JEFFREY CHURCHILL V. CAROLYN W. COLVIN
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35578
LINDA GARNER V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35797
WILFREDO PIZARRO-DAVILA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number:
13-70677
USA V. ROSENDO SALGADO
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10477
USA V. SALVADOR ARREDONDO-PILLADO
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10505
TAMEKCA WALKER V. RON DAVIS
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number:
14-15342
ISAIAH TAYLOR V. JEFFREY BEARD
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number:
14-55943
SEYUN KIM V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number:
09-73640
MOHAMED POONJA V. TERI NGUYEN
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16196
USA V. VICTOR BROWN
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16976
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50233
DC Comics v. Towle
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55484
Justia Opinion Summary: DC filed suit against defendant, producer of replicas of the Batmobile, alleging, among other things, causes of action for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition arising from defendant’s…
USA V. DEMARKUS BENAVIDES
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10512
USA V. ALLEN OLD HORN
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30124
United States v. Flores
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50027
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed her conviction and sentence for importation of marijuana. The court concluded that, although the government misstated the law by erroneously telling the jury that it could convict her based on her…
USA V. MELVIN FOSTER
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50252
USA V. JOEL CASTELLON
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50395
GREGORY DOWDY V. BEN CURRY
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
10-17445
ALAN SCHUMACHER V. DAVID RAY
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
10-55214
USA V. KENNETH BEALS
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
12-10463
PETERS & FREEDMAN V. CENTEX HOMES
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
12-57189
JAIME SANTOS GRAMAJO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
12-70670
AIMEE GREENE V. BUCKEYE VALLEY FIRE DEPT
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16102
DENNA HASSO V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16268
MICHAEL HAYES V. CCA
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35887
USA V. JOHN MEEKS
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
13-36023
JOSE LEON V. MATTHEW CATE
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55705
DESHON BRITT V. DAVE DAVEY
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56040
DION GUSSNER V. TERRI GONZALEZ
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16135
USA V. RAY CALDWELL
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30074
USA V. TAM DO
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30151
USA V. DARREN MCQUEEN
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30158
USA V. PAUL OATMAN
Date: September 22, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30194
NO MEMORANDUMS FILED TODAY
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number:
00-00000
Singh v. Lynch
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number:
08-74212
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of India, petitioned for review of the BIA's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Petitioner testified that had suffered…
Pulaski & Middleman, LLC v. Google, Inc.
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number:
12-16752
Justia Opinion Summary: Google's AdWords program is an auction-based program through which advertisers would bid for Google to place their advertisements on websites. Pulaski and others filed a putative class action alleging that Google misled…
Jones v. Wang
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number:
12-55995
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 alleging that defendant violated their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and committed various torts during her investigation into whether G.J. had been abused. On appeal,…
Marilley v. Bonham
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17358
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, representatives of a class of non-resident commercial fishers, filed suit contending that California’s discriminatory fees violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution. The…
USA V. JOHNNY STEWART
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50161
USA V. KENNETH SPANGLE
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50559
USA V. BRIAN HILE
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50640
ERIC SANFORD V. J. SOTO
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55924
RICHARD LARA V. KATHLEEN ALLISON
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56908
USA V. ARNOLFO MARTINEZ
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30256
MUN SEIFERT V. ESKIMOS, INC.
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35777
USA V. RONALD FOURHORNS
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number:
15-30021
MAEDA-GARCIA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number:
07-75039
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. USFWS
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number:
12-17530
Justia Opinion Summary: FWS conducted a formal consultation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., and determined in a Biological Opinion (Biop) that FWS’s execution of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) would not…
USA V. MICHAEL LANE
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10674
USA V. AMBROSIO NUNEZ-LOPEZ
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10379
USA V. BETSY DURANTY-MOORE
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50070
USA V. LINDA GAGNON
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50119
USA V. LIZBETH GUTIERREZ
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50383
Idaho Building & Constr. Trades Council v. Inland Pac. Chapter of Assoc'd Builders & Contractors
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Numbers:
11-35985, 12-35051
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, two Idaho unions, filed suit to enjoin Idaho's "Fairness in Contracting Act," Idaho Code 44-2012(2)–(4), as preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. 151 et seq. The court concluded that…
NSHAN AYANIAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number:
11-70332
ADAM GORDY V. ANTHONY HEDGPETH
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number:
12-56854
USA V. ERIC STRENG
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50412
USA V. FELIX LEMUS-RODRIGUEZ
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10172
United States v. Rosales-Gonzales
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50286
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant plead guilty for being a removed immigrant found in the United States and subsequently appealed his 27-month sentence. The parties jointly requested a fast-track departure but the district court did not grant…
USA V. JOHN MIKULAK
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50352
MERSEN MARYANYAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number:
10-73282
MELVIN HARHAW V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number:
14-15510
USA V. HOWARD EMBRY
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30110
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35016
United States v. Myers
Date: September 14, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10580
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argued that the settlement conference he voluntarily participated in violated Federal Rule…
Lenz. Universal Music Corp.
Date: September 14, 2015
Docket Numbers:
13-16106, 13-16107
Justia Opinion Summary: After receiving takedown notification, YouTube removed plaintiff's video and sent her an email notifying her of the removal. Plaintiff subsequently filed suit against Universal under part of the Digital Millennium…
USA V. PRINCE MAYELE
Date: September 14, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50476
Wabakken v. CA Dep't of Corr. & Rehab.
Date: September 14, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56075
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Lieutenant with the Corrections Department, filed suit alleging violations of both 42 U.S.C. 1983 and the California Whistleblower Protection Act, California Government Code 8547, and intentional infliction…
Magnetar Techs. v. Intamin, Ltd.
Date: September 14, 2015
Docket Numbers:
13-56119, 13-56333
Justia Opinion Summary: Magnetar filed suit alleging that Intamin maliciously prosecuted a patent infringement action against it and claiming that Intamin prosecuted the action even though the ‘350 Patent was invalid pursuant to the on-sale bar…
CARLOS RAMIREZ-ALBARRACIN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 14, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16963
HMAYAK GRISHCHYAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number:
09-73968
Resilient Floor Covering Pension Trust Fund Bd. of Trs. v. Michael's Floor Covering
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number:
12-17675
Justia Opinion Summary: After a bench trial, the district court held that Michael's was not liable as a successor employer by weighing continuity of the workforce as the most important factor. At issue was: (1) whether a successor employer,…
Sahagun v. Landmark Fence Co.
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Numbers:
13-55509, 13-55574
Justia Opinion Summary: Sahagun filed a class action suit against Landmark, alleging that Landmark had failed to pay a variety of wages required by California law. The district court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s ruling that Sahagun was…
Cascadia Wildlands v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35553
Justia Opinion Summary: Cascadia challenged the BIA's approval of the Kokwel Project, a plan by the Coquille Indian Tribe to harvest 268 acres of timber in the Coquille Forest in southwest Oregon. The district court granted summary judgment to…
DIEGO HERNANDEZ-MENDOZA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 10, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73054
Bobbitt v. Milberg LLP
Date: September 10, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15812
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a malpractice suit against Milberg and others for failing to meet the discovery requirements in the Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company, Inc. (VALIC) class action. On appeal,…
MARK SANCHEZ V. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC
Date: September 10, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16284
USA V. GERSON FLETES-RAMOS
Date: September 10, 2015
Docket Number:
13-30129
KHACHIK MARJANIAN V. JAMES TILTON
Date: September 10, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55865
Polinators Stewardship Council v. USEPA
Date: September 10, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72346
Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136a(a), prohibits the use or sale of pesticides that lack approval and registration by the EPA. Petitioners, commercial bee keepers and bee…
Dell Inc. v. Toshiba Samsung Storage Tech. Corp.
Date: September 10, 2015
Docket Number:
14-17502
Justia Opinion Summary: John Doe 1, an interested non-party, appealed the denial of his motion to quash a subpoena from Dell Plaintiffs to the DOJ. As part of a criminal antitrust investigation into the optical disc drive industry, the FBI made…
Shirley v. Univ. of Idaho
Date: September 10, 2015
Docket Number:
14-36108
ROY RUSS V. AUDREY KING
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
11-17328
QIU QUIANG-LI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
11-72820
NATALIA SIDIAKINA V. JAMES BERTOLI
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
12-17235
HOWARD YOUNG V. TRANS UNION
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
12-17470
Taylor v. San Diego Cnty.
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
12-55030
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner seeks federal habeas corpus relief from a state-court order committing him indefinitely for involuntary treatment as a sexually violent predator, in accordance with California law. The court concluded that the…
THOMAS MANISCALCO V. A. M. GONZALES
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
12-55100
ANITA REYES GUALAJARA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
12-71994
KENNETH HIBBLER V. JULIE REXWINKEL
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16552
DAVID JONES V. R. ROQUE
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16967
STEVEN PARKS V. O. ONYEJE
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17027
USA V. FAUSTO URIAS
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
13-30321
HOWARD HOFELICH V. BARBARA LACY
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16118
United States v. Augare
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30131
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. 372, False Claims Act conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. 286, theft from an Indian tribe receiving federal funding in violation…
SARA CREECH V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35499
USA V. FRANCISCO BEAS
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50078
USA V. JEREMIAH PRESTON
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
15-30020
LANA ROBERTSON V. BLUE CROSS BLUESHIELD OF TEXAS
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number:
15-35304
LIHUAN SUN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
11-71710
DAVINDER KAUR V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
11-71886
REY GONZALEZ-MONGE V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
12-72976
GURDEEP SINGH V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73447
BHAGWANT SINGH V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73448
United States v. Aubrey
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10510
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a contractor, appealed his conviction of two counts of conversion and misapplication of funds from a tribal organization, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1163. Defendant's conviction stemmed from his involvement in…
Watson v. City of San Jose
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15019
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against San Jose police officers and others after the officers took the children into protective custody without a warrant or court order. On appeal, plaintiffs challenged the…
Harkonen v. USDOJ
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15197
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a medical doctor, filed suit arguing that he has the right to obtain, and the DOJ has an obligation to provide, the correction of statements the DOJ made about him in a 2009 press release. Plaintiff argued…
EMMANUEL BULL V. J. BROWN
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15711
FRANK MCDOWELL V. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCIS
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16274
LEON HAWKINS V. DAVID CASTILLO
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16440
OR Teamsters Emp'ers Trust v. Hillsboro Garbage Disposal
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35555
Justia Opinion Summary: OTET appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment for Hillsboro Garbage, Robert Henderson, and the Estate of Darrol Jackson. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants on (1) OTET’s…
CHRISTIAN JOUBERT V. ANNE DELAMATER
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35559
WILLIAM WOMACK V. JOHN OR JANE DOE
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35772
ERIC DOVER V. KATHLEEN HALEY, JD
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-36183
Miles v. Wesley
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55620
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs and numerous non-profit organizations filed a class-action suit challenging one aspect of the LASC's consolidation plan: the consolidation of unlawful detainer (tenant eviction) actions into hub courts. The…
GURDEEP SINGH V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
13-71171
ROBERT LANGERMANN V. PATRICIA SEITZ
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
14-15216
COUNTRY STEVENS V. HOWARD SKOLNIK
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16146
SEAN ROBERTS V. C. ALLEN
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16156
ROB LEAR V. SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35276
USA V. MARCOS CORNEJO-MACIAS
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50145
USA V. QUINTANA-GAMEZ
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50208
TOMAS LOPEZ-MEZA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Number:
14-73874
CARLOS RECINOS-ORELLANA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
11-72058
Balestrieri v. Menlo Park Fire Prot. Dist.
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
12-15975
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, firefighters and emergency medical personnel of the District, filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 254(a), claiming that two of the District's policies violate the FLSA and claiming…
IATSE Local 720 V. InSync Show Prod.
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
12-17200
Justia Opinion Summary: This case stems from a dispute over a petition to compel arbitration under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between IATSE and InSync. The district court granted IATSE’s petition to compel arbitration pursuant to…
Rodriguez v. Sony Computer Entm't
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
12-17391
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's dismissal of his second amended complaint against Sony, alleging that Sony violated the Video Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. 2701, by retaining plaintiff's personally…
CARLOS ESCALANTE-FLORES V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
12-70449
FRANCISCO ALVARO-IRAETA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
12-71287
VADIM FRUMUSACHI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
12-72474
TERRELL CURRY V. CDCR
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15314
MALIK JONES V. T. FELKER
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16415
EDWARD FINLEY V. HOWARD SKOLNIK
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16717
LOURDES MORTON V. WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16822
CHUKS ODIGWE V. NATIONAL MENTOR HEALTHCARE, LL
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17067
JUAN FALCON V. M. PHILLIPS
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17273
SOURAV BHATTACHARYA V. GREEN ORGANIZATION
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17385
MARTINEZ AYTCH V. CYNTHIA SABLICA
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17387
JAMES HINKLEY V. ELDON VAIL
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35873
DAN GOODRICK V. TEREMA CARLIN
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35923
JAMES HINKLEY V. SCOTT RUSSELL
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35973
TAMARA ROBERSON V. PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-36081
JOHN ENTLER V. JOENNE MCGERR
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-36116
ROYCE WILLIAMS V. NICOLE STOLAR
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55044
TRAVIS MIDDLETON V. RICK VON GELDREN
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55345
USA V. DAVID MEDNANSKY
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55662
TRAVIS MIDDLETON V. RAUL VASQUEZ
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56877
Idaho Power Co. v. FERC
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72220
Justia Opinion Summary: IDACORP submitted proposed settlements to FERC involving the FERC proceeding related to electricity sales in the Pacific Northwest in 2000 and 2001. At issue was whether FERC abused its discretion in considering these…
NENG LIN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72230
TERESA GUEVARA TRIGUEROS V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73074
FILOMENO TORRES V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73223
JAIME VALDEZ-REYES V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-74128
USA V. ALBERT HOOD
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10092
JULIO PARRA V. E. MCDANIEL
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
14-15720
ROBIN STARR V. CDCR
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
14-15957
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS V. RW STEVWING, JR.
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16715
USA V. JOSEPH GARCIA
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30143
JAMES HINKLEY V. ROD SHUMATE
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35602
JAMES HINKLEY V. BERNARD WARNER
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35603
USA V. JUVENAL GUTIERREZ-GARCIA
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
15-10013
United States v. Navarro
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
15-10245
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and the district court imposed a below-Guidelines sentence of 113 months imprisonment. Defendant filed a motion under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2)…
ROBERT BENGE V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: September 4, 2015
Docket Number:
15-15438
LI SONG V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
11-71612
AL QASEM ASAAD V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
11-72403
ROCKY TAKUSHI V. BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-15211
Rancho de Calistoga v. City of Calistoga
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-17749
Justia Opinion Summary: The Park, a mobile home park, filed suit against the City, challenging Ordinance 644, asserting claims for, among other things, violations of the Takings, Due Process, and Equal Protection Clauses of the United States…
PATIENCE CHIMA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-70158
FIDEL MONDRAGON-ALDAY V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-70361
CHANGWU LIU V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-70532
SANTOS JUANTA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-71122
DANIEL GODOY-RAMIREZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-71930
YONG ZOU V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-72643
JIANSHI XIE V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73759
FENGTING LI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73850
VIRGINIA OJEDA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-74100
CLARK ELMORE V. STEPHEN SINCLAIR
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-99003
Nat'l Council of La Raza v. Cegavske
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15077
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, three civil rights organizations, filed suit alleging that Nevada violated, and continues to violate, Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), 52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(2)(A). Section 7…
ALBERT BRINKMAN V. MIKE LINDERMAN
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15672
Alcantar v. Hobart Service
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55400
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, seeking to represent a class of service technicians, filed suit against his employer, Hobart, and its parent company, ITW, alleging that Hobart did not compensate its technicians for the time they spent…
VINCENT WHITE V. EASTSIDE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56787
Wilkinson v. Gingrich
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56952
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of perjury for testifying in a traffic court proceeding that he was not the driver of a car that had been stopped for speeding and whose driver had been ticketed. On appeal, the State challenged…
MARGARIT VOSKANYAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-70537
SVETLANA GRIGORYAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-70803
RENE MANDRUGANO-TOLENTINO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-71291
CARLOS TORRES-ROMERO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-71353
HECTOR GONZALEZ-LOPEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-71658
LAIXING WANG V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72385
ERNESTO GUDINO-BARBOSA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72433
RAFAEL ANDRADE RIVAS V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72638
MEI HAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73010
Avendano-Hernandez v. Lynch
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73744
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a transgendered woman, petitioned for review of the BIA's denial of withholding of removal and denial of deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Petitioner has a prior 2006 felony…
HERVE NGOUYOMBO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73873
STEPHEN HENRY V. PRISON MEDICAL PROVIDERS OF CA
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16516
ROBERT ERLER V. CONNIE BISBEE
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16981
USA V. MICHAEL CARROLL
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30117
USA V. KATHERYN SHERMAN
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30135
USA V. GERALDO SANTOS
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50332
AKUMAGWULA UGORJI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
14-70429
BING CHEN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
14-72358
OKEZIE ORJI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
14-72562
JOSHUA BRODSKY V. NEVEN
Date: September 3, 2015
Docket Number:
15-15009
LOERA LUJAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
06-74112
BALMORE HERNANDEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
12-71986
EVELYN MEDRANO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73550
MARVIN RUANO-CASTILLO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73641
NDIDI NNAJI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73962
LARRY COX V. USDA
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15225
BRIAN EDWARDS V. HDSP
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15875
ROBERT MILLER V. SHAYNA OLESIUK
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17137
SABIL MUJAHID V. DEBBIE MILLER
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-36014
USA V. ULICES MONTIEL
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50609
NAJEEB RAHMAN V. CONRAD GRABER
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55652
HUE HUANG V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-71190
GERARDO BRITO-BARRIENTOS V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72707
SHUIYUE JIN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72736
PABLO CORONA-ALVAREZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72891
CORNELIUS SIERHUIS V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73105
USA V. ROBERT EBERLE
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10118
USA V. MARQUEE MUNERLYN
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10270
USA V. WENDOLYN HOWARD
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10457
USA V. PATRICK ROPE
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10460
USA V. OSCAR SERRANO
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10519
USA V. VINCENT PARKS
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16527
DE ANDRE SCOTT V. MIKE MCDONALD
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16653
JUAN RAMIREZ V. JOSEPH ARPAIO
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16656
OSHAY JOHNSON V. CDCR
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16712
USA V. CLARITZA NATERA
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30061
USA V. ION DATCU
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30215
USA V. CORY MISRAJE
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50405
USA V. JAVIER TOKUNAGA-FUJIGAKI
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50466
USA V. ERIK ALTAMIRANO
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number:
15-50090
DOUG LAIR V. STEVE BULLOCK
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
12-35809
Quijada-Aguilar v. Lynch
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
12-70070
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of El Salvador, seeks review of the BIA's denial of his applications for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act INA), 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)(B), and the Convention Against…
USA V. OMAR GARCIA-CHAVEZ
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10447
JOHN LACEY V. LEROY KIRKEGARD
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35917
USA V. GOSADA MUNOZ
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50544
REBECCA LOPEZ-VALDEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
13-71898
QIUGUANG ZHU V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
13-71921
WALTER VALDEZ-LARA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73040
JAVIER GUZMAN-URBANO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73138
JAMAAL BARRETT V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73953
USA V. JESUS FRIAS-VIRAMONTES
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10003
USA V. ISAURO CATALAN
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10021
USA V. MICHAEL YELLOW
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10140
USA V. ABRAHAM BUENO-MERCADO
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10200
USA V. MICAH GODFREY
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10246
USA V. OSCAR VELIZ-PARRA
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10428
USA V. MIGUEL CARILLO-APARICIO
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10463
USA V. RENEE CAMPA
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10551
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORP V. TRIPLE BRAIDED CORD
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-15559
GARY WARREN V. CRAIG APKER
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16300
USA V. CYRUS BRASWELL
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30014
USA V. KYLE BERTRAM
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30220
USA V. DENNIS LEE
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30233
USA V. GERARDO ZAZUETA
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30252
USA V. JACK GRAY, III
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30261
USA V. ROBERT SWANK, SR.
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35511
JASON SCHMIDT V. LEROY KIRKEGARD
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35699
USA V. CRUZ TORRES-GONZALEZ
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50017
USA V. MIGUEL GUTIERREZ-PADILLA
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50303
USA V. JOSE PADILLA-MEDINA
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50364
USA V. DOMINGO OWEN
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50365
USA V. RAUL PRECIADO-OVALLES
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50377
USA V. ALVARO SANTOS-JUATECO
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50387
USA V. JUAN COTA-CHAVEZ
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50407
USA V. MARISCAL ZAMORANO
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50461
BRUCE EDGINTON V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-55237
MICHAEL VONDETTE V. JACK FOX
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
14-55531
TODD GIFFEN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
15-15125
USA V. WILLIAM LAMBERT, JR.
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
15-30000
USA V. CESAR FLORES-MONTIEL
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
15-50038
USA V. ERASMO VILLA-SOSA
Date: September 1, 2015
Docket Number:
15-50194
USA V. SALVADOR JAMAICA-ARELLANO
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10420
MARTA VALENCIA V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15750
Bill v. Brewer
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15844
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, police officers, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that two other officers violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments when, pursuant to a state court order, they obtained DNA samples from…
ANNE KAKARALA V. WELLS FARGO BANK
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16176
Creech v. Frauenheim
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16709
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of assault with a firearm and child endangerment, appealed the denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 habeas petition, on the basis of alleged violations of his Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights. The…
MARK YOUNG V. JEFFREY VRECHEK
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17121
JOSEPH PULLIAM V. M. LOZANO
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17632
LARRY JOHNSON V. OLGA JOHNSON
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35496
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUND V. CHIP WEBER
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35770
STOP STARING! DESIGNS V. TATYANA, LLC
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55051
TYRONE ROGERS V. G. GIURBINO
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55527
United States v. Katakis
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10283
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of obstruction of justice after his bank records were subpoenaed in connection with an investigation to rig bids and he installed a program designed to wipe hard drives clean of all information.…
USA V. CLIFFORD BERCOVICH
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10319
USA V. LINDA MAI
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10323
USA V. CASHMEN ROBINSON
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10422
USA V. KENNITH DEFOOR
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10479
USA V. JUAN ERIBERTO
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10516
USA V. FERNANDO AYALA-RAMOS
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50481
ROLANDO SANCHEZ V. G. LEWIS
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number:
14-55862
NO MEMORANDUMS FILED TODAY
Date: August 28, 2015
Docket Number:
00-00000
DAVID BARBOZA V. CA ASSN OF PROF FIREFIGHTERS
Date: August 28, 2015
Docket Number:
11-15472
SOPHIA DAIRE V. MARY LATTIMORE
Date: August 28, 2015
Docket Number:
12-55667
SLONE REVOCABLE TRUST V. CIR
Date: August 28, 2015
Docket Number:
12-72464
MUHAMMAD ISLAM V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
10-72359
United States v. Mujahid
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
11-30276
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, during his time at the Anchorage Correctional Complex, repeatedly sexually assaulted other prisoners. Defendant was convicted of four counts of aggravated sexual abuse in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2241 and three…
Andrade v. Lynch
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
12-70803
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitioned for review of the BIA's affirmance of the IJ's denial of his application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture. The BIA held that…
Eno v. Jewell
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15166
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit challenging the Board's denial of plaintiff's application for fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 5 U.S.C. 504(b)(1)(C)(i). The EAJA entitles those who prevail on a legal claim against…
MICHAEL TODD V. CDCR
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15803
KAL-MOR-USA V. BANK OF AMERICA
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16591
SAN MIGUEL PURE FOODS CO. V. RAMAR INT'L CORP.
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55537
Kaass Law v. Wells Fargo
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56099
Justia Opinion Summary: Kaass Law challenged the district court's grant of Wells Fargo's motion for sanctions against it under 28 U.S.C. 1927. The district court ruled that “Kaass Law acted in bad faith by knowingly raising frivolous arguments…
SEAN O'BRIEN V. LELAND MCEWEN
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
14-15753
LVDG SERIES 125 V. HAROLD WELLES
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
14-15859
USA V. RICHARD CORUM
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30128
USA V. OWUSU FIREMPONG
Date: August 27, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50118
FAUZIA DIN V. JOHN F. KERRY
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Number:
10-16772
GILBERTO ACOSTA-OLIVARRIA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Number:
10-70902
RICK HART V. CAROLYN W. COLVIN
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Number:
11-17375
TANIA GOLKAR V. HILLARY CLINTON
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Number:
11-57044
Carillo, Jr. v. Los Angeles
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Numbers:
12-57229, 13-56817
Justia Opinion Summary: After Plaintiffs Frank O’Connell and Francisco Carrillo were wrongfully imprisoned for decades, they filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the police investigators involved in their respective cases, arguing in part…
REA PAESTE V. GOVERNMENT OF GUAM
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15389
Paeste v. Government of Guam
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Numbers:
13-15389, 13-17515, 14-16247
Justia Opinion Summary: Guam taxpayers filed a class action suit against Guam and its officers, alleging that Guam violated the tax provisions of the Organic Act of Guam, 48 U.S.C. 1421i, by failing timely to refund overpayments, and, via a…
Bennett v. Bank Melli
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Numbers:
13-15442, 13-16100
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, four groups of individuals, hold separate judgments obtained in U.S. courts against the Republic of Iran, based on various terrorist attacks that occurred between 1990 and 2002. The state-sponsored exception…
USA V. THOMAS GROSSI, SR.
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15487
BRIAN KNIGHT V. CLIMBING MAGAZINE
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16330
JAMAAL JOHNSON V. ADAM PAUL LAXALT
Date: August 26, 2015
Docket Number:
14-15339
USA V. TERRY CHRISTENSEN
Date: August 25, 2015
Docket Number:
08-50531
United States v. Christensen
Date: August 25, 2015
Docket Numbers:
08-50531, 08-50570, 09-50115, 09-50125, 09-50128, 09-50159, 10-50434, 10-50462, 10-50464, 10-50472
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants are Anthony Pelicano, Mark Arneson, Rayford Turner, Abner Nicherie, Kevin Kachikian, and Terry Christensen. Defendants appealed their convictions for crimes stemming from a widespread criminal enterprise…
FREDDY CURIEL V. AMY MILLER
Date: August 25, 2015
Docket Number:
11-56949
Ramsey v. NAMM
Date: August 25, 2015
Docket Number:
12-56674
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, a putative class, filed suit alleging that Guitar Center and the manufacturer defendants, as well as NAMM, conspired to implement and enforce minimum-advertised-price policies (MAP policies) that fixed the…
XCENTRIC VENTURES V. LISA BORODKIN
Date: August 25, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15544
KONIAG, INC. V. KURT KANAM
Date: August 25, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35759
United States v. Sanchez-Gomez
Date: August 25, 2015
Docket Numbers:
13-50561, 13-50562, 13-50566, 13-50571
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants challenged a policy in which judges of the Southern District of California have deferred to the recommendation of the United States Marshals to place pretrial detainees in full shackle restraints for most…
USA V. DAVID GONZALES
Date: August 25, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30242
EDWARD TESTER V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: August 25, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35210
XU YAO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2015
Docket Number:
08-73943
JOSE CRUZ V. ERIC HOLDER, JR.
Date: August 24, 2015
Docket Number:
09-71655
Acevedo v. Lynch
Date: August 24, 2015
Docket Number:
12-71237
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner seeks review of the BIA's dismissal of his appeal of the IJ's decision denying petitioner's claim to derivative citizenship and ordering him removed. Petitioner claims that he has derivative citizenship under…
JOSE MARMOL BERNABE V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 24, 2015
Docket Number:
12-71997
USA V. GUY WILLIAMS
Date: August 24, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10523
JOHN MCKOWN, IV V. USA
Date: August 24, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16099
USA V. RICKY HITSMAN
Date: August 24, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50521
Edwards v. The First American Corp.
Date: August 24, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55542
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against First American, seeking to represent a class of similarly-situated home buyers and alleging that First American engaged in a national scheme of paying the title agencies things of value in…
SO CAL INSTITUTE OF LAW V. ARCHIE BIGGERS
Date: August 24, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56718
USA V. LESTER DECKER
Date: August 24, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10132
ONRC Action v. Bureau of Reclamation
Date: August 21, 2015
Docket Number:
12-35831
Justia Opinion Summary: ONRC, an environmental group based in Oregon, field a citizen suit under section 505(a) of the Clean Water Act, (CWA), 33 U.S.C.1365(a), contending that the Bureau and other defendants violated the CWA by discharging…
MARVIN SMITH V. RAUL LOPEZ
Date: August 21, 2015
Docket Number:
12-55860
DIAKONOS HOLDINGS V. COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS
Date: August 21, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15470
LORENA FEE V. MANAGEMENT & TRAINING CORPORAT
Date: August 21, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15703
FIRST 100 V. WELLS FARGO BANK
Date: August 21, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16618
LVDG SERIES 114 V. ANN WRIGHT
Date: August 21, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17534
TREMAIN CAMPBELL V. TIM VIRGA
Date: August 21, 2015
Docket Number:
14-56756
KOFI OBENG-AMPONSAH V. CHASE HOME FINANCE
Date: August 20, 2015
Docket Number:
11-55397
Salazar-Gonzalez v. Lynch
Date: August 20, 2015
Docket Number:
11-73600
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitioned for review of the BIA's decision that he was not entitled to tolling because he “failed to establish that his prior attorney engaged in ineffective assistance.” The…
BENJAMIN ORTEGA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 20, 2015
Docket Number:
12-72633
City of Oakland v. Lynch
Date: August 20, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15391
Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Oakland contests the Government’s filing of a civil in rem forfeiture action against Harborside Health Clinic, a medical marijuana dispensary acting in accordance with local and state laws but in violation of…
JASON HARPER V. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Date: August 20, 2015
Docket Number:
14-15327
USA V. ARMANDO MENDOZA-PERALTA
Date: August 20, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50080
Bridewell-Sledge v. Blue Cross of CA
Date: August 20, 2015
Docket Numbers:
15-56038, 15-56039
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court, in evaluating whether it had jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. 1332(d), over the removed action, analyzed this consolidated case as though it remained two separate…
ILONA KING V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 19, 2015
Docket Number:
11-73855
JOSEPH CORDERO V. MIRAVAL HOLDING
Date: August 19, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15563
GEORGETTE MCNABB V. US DEPT OF THE ARMY
Date: August 19, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35502
CURTIS DUHART V. P.L. VASQUEZ
Date: August 19, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55813
USA V. BILLY YOUNG
Date: August 19, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10160
United States v. Rivera-Constantino
Date: August 19, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10314
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2011, defendant was convicted for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 195 kilograms of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 946. In 2014, defendant was convicted of illegal reentry and the…
United States v. Chadwell
Date: August 19, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30028
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence for being in possession of firearms while subject to a court order. The court concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it sent the properly…
BRYANT WILLIAMS V. GARY SWARTHOUT
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
11-57255
BRYANT WILLIAMS V. GARY SWARTHOUT
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
11-57255
Garcia v. Lynch
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
12-70778
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Mexican national, petitioned for review of the BIA's order affirming the IJ's denial of his motion for a continuance. The court concluded that 8 U.S.C. 1252(a)(2)(C) precludes the court from exercising…
USA V. IVHAN HERRERA-CHIANG
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10607
ANNA PHILLIPS V. CAROLYN COLVIN
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15066
Reza v. Pearce
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15154
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce violated his constitutional rights when he ordered plaintiff removed, and barred, from the Arizona Senate building. The…
DARRYN BEGUN V. SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE CO.
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16211
USA V. EDWARD ROBINSON
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50278
USA V. JUAN GRANDE
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50370
Patel v. City of Montclair
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55632
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, owner of HSF and the Galleria Motel, filed suit against the City and its police officers under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that the officers violated the Fourth Amendment. The officers entered the public areas of…
First Intercontinental Bank v. Ahn
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56097
Justia Opinion Summary: The bank, chartered in Georgia, with its principal place of business in Doraville, Georgia, made a purchase money loan of $1,939,907.72 to AEHCC and defendant in connection with
their purchase of a hotel. Defendant and…
PEDRO MCPHEARSON V. MICHAEL BENOV
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16031
JASON MCDERMOTT V. MATTHEW VALLEY
Date: August 18, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35343
USA V. ALEX PEDRIN, JR.
Date: August 17, 2015
Docket Number:
11-10623
United States v. Pedrin, Jr.
Date: August 17, 2015
Docket Number:
11-10623
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 40 to 50 kilograms of cocaine. On appeal, defendant challenged his conviction and sentence on eleven grounds. The court concluded that…
MOISES LOPEZ ESTEVEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 17, 2015
Docket Number:
11-72168
Lopez-Valencia v. Lynch
Date: August 17, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73210
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico, appealed the BIA's decision finding that his California state petty theft conviction constituted an aggravated felony theft offense pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(G). The…
Fidelity Nat'l Fin. v. Friedman
Date: August 17, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15954
Justia Opinion Summary: The federal registration statute, 28 U.S.C. 1963, permits plaintiffs to take a judgment entered in one federal district court and register it in another. The court concluded that section 1963 is clear: a registered…
RHONDA ESPY V. INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS
Date: August 17, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56295
USA V. JOSE GUTIERREZ
Date: August 17, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10041
MARIO MERINO V. MARION SPEARMAN
Date: August 17, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16550
Reyes v. Lewis
Date: August 14, 2015
Docket Number:
12-56650
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of first degree murder, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground, inter alia, that his state-court conviction rested on a confession obtained in violation of
Missouri v. Seibert. The…
FLORENTINA DEMUTH V. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: August 14, 2015
Docket Number:
12-57197
Demuth v. Cnty. of Los Angeles
Date: August 14, 2015
Docket Number:
12-57197
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Los Angeles County public defender, filed suit against the County and a deputy sheriff, alleging that her Fourth Amendment rights were violated when the deputy briefly arrested her pursuant to a judicial…
LUIS GRANADENO MOLINA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 14, 2015
Docket Number:
12-71510
EDWIN DURAND V. STONEHOUSE COURT ASSOCIATES, L
Date: August 14, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16280
Crace v. Herzog
Date: August 14, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35650
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of two misdemeanor offenses and one count of attempted second degree assault stemming from an incident in which he brandished a sword at a police officer. The attempted assault conviction was…
Hamdan v. U.S. Dep't of Justice
Date: August 14, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55172
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, seeking
information from federal agencies about federal investigations related to Plaintiff Naji Hamdan and any U.S. role in his detention…
MARTIN REINER V. STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Date: August 14, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55437
United States v. Rodriguez-Vega
Date: August 14, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56415
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, convicted of misdemeanor Attempted Transportation of Illegal Aliens, appealed the magistrate judge’s denial of her 28 U.S.C. 2255 petition to vacate her conviction. The court held that the district court did…
JESSE BUSK V. INTEGRITY STAFFING SOLUTIONS,
Date: August 13, 2015
Docket Number:
11-16892
United States v. Temkin
Date: August 13, 2015
Docket Numbers:
12-50103, 12-50136
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for solicitation to commit a crime of violence; attempted
extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. 1951; and use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of…
United States v. Kim
Date: August 13, 2015
Docket Numbers:
12-56922, 13-55555, 13-55556
Justia Opinion Summary: After claimants defeated the Government's attempts to forfeit property seized in connection with a criminal investigation, claimants received significant awards of attorney's fees. Claimants' lawyer asked the district…
United States v. Cook
Date: August 13, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10233
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute MDMA and possession with intent to distribute MDMA and LSD. The court concluded that the brief, cursory search of defendant’s…
Cabalce v. Blanchard
Date: August 13, 2015
Docket Numbers:
13-15256, 13-15259, 13-15265, 13-15266
Justia Opinion Summary: VSE agreed to store and destroy fireworks that had been seized by the federal government pursuant to a contract with the Department of the Treasury. On appeal, VSE challenges the district court’s order remanding to…
CTTA v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco
Date: August 13, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15614
Justia Opinion Summary: CTTA filed suit challenging Articles 30 and 30.1 of the San Francisco Police Code (the “Permit Scheme”), which comprehensively regulate the towing industry within the city and provide a number of conditions and…
USA V. JOSEPHINE HALABI
Date: August 13, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50410
ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ V. TIMOTHY ROBBINS
Date: August 13, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56706
USA V. EUGENE ESCALANTI
Date: August 12, 2015
Docket Number:
10-10465
USA V. YONGDA HARRIS
Date: August 12, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50250
WALTER MINNICK V. CIR
Date: August 12, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73234
Minnick v. Commissioner
Date: August 12, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73234
Justia Opinion Summary: Taxpayers took out a $400,000 loan secured by an undeveloped plot of land intending to use the funds to develop the land. Taxpayers donated a conservation easement on parts of the plot that would not be developed.…
United States v. Boitano
Date: August 12, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10139
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for three felony counts of making a false statement under penalty of perjury on personal income tax returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7206(1). The court reversed the convictions because…
USA V. BRETT COMBS
Date: August 12, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10279
AFDI v. King County
Date: August 12, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35095
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2013, Metro rejected an advertisement submitted by AFDI, a nonprofit entity, because Metro concluded that the ad failed to meet the guidelines specified in Metro's transit advertising policy. Plaintiffs filed suit…
JACK RUKES V. MARTIN FRINK
Date: August 12, 2015
Docket Number:
14-35492
BRENDAN MCKOWN V. SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Number:
11-35461
ABDUL MATIN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Number:
11-73421
Cummings v. Martel
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Number:
11-99011
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for killing a police officer, appealed the district court's denial of his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. 2254. Petitioner alleged that the prosecution…
USA V. EDUARDO RUIZ
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Number:
12-50447
JONATHON CASTRO V. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Number:
12-56829
GHOOKAS DERMIKAELIAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Number:
12-71361
Brennan v. Opus Bank
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Numbers:
13-35580, 13-35598
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed from the district court’s order dismissing his action in favor of arbitration. Opus Bank cross appealed from the district court’s implicit denial of its motion to seal plaintiff’s complaint, and the…
DOUGLAS PRESTIDGE V. USA
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Number:
14-16740
USA V. GLEN GREEN
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50086
USA V. JAEL AHUMADA
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50130
USA V. ROSEMARY RUIZ
Date: August 11, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50270
ERIC MANN V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
09-99017
PEDRO MADRIGAL-BARCENAS V. ERIC HOLDER, JR.
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
10-72049
CHARLES BARKER, III V. GMAC MORTGAGE LLC
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
11-35841
EMERSON PAUL V. SANDRA PENNYWELL
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
12-56509
USA V. ABEL MONTOYA-GAXIOLA
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10479
USA V. TODD FRIES
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10654
United States v. Fries
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10654
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of unlawful possession of unregistered destructive devices and appealed his sentence of 60 months' imprisonment. The court concluded that the district court did not err in including defendant's…
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands v. MacWhorter
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35453
Justia Opinion Summary: KS Wild filed suit against the Forest Services, alleging that the Forest Service had permitted suction dredge mining in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, which provides designated critical habitat for coho…
NRU V. FERC
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Numbers:
13-70391, 13-70499, 13-70581, 13-72928
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners, wholesale electricity customers, challenged FERC's orders requiring the Bonneville Power Administration to provide transmission services on terms "not unduly discriminatory or preferential." Petitioners are…
JIMMY KIRKSEY V. RENEE BAKER
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
13-99009
United States v. Montoya-Gaxiola
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10255
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed her sentence and conviction for violating the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. 5801-5872, alleging that the district court failed to instruct the jury on the mens rea element of the charge. The court…
USA V. FABIOLA CABALLERO
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30165
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK V. USEPA
Date: August 10, 2015
Docket Number:
14-72794
ZHUEN LI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
11-70346
BLACK MESA WATER COALITION V. SALLY JEWELL
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
12-16980
Voss v. Commissioner
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73257
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners, two unmarried co-owners of real property, each claimed a home mortgage interest deduction under Internal Revenue Code section 163(h)(3). Section 163(h)(3) allows taxpayers to deduct interest on up to $1…
JOSEPH SHELTON V. JOHN MARSHALL
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15707
Shelton v. Marshall
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15707
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of first degree murder of Kevin Thorpe and second degree murder of Laura Craig, appealed the denial of his habeas corpus petition. The court held that the prosecution's suppression of a material…
ARIZONA LIBERTARIAN PARTY V. KEN BENNETT
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
13-16254
United States v. Lapier, Jr.
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
13-30279
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine (Count One), and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On appeal, defendant challenged his conspiracy conviction.…
DANNY MCDOWELL V. DOMINGO URIBE, JR.
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55159
USA V. ELAINE MARTIN
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30034
United States v. Martin
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
14-30034
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed her convictions for subscribing false federal tax returns and her sentence for those convictions and several fraud-related convictions. The court agreed with defendant that the district court abused…
USA V. ARMANDO GRANILLO
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50382
USA V. RAMON ANDRADE-CASTILLO
Date: August 7, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50511
JINGSHU QIAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 6, 2015
Docket Number:
11-73139
DAVID CHAVEZ V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 6, 2015
Docket Number:
11-73977
JIAHAO JIANG V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 6, 2015
Docket Number:
12-70651
United States v. Shiu Lung Leung
Date: August 6, 2015
Docket Number:
13-10242
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, convicted of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. 1, appealed the district court's denial of a motion for a new trial and request for an evidentiary hearing. The court held that defendant was not…
EVIE OQUENDO V. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE
Date: August 6, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15626
USA V. TYRONE DAVIS
Date: August 6, 2015
Docket Number:
13-30133
SAMUEL ESPINOZA V. MICHAEL ASTRUE
Date: August 6, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56677
Rodriguez v. Steck
Date: August 6, 2015
Docket Number:
15-55654
Briggs v. Merck Sharp & Dohme
Date: August 6, 2015
Docket Numbers:
15-55873, 15-55874, 15-55875, 15-55876, 15-55877
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs alleged in five separate tort cases that they, or the deceased individuals they represent, suffered from pancreatic cancer due to their use of incretin-based therapies for diabetes, including those developed…
Andrews v. Davis
Date: August 5, 2015
Docket Numbers:
09-99012, 09-99013
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed from the district court's denial of all but one of the claims raised in his 28 U.S.C. 2254 habeas petition. The state cross-appealed the district court's grant of relief on petitioner's ineffective…
ILANGOVAN GOVINDARAJAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 5, 2015
Docket Number:
11-71533
USA V. GENO PLUMMER
Date: August 5, 2015
Docket Number:
12-10160
Belanus v. Clark
Date: August 5, 2015
Docket Number:
12-35952
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Montana state prisoner, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging claims based on the violation of his rights under the federal and state constitutions as a result of searches of his home, storage shed, and…
BAO HUO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 5, 2015
Docket Number:
12-71126
Rogers v. Ferriter
Date: August 5, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35790
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of two counts of felony sexual assault, appealed the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. 2244 habeas petition as untimely. The court held that petitioner's application for review of his…
Saucedo v. Farmland Mgmt. Serv.
Date: August 5, 2015
Docket Numbers:
13-35955, 13-35996, 13-36022
Justia Opinion Summary: The court certified to the Washington Supreme Court the two questions: (1) Does the Washington Farm Labor Contractor Act, in particular Washington Revised Code 19.30.010(2), include in the definition of a “farm labor…
USA V. JACOB DRUMMONDO-FARIAS
Date: August 5, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10097
USA V. ROBIN LEE
Date: August 5, 2015
Docket Number:
14-10553
USA V. ALEJANDRO ARRIOLA
Date: August 5, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50212
FAZUL V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
07-74965
JOSE GUEVARA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
09-73793
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
11-72495
HAMID JAVADI V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
12-73931
Brown-Hunter v. Colvin
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-15213
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff (Claimant) appealed the denial of her social security disability benefits and supplemental security income. The court held that when an ALJ determines that a claimant for Social Security benefits is not…
EMILIANO LOPEZ V. JAMES YATES
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-17492
Rounds v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-35505
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff (Claimant) appealed the denial of her application for supplemental security income. The court concluded that the ALJ did not recognize the apparent conflict between claimant's residual functioning capacity…
USA V. MICHAEL LUX
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-50352
TIFARAH MCDANIEL V. LEON PANETTA
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-55685
FRANCISCO VILLASENOR V. L. ZAMORA
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56628
MICHAEL BURTSCHER V. IVAN MOORE
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-56697
LORENZO SANCHEZ-NINO V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-71814
PEDRO VASQUEZ-GARCIA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72711
AGUSTIN ROMERO-MEZA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72908
DAVID URRUTIA-GUERRA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-72927
ALEX CARRILLO-GARCIA V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
13-73844
USA V. JOSE CENDEJAS-CAMPEZANO
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
14-50264
STEVEN WILHELM V. JEANNIE WOODFORD
Date: August 4, 2015
Docket Number:
15-15276
CELINA DURAN V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 3, 2015
Docket Number:
11-70911
RAUL FIGUEROA POSADAS V. LORETTA E. LYNCH
Date: August 3, 2015
Docket Number:
11-73698
ROBERT SMITH, III V. CDCR
Date: August 3, 2015
Docket Number:
12-17619
