY DEL CID-MARQUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 19-70663
FERNANDO GUERRERO-GUERRERO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72392
JOSE HERNANDEZ-VASQUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72815
DOMINGO PASQUAL-GASPAR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 19-73001
JOAQUIN ELIAS-QUIEJ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 19-73216
MARIA LOPEZ DE LEON V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 19-73309
CRAIG MOSKOWITZ V. AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-15024

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff American Savings Bank, F.S.B (“ASB”) sent text messages to his mobile phone without the consent required by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Affirming the district court’s summary judgment, the…

ELIZABETH CORNEL V. STATE OF HAWAII  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17425

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was on parole when she was evicted from her apartment. She sent a letter to the parole office about her eviction and provided updated contact information, but the parole office was unable to contact her with…

USA V. VERNE MERRELL
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30183
USA V. VERNE MERRELL  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30183

Justia Opinion Summary: In three defendants’ consolidated appeals, the Ninth Circuit (1) vacated the sentences imposed at resentencing on two 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) counts that remained after the district court—in light of United States v.…

ARMANDO GONZALEZ SALMERON V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70474
ANA MENDEZ-DE MENDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70523
RICARDO FRAUSTO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70653
REY CABRERA-PUAC V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70904
MYNOR MELGAR-LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70971
ADIN RECINOS AGUILAR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71542
DIEGO MENDOZA-GARCIA V. MERRICK GARLAND  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-73583

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was found removable on the ground that his Oregon first-degree burglary conviction was a burglary aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. Section 1101(a)(43)(G). Petitioner argued that the Oregon statute is not a…

USA V. ALLEN TAGATAC  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10133

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant argued that Hawai’i’s second-degree robbery statute, Haw. Rev. Stat. Section 708-841 (1986), is not divisible and sweeps too broadly to be a crime of violence because Section 708-841(1)(c) criminalizes reckless…

APPLIED UNDERWRITERS, INC. V. RICARDO LARA  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15679

Justia Opinion Summary: The California Insurance Commissioner filed an ex parte conservation application to place the California Insurance Company (“CIC I”) in a conservatorship after CIC I’s president attempted to consummate a purchase…

USA V. LAMAR FACINE
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30169
USA V. AJELA BANKS
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30282
USA V. SPRESIM ALIMI
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35336
VITALY SMAGIN V. COMPAGNIE MONEGASQUE DE BANQUE  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55537

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Russian citizen who resides in Russia, filed a civil RICO suit against Defendant Russian citizen who resides in California, and eleven other defendants. After securing a foreign arbitration award against…

TOMAS MEJIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 15-71538
SERGIO AGUIRRE BARRIENTOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 15-71596
JOSE ELIAS ROMERO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 15-71616
RIGOBERTO ROMERO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 15-71645
HUGO MAYEN DUBON V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 15-71738
JESUS GONZALEZ LOZANO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 16-72215
KAREN KARAPETYAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 17-71223
NANCY COGGESHALL V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 18-16137
MARK MAIORINO V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-55599
ISABEL OSORIO FRANCISCO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-70559
SEBASTIAN SAQUIC V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-70744
RAMANJEET KAUR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-71193
AZUCENA LOPEZ CEDILLO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-71758
ABIMAEL ZARATE-CUEVAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72565
FTC V. ELEGANT SOLUTIONS, INC.
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-55766
ERICK MORENO-MOLINA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71258
WILLIE JONES, SR. V. USA  
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71862

Justia Opinion Summary: In Petitioner’s first Section 2255 motion, which the district court denied, Petitioner, argued that his Section 924(c)(1)(A) conviction and sentence were invalid under United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019). In…

DARIO GURROLA V. DAVID DUNCAN
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15414
RUSSELL STRICKLAND V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16144
DANIELLE DAVIS V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35411
ULIVARDO AVALOS V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55656
DIECE-LISA INDUSTRIES, INC. V. DISNEY STORE USA, LLC
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55816
HAWSHON RILEY V. CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55909
NICANDRO SANCHEZ-PATRON V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70950
MOHAMMED RAHMAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 15-70747
PULI RAMOS PEREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 15-70830
SULI KANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 15-72329
MEI OEN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 15-72461
LUIS GUZMAN-NERIO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 15-72558
JIANHUA SHEN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 16-72658
GOPAL KHANAL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 17-70372
ANDREW ALLES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 18-73315
SARA GONZALEZ-CASTILLO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 19-70702
EDGARDO ESCOBAR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 19-70778
VARINDER SINGH V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 19-71370
ALEJANDRA CABALLERO-AGUILAR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 19-71904
MARIA RAMIREZ-VALENZUELA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72262
CARLOS RUIZ-ROMERO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72971
DELORES POLK V. BETTY YEE  
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17095

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants, Medicaid providers and former members of public-sector unions, challenge the district courts’ dismissals of two cases, consolidated on appeal. When Appellants joined the unions, they authorized the California…

WALTER VILLALOBOS-MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70000
ELMER HERNANDEZ-MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-72803
SHAYKH MUHAMMAD AL SAUD V. PANNAN DAYS  
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15089

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner brought suit pursuant to the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. Section 2000cc et seq., the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, and Arizona state law. The Ninth…

LINDA SENN V. KYLE SMITH  
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35293

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought this 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 action against Defendant, a deputy sergeant with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant violated her Fourth Amendment right to be free of…

TERESITA TIJERINA V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35559
ALLANA BARONI V. DAVID SEROR  
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55076

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant defaulted under her Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan by refusing to pay Appellee Bank of New York Mellon (Bank of NYM) after she lost her adversary proceeding challenging the bank’s secured claim. As a result, the…

MONTEREY PROPERTY ASSOCIATES V. TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55541
USA V. LORENZO MENDEZ
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30007
USA V. LORENZO MENDEZ  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30007

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, who placed Wi-Fi cameras in the eye of a stuffed animal and surreptitiously filmed a teenage girl masturbating, argued that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction because he taped the minor…

INTER-COOPERATIVE EXCHANGE V. USDOC  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-35171

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to federal defendants in a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) action brought by Inter-Cooperative Exchange (“ICE”), a cooperative of fishers who…

CHARLES MOORE V. USA  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-36122

Justia Opinion Summary: Taxpayers challenged the constitutionality of Subpart F’s ability to permit taxation of a CFC’s income after 1986 through the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (“MRT”). The district court dismissed the action for failure to…

USA V. RAYMOND DEVORE
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30016
CONTINENTAL MEDICAL TRANSPORT V. HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORP.
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35481
ERIK KESSACK V. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35631
LEON BELAUSTEGUI V. ILWU  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55434

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sought promotion to the position he claimed he likely would have attained had he not served in the military. The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Defendants in an action…

GARY FRISBY V. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55586
FRANK ATWOOD V. DAVID SHINN  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-15821

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued various Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (“ADCRR”) officials and the Arizona Attorney General (collectively “Defendants”) challenging Defendants’ proposed protocol for his…

DONACIANO MEDELLIN-DELGADO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73188
MARTIN CRUZ-BRIONES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 16-70610
ANGEL PEREZ RODRIGUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 16-71325
PEDRO VASQUEZ-BORJAS V. MERRICK GARLAND  
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 17-70867

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of forgery under Section 472 for possession of a counterfeit government seal. The Board of Immigration Appeals concluded that this conviction was a crime involving moral turpitude that made him…

LIAN LIM V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 18-71711
KIMETRA BRICE V. HAYNES INVESTMENTS, LLC
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 19-15707
PAUL LIETZ V. ANDREW WILPHER
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 19-35593
NUZZIO BEGAREN V. SECRETARY OF CORRECTIONS
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-55949
PADDY OKOTH V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70599
INDIRECT PURCHASER CLASS V. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16291
USA V. LEO CHAPLIN
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30126
SHANNA OFFUTT EVANGER V. GEORGIA-PACIFIC GYPSUM LLC
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35624
ROBERT GRAHAM V. FAA
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70964
EDC V. BOEM  
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 19-55526

Justia Opinion Summary: Environmental groups learned through FOIA requests that agencies within the U.S. Department of the Interior had authorized permits for offshore well stimulation treatments without first conducting the normally-required…

MCKENZY ALFRED V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72903
USA V. JUSTIN WERLE  
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-36005

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant sought to vacate the conviction because he pled guilty without being informed of the mens rea element announced in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019). Defendant did not challenge the omission of…

USA V. HECTOR GONGORA
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10276
BURRI LAW PA V. WILLIAM SKURLA  
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15271

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff alleged that Defendants directed defamatory statements about him toward individuals and entities in Arizona and tortiously interfered with his contractual relationship with the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of…

SYLVESTER OWINO V. CORECIVIC, INC.  
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55221

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose from a class action filed under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 by individuals who were incarcerated in private immigration detention facilities owned and operated by a…

WILLIAM KLAEHN V. CALI BAMBOO, LLC
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55738
JASVIR SINGH MULTANI V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 16-71208
JERRY ALEXANDER V. DEAN MEILING
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16688
MARC HARRIS V. DEAN MEILING
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16931
FLO & EDDIE, INC. V. PANDORA MEDIA, LLC
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56134
CHEMEON SURFACE TECHNOLOGY LLC V. METALAST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15561
SUSAN BAKER V. DEAN MEILING
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15957
ANGELA CRUZ V. MM 879, INC.
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15974
ERIC WEAVER V. RON GREGORY
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35324
DEBRA BLUM V. CIR
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-71113
USA V. RILEY BRIONES, JR.  
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 16-10150

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed Defendant’s original life sentence in 1998. Following the Supreme Court’s decisions in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012) (holding that the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that…

GUANGMING ZHAI V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 16-72888
CLEMENT BABATUNDE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 19-70815
ROSALINDA LARKIN V. DEREK KENISON, JR.
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16573
ARAY LAURENCIO CESPEDES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71825
USA V. TROY STRATOS
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10311
HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND V. COUNTY OF MAUI
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15207
MARK STUART V. CITY OF SCOTTSDALE
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15504
RALPH NEAL V. SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15588
CRAIG WIMBERLY V. KATHLEEN ALICIAN
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15720
CARLOS MARTINEZ, SR. V. DEBORAH SAN JUAN
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16081
ROBERT CUTLER V. CHRISTOPHER NANOS
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16250
MARK DAVISCOURT V. USA
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35160
JOSEPH FANGSRUD VON ESCH V. ASSET SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35217
STARR INDEMNITY & LIABILITY CO V. POINT RUSTON LLC
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35702
JEAN DARBOUZE V. STEPHAN CHRISTOPHER
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55133
DENNIS SEIDER V. CITY OF MALIBU
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55293
JOHNNY JONES, III V. BARTH
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-15205
JOE STEPHENS V. STATE OF ALASKA
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-35181
KEO RATHA V. PHATTHANA SEAFOOD CO., LTD.  
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 18-55041

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs alleged that they were trafficked into Thailand and subjected to forced labor at seafood processing factories. Plaintiffs allege that Thai companies perpetrated these offenses and that companies present in the…

JODY KISS V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-15932
WILLIAM RAMIREZ V. COUNTY OF EL DORADO
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16786
EHEALTHLINE.COM, INC. V. PHARMANIAGA BERHAD
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17182
WILLIAM DOUCETTE, JR. V. CIM GROUP, L.P.
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56164
IAN CORMIER V. JACQUELINE COOPER
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56184
ANTONIO GOMEZ OJEDA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70165
DAMILA SUAREZ RODRIGUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70945
USA V. TRACEY BROWN
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10116
USA V. ROBERT KREBS
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10237
USA V. GILBERTO MARTINEZ
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10324
USA V. JOSE ZUNIGA-CONTRERAS
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10339
SAMUEL SPENCER V. ROBERT SINCLAIR
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15192
DANESHEA MONTANOCORDOBA V. CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15711
FLORENTINO JAVIER V. ASSURANCE IQ, LLC
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16351
IAN CORMIER V. LYNN WILLIAMS
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55308
IAN CORMIER V. RIVERSIDE COUNTY DA OFFICE
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-56268
FRANK ATWOOD V. DAVID SHINN
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 22-70084
SALVADOR URBINA-ALVAREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 16-70631
SANDALIO CASTRO-APARICIO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 16-72350
WENCESLAO JIMENEZ-ISLAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 16-72698
USA V. MARCUS MAJOR
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 17-16764
NORMA MCCAULEY V. FRY'S FOOD & DRUG STORES INC.
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-17497
JORGE JIMENEZ-ARAUJO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-71103
EMERITA LARA LEYVA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-71499
SALVADOR JUAN-MIGUEL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-71725
JUAN CASTRO MIL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-71896
LUIS REALES FLORES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72325
OSCAR HERNANDEZ-ROSAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72408
BLANCA CHICAS-DE QUINTANILLA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72738
XIOMARA ORTIZ LANDAVERDE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72918
MICHAEL FOLEY V. LOREA AROSTEGUI
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17108
SARAHROSE KILPATRICK V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI  
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-35741

Justia Opinion Summary: In denying Plaintiff’s request for Social Security disability benefits, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) relied on the testimony of a vocational expert to conclude that a person with Plaintiff’s limitations, age,…

YONAS FIKRE V. FBI  
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-35904

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s dismissal of his lawsuit alleging that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) violated his substantive and procedural due process rights by placing and maintaining him in the…

NAOMI AYLWARD V. SELECTHEALTH, INC.  
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-55653

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a lawsuit alleging state law claims arising from SelectHealth’s administration of her deceased husband’s MA plan and his death. Under Part C of the Medicare Act, beneficiaries can enroll in an MA plan and…

MICHAEL FOLEY V. KURT GRAHAM
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15024
NICHOLAS STOICA V. MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER C
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15279
TONY FU V. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCI
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15423
ANTHONY MANNING V. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15501
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ V. STEPHEN MORRIS
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16024
USA V. QUINN HINKLE
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30182
BRANDON GATES V. JOSE BRIONES
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35044
JEFFERY MARTIN V. PIERCE COUNTY  
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35251

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s dismissal of his state medical malpractice claim for failing to file a declaration declining to submit the case to arbitration pursuant to RCW 7.70A.020. At issue is: does a…

JILL ESTES V. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35446
IVAN MOORE V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55121
OSCAR DE LA ROSA V. SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55269
PERNELL SWAHILI EL V. SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55805
DONALD HALL V. FCA US LLC
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55895
IVAN MOORE V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-56151
FRANK ATWOOD V. DAVID SHINN  
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-70084

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was found guilty of kidnapping and first-degree felony murder and sentenced to death. On direct appeal, Petitioner argued that his 1975 California conviction could not be used as an aggravating circumstance…

DIEGO VASQUEZ-SALVADOR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 15-72188
MINGYU WANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 15-72367
HAOTONG WANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73560
ALBA REYES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73632
ARMANDO HERNANDEZ VILLALBA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73711
ADELSO BARRIOS-CALDERON V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73827
XUQIANG ZHANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 16-70080
MARCO MONTOYA-HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 16-70800
FRANKLIN CRUZ-PERDOMO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 16-70844
JUAN CASTRO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 16-71424
MERRICK GARLAND V. UNDER SEAL  
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 18-56669

Justia Opinion Summary: The FBI issued three national security letters ("NSLs") with indefinite nondisclosure requirements to the appellant communications service provider (“Provider”). Provider complied and took no action until 2018 when it…

ENRICO SIERRA V. CHAKMAKIAN
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 19-56291
ROBERT GIBSON V. R. GONZALES
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16001
FELIPE DIAZ V. T. LINDQUIST
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-55571
MIRCH LAW FIRM, LLP V. ELIAS NAKHLEH
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56207
MEDARI RODRIGUEZ-MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71807
MIGUEL TORRES V. ISMAIL PATEL
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15412
TRAVIS THOMPSON V. KATHLEEN ALLISON
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15812
MARCUS MOORE V. R. SCHLICHTING
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16229
DANNY FABRICANT V. A. MIRANDA
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16345
HENRY ELEM, III V. CYNTHIA KUHN
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16508
USA V. KENNETH MCNEIL
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-16750
USA V. MAYOLO VARGAS-VILLANUEVA
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50192
MARCO AMARAL V. CITY OF SAN DIEGO
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55420
ANA OLIVIA-VASQUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73228
MD MISHU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 16-73053
FRANCISCO SANTAMARIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 16-73152
FULGENCIO CASTILLO GUARDARDO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 17-70802
USA V. JOHN LUONG
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 18-16369
DANIEL GONZALEZ V. USA
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-16935
OLEG CHURYUMOV V. US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-36094
JUAN ORTIZ-BASILIO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-71840
JORGE BUSTILLO GONZALEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72352
DENNIS ALLUMS V. USDOJ
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16928
FLAVIO MORENO V. NDOC
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-16933
LENIN GARCIA V. E. MORENO
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17276
THERESA MCDONALD V. PG&E CORPORATION
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-17366
CHARLENE WAGNER V. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-35808
KRISTINE BISTLINE V. DITECH FINANCIAL LLC
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56323
PING SUN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70443
RAMON DOMINGUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-71372
RICARDO CRUZ-CALMO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-72841
USA V. JAMES YORK
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10196
USA V. LINDA EXPOSE
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10234
KEVIN SHELBY V. BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING, INC.
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-15547
JACK BOGGS V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-35526
USA V. ANTONIO VAZQUEZ-LOPEZ
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50100
CIARAN REDMOND V. USA
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55142
JANE DOE V. COMPANIA PANAMENA DE AVIACION
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-55983
WENJIN LIANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70736
ZHIPENG QU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 15-73853
LUIS ERAZO-GUZMAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 16-70094
GEORGE ALLEN V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI  
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-15987

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was civilly confined by court order pursuant to California’s Sexually Violent Predator Act (“SVPA”), after a probable cause hearing, but before a full civil commitment trial. While confined by court order in a…

JOSE PEREZ V. USA
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-55548
JOSUE ARANA-ARANA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-72817
JACK JOHNSON V. J. MILSON
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-56250
RENE LEDEZMA-GUDINO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-72641

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