RUSSELL LEFF V. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-17465
BELICA GUZMAN-ESCOBAR V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-71981
MARLON GARCIA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-72020
GREGORIA VALLADARES-GOMEZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-72683
ALBERTO SANCHEZ MEJIA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-72723
MIGUEL SIERRA-JACOBO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-73340
PEDRO JUAREZ-LORENZO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-73383
YONGJUN TANG V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-73646
JAN VAN DUSEN V. CATHERINE PURCELL
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16983
Native Ecosystems Council v. Marten
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35571
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of the Forest Service's motion to dissolve an injunction enjoining the Lonesome Wood 2 Project. The Project was designed to reduce the threat of wildfire in a…
STEPHEN CHERRY V. DEWAYNE SHEDD
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35921
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON V. EUGENIA CELESTIN
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56179
SHABNAM DASTMALCHIAN AND MSB I V. DOJ
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56239
REACHLOCAL, INC. V. PPC CLAIM LIMITED
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56644
F. DENCER V. CALIFORNIA STATE BAR
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56771
ALFREDO IMANIL V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70179
JUAN HUARACA-MARTIN V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70636
OSFREDI ORDONEZ VELASQUEZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71213
TIGRAN SARGSYAN V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71347
LUCIA SANCHEZ-AYALA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71612
GURPREET SINGH V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-72041
HRACH GEVORGYAN V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-72286
NICANOR SOTO-SOTO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-72636
CHUNHUI CHEN V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-73251
JAIME GARCIA-GOMEZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-74012
ROBERT MIX V. LINDSAY CUNNINGHAM
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15199
GREGORY BONTEMPS V. D. HICKS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15583
GREGORY BONTEMPS V. R. PEREZ
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15586
WILLIAM BURRESS V. S. SHEISHA
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15653
BERLAN DICEY V. W. HANKS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15745
LLOYD PAYNE V. S. BUTLER
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15781
WILLIAM PICKARD V. DOJ
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15945
MARLOS MOORE V. LEWIS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16135
MARCO HEYWARD V. HAYWARD POLICE DEPARTMENT
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16412
BECKY NGUYEN V. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-17027
STEPHEN ENSIGN V. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-35198
RAYMOND BALDWIN V. BARBIE DOE
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-35382
TERRENCE MATTHEWS V. DENNIS SALLAZ
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-35565
AMY COX V. LB LENDING, LLC
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-56752
RAFAEL ABARCA MERCADO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-70373
JINPING ZHUANG V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
12-74156
LUCIO CASTRO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
13-71726
LIRIO LOPEZ DE IRIBE V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
14-72120
MICHAEL ANDERSON V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
14-73870
STEVEN CABASA V. CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16597
MATTHEW DEBEIKES V. HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC.
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
15-17324
SILVIA CLAROS V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
15-70376
ONOFRE CATALAN V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
15-70857
USA V. JOHN GARCIA, IV
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10444
USA V. ISAAC MONGE
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10458
ANDANTE LAMONT-GOLDSBY V. AMANDA KASCHMITTER
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35537
Bassett v. ABM Parking Services, Inc.
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35933
Justia Opinion Summary: Receiving an overly revealing credit card receipt -- unseen by others and unused by identity thieves-- was not a sufficient injury to confer Article III standing. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal…
USA V. JORGE BARRIOS, JR.
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50354
SUZANNE CARNAHAN V. SETERUS, INC.
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55988
XUE LI V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70106
HUGO JACOBO-HECTOR V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70312
ANA NAZARI-HERNANDEZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70389
BORIS GUARDADO-SANCHEZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70706
MORES ROJAS-CRUZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71056
PAUL ROMAN-SOTO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71230
TOMAS TUFINO-PLUMA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71528
ELBA ALVAREZ OLMOS V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71724
JUAN TEOCO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
16-72462
JULIA SMITH V. CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15287
USA V. ANDRES REYES-QUINTERO
Date: February 21, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50095
CHUN LI V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
12-73032
JIANMING WANG V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
12-73296
Johnson v. Gill
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16400
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of habeas relief for petitioner, who was criminally convicted in both state and federal court. Petitioner argued that his federal sentence actually commenced on one of the instances…
COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SERV. V. QWEST CORP.
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35035
JIMMY MOODY V. ERIC ARNOLD
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56768
DOUGLAS MANER V. COUNTY OF STANISLAUS
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16488
JANETH ROMERO V. U.S. BANK
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16912
WILLIAM PHILLIPS V. APPLE, INC.
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
16-17189
USA V. LANCE GLOOR
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30142
USA V. KRISTOFER WRIGHT
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30206
USA V. DAVID MATTHEW
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30268
ASA WILLIAMS, JR. V. CARMEN MAYS-WILLIAMS
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35191
MICHELLE HURTER V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35236
TOBIAS PARTNERS V. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56174
EDIN CASTELLANOS V. JEREMY MAYA
Date: February 20, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15034
WILLIAM WEGESEND V. ENVISION LENDING GROUP, INC.
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
14-16048
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
14-70031
VICTOR BRAVO GOMEZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
14-71178
ALEC MARSH V. J. ALEXANDER'S LLC
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
15-15791
ROSALIO MEMIJE-GUZMAN V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
15-71394
ELMER SANCHEZ-BARRERA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
15-73254
ALMA SOLORIO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16300
HAIPING SU V. NASA
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16818
MARY NG V. U.S. BANK
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16949
USA V. CANDELARIO GONZALEZ-GARCIA
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50401
MARIE CONFORTO V. RICHARD V. SPENCER
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55808
HASSAN HASHEMI V. RAMAN UNNIKRISHNAN
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56000
USA V. TURK CAZIMERO
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10193
USA V. EUGENE FULKS
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10316
NATHAN OKPOTI V. LVMPD
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15584
USA V. ABRAM WALTER
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30037
USA V. MIGUEL ESPINOZA-MUNOZ
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30048
USA V. PAWEL SZKUTNIK
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30088
USA V. JAIME MORENO
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30095
USA V. CHRISTOPHER YARBROUGH
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30142
USA V. ANTONIO GONZALEZ, JR.
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50016
USA V. BRIAN BURDSALL
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50022
USA V. THOMAS JOHNSON
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50043
USA V. EDMUNDO RODRIGUEZ
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50050
USA V. FREDRICK HAGEN
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50090
USA V. JOSHUA KNAUP
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50107
USA V. ANTONIO PLAKETTA
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50156
USA V. AMANDO VILLARREAL HEREDIA
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50202
USA V. RAUL GARCIA-PINA
Date: February 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50340
Xinbing Song v. Sessions
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
14-71113
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit amended an opinion granting a petition for review of the BIA's denial of asylum and withholding of removal to petitioner, a citizen of China, who sought relief based on his political opinion. The panel…
JULIO TRUJILLO-ALAS V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
14-71156
QIU WANG V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
14-73316
EMIKO YONEMOTO V. DAVID SHULKIN
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16769
USA V. MARK FAAITA
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10217
USA V. AARON HU
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10270
USA V. WILLIE CLIFTON
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10489
LUQRIS THOMPSON V. LVMPD
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16341
Padilla-Ramirez v. Bible
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35385
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit amended an opinion affirming the district court's judgment denying a habeas corpus petition where petitioner sought a custody redetermination as he awaited the outcome of administrative proceedings to…
USA V. SAVE THE VALLEY, LLC
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55353
N. L. V. CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56019
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56083
MICHAEL HOLLAND V. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56428
NOELLE M. STROGOFF V. ARROWHEAD RESEARCH CORP.
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56499
ANDREW REDER V. PAUL FISHER
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-60028
JOHN BRAATEN V. NEWMONT USA LIMITED
Date: February 15, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15394
ROGER MURRAY V. DORA SCHRIRO
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
08-99013
JUAN LOPEZ-QUINTANA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
13-73859
B. L. V. EDU-HI
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
14-17316
CHRISTOPHER DE VERA-YADAO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
14-72118
Gonzalez-Caraveo v. Sessions
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
14-72472
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioners' claim for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The panel held that it had jurisdiction to review petitioners'…
Rodriguez Tovar v. Sessions
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
14-73376
Justia Opinion Summary: Anyone who under the relevant statutes is considered a minor child of a legal permanent resident (LPR) on the date of the parent's naturalization (and who is the beneficiary of a valid petition for an immigrant visa…
USA V. VICTOR FLORES
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
15-10232
JAY SANTOS V. SUPERIOR COURT OF GUAM
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16854
E.F. V. NEWPORT MESA UNIFIED SCH. DIST
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56452
USA V. GILBERT MEDINA
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10159
AEQUADIS, INC. V. HCL AMERICA, INC.
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
16-17337
US EX REL. STEPHEN YAGMAN V. JAMES MITCHELL
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55346
DAVID WABAKKEN V. CDCR
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56277
RICKMAN BROWN V. EVA SPERBER-PORTER
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15121
LAUREN CUMMINGS V. JABURG & WILK PC
Date: February 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15521
ANTONIO BARBA V. W. MONTGOMERY
Date: February 13, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56522
Crowley v. EpiCept Corp.
Date: February 13, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56571
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment for EpiCept in an action brought by doctors, alleging claims for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and fraud. The…
BRANDYN RIDGEWAY V. NABORS COMPLETION AND PROD.
Date: February 13, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56673
PIETER FOLKENS V. WYLAND WORLDWIDE
Date: February 13, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15882
Jacobson v. USDHS
Date: February 13, 2018
Docket Number:
16-17199
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants in an action challenging plaintiffs' exclusion from an enforcement zone set up around a Border Patrol checkpoint area near their…
USA V. JASON BRANUM
Date: February 13, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50472
KAN-DI-KI, LLC V. JOHN SORENSON
Date: February 13, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56139
MARGUERITTE KIBEL V. AETNA LIFE INS. CO.
Date: February 13, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56169
EZELL ANDERSON, JR. V. USDA
Date: February 13, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15403
PETER MORSEA V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: February 12, 2018
Docket Number:
15-17218
USA V. JACQULINE HOEGEL
Date: February 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10185
JES SOLAR CO., LTD. V. TONG CHUNG
Date: February 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15504
COLLEEN EASTMAN V. QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC.
Date: February 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15793
ALASKA OIL AND GAS ASS'N V. WILBUR ROSS
Date: February 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35380
NATAHA SHPAK V. MALCOLM CURTIS
Date: February 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56323
PETER KVASSAY V. ROBERT KVASSAY
Date: February 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-60082
USA V. JOSE PEREZ-RODRIGUEZ
Date: February 12, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10167
USA V. STEVEN ZINNEL
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
14-10141
USA V. QUOC TRAN
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
15-10608
Perez v. City of Roseville
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16430
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against defendants, alleging that her termination from the police department violated her constitutional rights to privacy and intimate association. The Ninth Circuit held that…
ANTHONY PENTON V. K. POOL
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
15-17216
USA V. LLOYD KENNEY
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10117
Soto v. Sweetman
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15497
Justia Opinion Summary: The administrative exhaustion requirement justifies tolling the statute of limitations, but it does not justify creating a new accrual rule. The potential unfairness of limitations running during exhaustion is better…
MICHAEL MILLER V. LEROY KIRKEGARD
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-36037
USA V. STEPHEN KANG
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50161
USA V. JORGE MAYEN
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50216
VIKRAM GILL V. IKEBAL GILL
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56271
USA V. RICARDO MORENO-HERNANDEZ
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10119
HARRISON KINNEY V. NOB HILL GRILL
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15255
Arevalo v. Hennessy
Date: February 9, 2018
Docket Number:
17-17545
Justia Opinion Summary: Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971), did not require the district court to abstain from hearing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the conditions of pretrial detention in state court. The Ninth Circuit…
San Francisco Apartment Assoc. v. City and County of San Francisco
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
15-17381
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment on the pleadings in an action challenging a city ordinance that limits the rights of landlords to commence and conduct buyout negotiations. The panel held that the…
HALINA NOWAK V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
15-71187
YOLANDA DE RIVERA V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55884
PIVEG, INC. V. GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY CO.
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56003
STEVE KLEIN V. CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56309
BYRON CHAPMAN V. PISMO FOOD STORE
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56432
ALLANA BARONI V. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56617
ALLANA BARONI V. CIT BANK
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56618
ALBERT AN V. IL KWON
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-60071
USA V. HIPOLITO GUERRERO-HIDROGO
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50048
SARKIS ANTABIAN V. WELLS FARGO BANK
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60001
SARKIS ANTABIAN V. WELLS FARGO BANK
Date: February 8, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60002
JUAN VEGA, JR. V. USA
Date: February 7, 2018
Docket Number:
13-35311
Vega v. United States
Date: February 7, 2018
Docket Number:
13-35311
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of an action alleging violations of plaintiff's First and Fifth Amendment rights under the implied cause of action theory adopted by the Supreme Court in Bivens…
BRIAN MALNES V. CITY OF FLAGSTAFF
Date: February 7, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15059
Yith v. Nielsen
Date: February 7, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15858
Justia Opinion Summary: The limitation imposed by 8 U.S.C. 1429 applies only to the executive branch's adjudication of naturalization applications, and only when removal proceedings are pending pursuant to an arrest warrant. The Ninth Circuit…
BIN FENG V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 6, 2018
Docket Number:
14-71596
MARK FOLEY V. JAMES ROWLAND
Date: February 6, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16905
USA V. TEOFIL BRANK
Date: February 6, 2018
Docket Number:
15-50467
Earp v. Davis
Date: February 6, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56989
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's order on remand denying petitioner's claims that the California state court improperly denied his motion for a new trial based on the State's prosecutorial misconduct.…
J. L. V. MIKE SANTOS
Date: February 6, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15629
ISAAC CASTRO V. USA
Date: February 6, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16490
Wells v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Date: February 6, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56562
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's order granting a motion to dismiss Union Pacific's counterclaims in class actions filed by landowners challenging the railroad's ability to lease land to Santa Fe Pacific…
Simpson v. Trump University, LLC
Date: February 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-55635
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's order approving a class settlement between students and Trump University. On appeal, a lone objector desired to opt out of the class and to bring her claims in a separate…
MIGUEL MEZA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 5, 2018
Docket Number:
14-73966
USA V. ROGELIO SANCHEZ MOLINAR
Date: February 5, 2018
Docket Number:
15-10430
United States v. Laney
Date: February 5, 2018
Docket Numbers:
15-10563, 15-10605
Justia Opinion Summary: A presumption of validity did not attach to a stipulation by defense counsel that their clients waived their right to a jury trial on their criminal charges. The Ninth Circuit reversed based on the ineffective jury trial…
Newton v. Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd.
Date: February 5, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56352
Justia Opinion Summary: The absence of federal law is not a prerequisite to adopting state law as surrogate federal law under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A). The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court's…
CHRISTIAN WALKER V. E. MCDANIEL
Date: February 5, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15611
JOHN ZHONG V. USA
Date: February 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-55549
Folkens v. Wyland Worldwide, LLC
Date: February 2, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15882
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's summary judgment in favor of defendant in an action under the Copyright Act, alleging that defendant infringed on plaintiff's pen and ink depiction of two dolphins crossing…
EROTIC SVC PROVIDER LEGAL EDU. V. GEORGE GASCON
Date: February 2, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15927
MELINDA MANDVIWALA V. FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE
Date: February 2, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55084
LEOBALDO RAMOS-VASQUEZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
08-75037
PHILIP BOBBITT V. MILBERG LLP
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
13-15812
Hawai'i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
15-17447
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's summary judgment rulings regarding the County's violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) when it discharged pollutants from its wells into the Pacific…
United States v. Walton
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
15-50358
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court's imposition of a sentencing enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e)(1), after defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a…
KENNARD DAVIS V. A. MALFI
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
15-55561
ACLU of Northern California v. FBI
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15178
Justia Opinion Summary: For generalized records, such as training manuals and guidelines, the government's burden under Exemption 7 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7), of demonstrating that withheld materials were…
United States v. Watson
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15357
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit denied defendants' 28 U.S.C. 2255 motions challenging the validity of their convictions for carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. The panel held that bank robbery "by force and violence, or by…
FNBN RESCON I LLC V. CRAFTSMEN HOMES, LLC
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55604
NAHID NOORI V. BANK OF AMERICA
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56082
DAVID SANCHEZ V. AMERIFLIGHT, LLC
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
17-56089
Kenny v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Date: February 1, 2018
Docket Number:
17-56809
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court's order remanding plaintiff's putative class action against Wal-Mart to California state court. The panel held that the district court erred by exceeding its statutory…
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme v. First Solar, Inc.
Date: January 31, 2018
Docket Number:
15-17282
Justia Opinion Summary: A general proximate cause test is the correct test for loss causation under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial in part of defendants' motion for summary judgment.…
Fields v. Twitter, Inc.
Date: January 31, 2018
Docket Number:
16-17165
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of an action against Twitter, seeking civil remedies under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Plaintiffs filed suit against Twitter under 18 U.S.C. 2333(a), the civil…
GERALD MILLER V. GEORGE BALDWIN
Date: January 31, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35587
USA V. JEFFREY DONNELLY
Date: January 31, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15837
MICHAEL GADDY V. N. ADAM
Date: January 30, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16107
United States v. Rodriguez
Date: January 30, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10017
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed defendant's conviction for transporting an illegal alien for financial gain. The panel held that the district court's instruction to the jurors defining "reckless disregard" was incorrect…
SETH BAKER V. MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
12-35946
ADAM BACKHAUT V. APPLE INC.
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
15-17523
Eat Right Foods Ltd. v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35524
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court's grant of summary judgment for Whole Foods in a trademark infringement action. The panel held that the district court impermissibly resolved disputed questions of material…
USA V. JOSE PANIAGUA-PANIAGUA
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
15-50454
USA V. ROHIT REDDY
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30312
DIANNA MONTEZ V. CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55226
AMR MOHSEN V. MORGAN STANLEY & CO INC
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55606
Solorio-Ruiz v. Sessions
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
16-73085
Justia Opinion Summary: A California conviction for carjacking under Penal Code section 215(a) does not qualify as a crime of violence. The Ninth Circuit granted the petition for review of a final order of removal. The panel held that…
C.J.L.G. v. Sessions
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
16-73801
Justia Opinion Summary: Neither the Due Process Clause nor the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., creates a categorical right to court-appointed counsel at government expense for alien minors. The Ninth Circuit held…
HOWARD HERSHIPS V. TANI CANTIL-SAKAUYE
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16188
KEITH NASH V. GARRY LUCAS
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
17-35537
USA V. JOBETH DEJESUS
Date: January 29, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50024
GARY LOWRY V. EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Date: January 26, 2018
Docket Number:
13-15598
JEANINE LEWIS V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 26, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35193
Eagle Point Education Association v. Jackson County School District No. 9
Date: January 26, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35704
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment and attorney's fees in favor of plaintiffs in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action challenging a public school's policies. The policies prohibited, among other…
USA V. MICHAEL SAPP
Date: January 26, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30059
UNITE HERE LOCAL 30 V. VOLUME SERVICES, INC.
Date: January 26, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55528
LYDIA WILLIAMS V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
14-36006
LEOPOLDO LEON V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
15-15277
Hamamoto v. Ige
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
15-15572
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging that the temporary appointment of then-Lieutenant Governor Brian Schatz as the United States senator from Hawaii violated their…
UDON LERTJANTHUK V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
15-72426
In the Matter of Transwest Resort Properties, Inc.
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16221
Justia Opinion Summary: An election under 11 U.S.C. 1111(b)(2) does not require that a due-on-sale clause be included in a reorganization plan. 11 U.S.C. 1129(a)(10), which requires that at least one impaired class accept a cramdown plan,…
DENNIS KERR V. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16802
JOSEPH KENNEDY V. BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35801
JOHN VANDENBURG V. COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55354
MICHAEL WILLIAMS V. SANJEEV BATRA
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15530
MICHAEL WILLIAMS V. JESSICA SANTIAGO
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15834
BENJAMIN TOSCANO V. SCOTT KERNAN
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15995
DAMIAN GRIFFIN V. DAVID LONG
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16295
TERRY KERR V. U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A.
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16304
MICHAEL WILLIAMS V. SANJEEV BATRA
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16790
LOUIS NEMETH V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-55567
LOUIS NEMETH V. AMRANE COHEN
Date: January 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60019
THOMAS MCDONALD V. STEVEN PALACIOS
Date: January 24, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16926
KEVIN LOADER V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 24, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35229
NUTRITION DISTRIBUTION V. IRONMAG LABS
Date: January 24, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55632
Demaree v. Pederson
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
14-16207
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit alleging that social workers violated their constitutional rights to family unity and companionship, and as well as their small children's rights, by removing the children from home without a…
NICKY NICHOLS V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35110
MARVIN SHOEMAKER, II V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35858
In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Numbers:
15-56014, 15-56025, 15-56059, 15-56061, 15-56064, 15-56067
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court's grant of class certification in a nationwide class action settlement arising out of misstatements by Hyundai and Kia regarding the fuel efficiency of their vehicles. The…
Batterton v. Dutra Group
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56775
Justia Opinion Summary: Punitive damages are awardable to seamen for their own injuries in general maritime unseaworthiness actions. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to strike a prayer for punitive…
USA V. JOSE CORTEZ-LUNA
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10529
JUAN VELAZQUEZ V. JAMES LOGAN
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15485
KEVIN ALLEN V. E. BIRDSONG
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15568
JOHN DUTTON V. MUELLER & DRURY PC
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16202
ROBERT MOORE V. DITECH FINANCIAL LLC
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16317
WILLIAM HOLDNER V. AMY MITCHELL
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
17-35319
STEPHAN BROOKS V. PACO-MICHELLE ATWOOD
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
17-55341
ANDREW DONKOR V. STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Date: January 23, 2018
Docket Number:
17-55705
GORDON DYE V. BAC HOME LOAN SERVICING, LP
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
12-35406
SUSAN CROWDEN V. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSO
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
12-35443
QI LI V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
13-73142
SCOTT MARTIN V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
14-35769
United States v. Kleinman
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
14-50585
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for panel rehearing, withdrew a previous opinion, filed a superseding opinion affirming a conviction and sentence arising out of the operation of purported medical-marijuana…
QIANG SUN V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
14-72106
JEAN ORDONEZ-GARAY V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
14-72311
MARTA GAVRILOVA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
14-73189
CallerID4u, Inc. v. MCI Communications Services, Inc.
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Numbers:
15-35028, 15-35029
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of claims brought by plaintiff under Washington state law, seeking compensation for telecommunications services it provided to AT&T and Verizon. In this case,…
DAVID SHEPHARD V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35332
MARTIN MAGANA-PARDO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-71151
KOSTYANTYN BULANOV V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
15-71605
USA V. ALEJANDRO GALVAN
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10513
MINEWORKERS' PENSION SCHEME V. FIRST SOLAR INC.
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16937
United States v. Urias Espinoza
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50033
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed defendant's conviction for importation of methamphetamine, holding that the district court necessarily abused its discretion because it applied the wrong legal standard in excluding the…
USA V. JUAN GONZALEZ-URENA
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50237
USA V. JAMES MURPHY
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50355
GERSON FOX V. ELISSA MILLER
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55345
USA V. ALBERTO RODELO
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10166
THOMAS PEREZ V. MATTHEW HUTCHESON
Date: January 22, 2018
Docket Number:
17-35076
MICHAEL JONES V. CLAUDIA WANG
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
12-55995
LI ZHANG V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
13-74452
USA V. ELIAZAR BARRAZA
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
14-50489
LEON MORRIS V. K. TURNER
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
15-15686
FRANK KONARSKI V. MICHAEL RANKIN
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
15-17182
CARLO CARRION V. UNITED STUDENT AID FUNDS, INC.
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56391
JAJBIR PANNU V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
15-70309
MARIO ANTUNEZ-SALGADO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
15-72633
MARISSA PASCUA SIGUA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
15-73200
VILMA SANTOS DIAZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
15-73452
USA V. BRENT WILLIAMS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10375
USA V. EDUARDO ROBLES LUZANIA
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10451
LEE SZYMBORSKI V. SPRING MOUNTAIN TREATMENT CTR
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15247
DANELL PRATT V. B. GOWER
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15535
RUBEN VALDEZ V. MATTHEW CATE
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16948
BRICE PEELER V. KEVIN REALI
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16965
USA V. DEANDRE MEIGHAN
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30008
MARK VELASCO V. MERS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35426
ALFREDO ROMAN V. RANDY BLADES
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35575
USA V. MARTIN SANDOVAL
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50440
SERGIO COC-LACAN V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70286
EDWIN LOPEZ-MENDEZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70642
CRISPIN MORA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70722
HONG ZHENG V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71025
LEONEL PONCE BARRAZA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71575
YAN FU V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71602
RENE ALVARADO MORALES V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-72008
RUTH CAMACHO-GRANDA V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-72268
USA V. RAMON CARRENO-OCHOA
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10035
USA V. LOUIS MATTHEWS
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10057
USA V. JESUS DIAZ-FLORES
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10064
EDWARD JONES, JR. V. H. RICHARDSON
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15509
JODY MARQUEZ V. CORIZON HEALTH SERVICES
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15601
DAVID MATHIS V. J. SALAZAR
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15646
BEA GLENN V. CALIFORNIA DEP'T OF EDUC.
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15801
KATHLEEN WATSON V. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15890
RODERICK SKINNER V. RENEE PFISTER
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16054
TARIK MESSAAD V. COUNTY OF WASHOE
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16111
MARCIA WILSON V. STATE OF HAWAII
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16264
JORGE TRUJILLO V. FRANCISCO SANCHEZ
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16650
ALBERT HAYES V. M. VOONG
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16653
JOSE ESPINOZA V. D. DIAZ
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-17002
USA V. GUY WALDRON
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30072
USA V. SELENA PEREZ
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50036
USA V. CARLOS LOBO
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50044
USA V. CARLOS PLACERES-CRUZ
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50092
USA V. CARLOS GUTIERREZ-TORRES
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50101
USA V. MANUEL VARELA
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50165
ROBERT GARBER V. USA
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-55296
FREDERICK JACKSON V. FELECIA HODGE
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-55997
MADELINE DAVIS V. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Date: January 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60058
ACLU v. USDOJ
Date: January 18, 2018
Docket Number:
14-17339
Justia Opinion Summary: The DOJ appealed the district court's order requiring the agency to produce two documents contained within the USABook, an internal DOJ resource manual for federal prosecutors, in response to a Freedom of Information Act…
Wishnev v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Date: January 18, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16037
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit certified the following questions of state law to the California Supreme Court: 1. Are the lenders identified in Article XV of the California Constitution, see Cal. Const. art. XV, 1, as being exempt…
DANITA PATTERSON V. MERS
Date: January 18, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56819
USA V. DIANNA WOODS
Date: January 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10139
HECTOR BRAVO-COCCO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 17, 2018
Docket Number:
14-72989
PHP INS. SERVICE, INC. V. GREENWICH INS. CO.
Date: January 17, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15083
HENRY TUKAY V. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Date: January 17, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15388
SAMUEL MARQUEZ V. JO GENTRY
Date: January 17, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15634
Erotic Service Provider Legal Education and Research Project v. Gascon
Date: January 17, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15927
Justia Opinion Summary: Section 647(b) of the California Penal Code, which criminalizes the commercial exchange of sexual activity, does not violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal…
DAVID STECKBECK V. BARTENDERS UNION LOCAL 165
Date: January 17, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16923
LENCE FAMILY TRUST V. ELMER CHRISTENSEN
Date: January 17, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35223
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CA V. PAULINE CLAY
Date: January 17, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50085
3123 SMB LLC V. Horn
Date: January 17, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55304
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction of an action alleging a claim of legal malpractice. The panel held that what little business Lincoln One conducted…
STATE COMPENSATION INS. FUND V. SANA KHAN
Date: January 17, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55501
EDGAR RADILLO V. DAVID LONG
Date: January 16, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16791
VALERIE E. CAMPBELL V. GLORIA HENRY
Date: January 16, 2018
Docket Number:
15-17157
JESSIE LEWIS V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15394
WILLIE BOLDS V. J. CAVAZOS
Date: January 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15592
MARY JASIN V. VIVUS, INC.
Date: January 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15893
United States v. Brown
Date: January 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30218
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit vacated defendant's 60-month sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and remanded for resentencing. The panel held that defendant's previous conviction for drug conspiracy under Washington…
Galilea, LLC v. AGCS Marine Insurance Co.
Date: January 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35474
Justia Opinion Summary: An arbitration provision in a maritime insurance policy is enforceable despite law in the forum state assertedly precluding its application. This case concerned the scope of insurance coverage Galilea bought for its…
ATTEBURY GRAIN LLC V. VICENTE CORTEZ
Date: January 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55729
ERIK OLIVARES-CALIXTO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 16, 2018
Docket Number:
16-71664
Poyson v. Ryan
Date: January 12, 2018
Docket Number:
10-99005
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for rehearing, filed an amended opinion reversing the denial of habeas relief challenging petitioner's death sentence, and remanded. The panel held that the Arizona Supreme Court…
WENZHUANG LI V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 12, 2018
Docket Number:
14-73807
Duggan v. CIR
Date: January 12, 2018
Docket Number:
15-73819
Justia Opinion Summary: Because the text of I.R.C. 6630(d)(1) conditions the tax court’s jurisdiction on the timely filing of a petition for review, the thirty-day deadline in I.R.C. 6330(d)(1) is jurisdictional. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the…
USA V. REUBEN HAYES
Date: January 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10055
RONALD MOORE V. MILLENNIUM ACQUISITIONS
Date: January 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15531
DONALD JARVIS V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15917
HANI SHARAF V. STARBUZZ TOBACCO, INC.
Date: January 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55301
HIBU, INC. V. PLOTKIN FINANCIAL, INC.
Date: January 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55482
Cook v. Harding
Date: January 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55968
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of an action challenging the constitutionality of California Family Code Section 7962. Section 7962 codified California cases that found gestational surrogacy…
ASSE INTERNATIONAL, INC. V. REX TILLERSON
Date: January 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56742
MOSTAFA MOHAMED V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 11, 2018
Docket Number:
12-73277
USA V. JAMES WELLS
Date: January 11, 2018
Docket Number:
14-30146
JOSE CARRANZA V. MICHAEL MARTEL
Date: January 11, 2018
Docket Number:
14-55362
GUI ZHENG V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 11, 2018
Docket Number:
14-70936
United States v. Depue
Date: January 11, 2018
Docket Number:
15-10553
Justia Opinion Summary: A trial judge may excuse a juror at any time for any material problem impeding fair deliberations as long as it was not due to the juror's views of the merits of the case. The Ninth Circuit affirmed defendant's…
USA V. THEODORE LEE
Date: January 11, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16869
JOSE MANZANAREZ-SANTOS V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 11, 2018
Docket Number:
15-70148
ROBERT NEUMAN V. MARK NOOTH
Date: January 11, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35682
USA V. MICHAEL HUYNH
Date: January 11, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50110
Gomez-Velazco v. Sessions
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
14-71747
Justia Opinion Summary: There is no reason to conclusively presume prejudice when an individual was denied the right to counsel during his initial interaction with DHS officers, provided the individual was able to consult with counsel before…
SOKHA LENG V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
14-73477
Friends of Animals v. USFWS
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35639
Justia Opinion Summary: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), 16 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., did not limit the United States government from issuing a permit to remove birds of one species for scientific purposes if its intent was principally to…
EDGAR CHAVEZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
15-70822
JOSE CONTRERAS-RAMIREZ V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
15-71078
USA V. SEPASITIANO FEAO
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10502
Kristensen v. Credit Payment Services
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15823
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants in a class action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. 227. In this case, plaintiff received a text…
CASHELLA BENJAMIN V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16747
MACK WEST, JR. V. RANDY GROUNDS
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16795
USA V. GREGORY WARREN
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30156
United States v. Hulen
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30160
Justia Opinion Summary: A proceeding to revoke supervised release is not a criminal case for purposes of the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment revoking defendant's…
SHERIF EL DABE V. CALAVO GROWERS, INC.
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55426
CAPITAL OPTIONS, LLC V. C. LOOMIS
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
16-60052
CAPITAL OPTIONS, LLC V. C. LOOMIS
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
16-60053
CAPITAL OPTIONS, LLC V. GEORGE GOLDSMITH
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
16-60054
DANIEL LOPEZ V. GARCIA APARTMENTS, LLC
Date: January 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-55541
SOCORRO ZAMUDIO-REYES V. XAVIER BECERRA
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
15-15518
JETTIE HAWKINS V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16070
MIKE LAFFEN V. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
15-16360
MALCOLM BURBANK V. ELAINE DUKE
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35760
USA V. D.P.
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
15-50201
Gebhardt v. Nielsen
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56072
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of plaintiff's action challenging DHS's denial of I-130 visa petitions. Plaintiff filed petitions seeking Legal Permanent Residence (LPR)…
RODNEY BURKY V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16667
KRYSTEN C. V. BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16958
LYLE HAYES V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35011
ROBYN FENNELL V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35051
JOSHUA LITTLE V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55285
DANIEL FERNANDEZ V. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55471
USA V. AARON PRUETT
Date: January 9, 2018
Docket Number:
16-56858
JUAN GARCIA-MORENO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 8, 2018
Docket Number:
13-72410
JOSEPH PADGETT V. CITY OF MONTE SERENO
Date: January 8, 2018
Docket Number:
15-15867
CXA LA PALOMA, LLC V. MOJAVE PIPELINE CO.
Date: January 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15814
Oracle USA v. Rimini Street
Date: January 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16832
Justia Opinion Summary: Oracle filed a copyright infringement suit against Rimini, a provider of third-party support for Oracle's enterprise software, and Rimini's CEO. The Ninth Circuit affirmed partial summary judgment and partial judgment…
EDWARD LUCK V. UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
Date: January 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55276
JAMES WANG V. SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
Date: January 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55664
CPUC V. FERC
Date: January 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70481
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit granted CPUC's petition for review of FERC's determination that PG&E was eligible for an incentive adder for remaining a member of the California Independent System Operator Corporation (Cal-ISO) when…
USA V. BARRY DOOLEY
Date: January 8, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10155
DERRIS HURTH V. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
11-55562
Villavicencio v. Sessions
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
13-74324
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's decision concluding that petitioner was not removable for a controlled substance offense under 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(B)(i). The panel held that the state crimes…
HONGJIANG CHUAI V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
14-73488
VERDANT HEALTH COMMISSION V. SEBELIUS
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35797
ERIC RICHARDSON V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35867
TENNILLE PLISE V. SHELLEY KROHN
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
15-60032
AMANDEEP SINGH V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
15-71343
Sanchez v. Elizondo
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
16-17345
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellate courts are not deprived of the jurisdiction conferred by 9 U.S.C. 16(a) when a vacatur order also remands for a new arbitration. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's vacatur of defendant's…
MARTA DESOTO V. GREGORY MCKAY
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
16-17358
USA V. FOREST SHIELDS
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30246
CYNTHIA DODD V. NANCY BERRYHILL
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
16-35455
USA V. VLADISLAV TCHERNIAVSKY
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50051
USA V. BRIDGETTE JACKSON
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50111
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55332
CARLOS ORTEGA V. MARK RITCHIE
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-15497
JOHN CRIM V. MANAGEMENT & TRAINING CORP.
Date: January 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-16676
JORGE BALDERAS-JARAMILLO V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 4, 2018
Docket Number:
14-72661
GALINA MEDVEDEVA V. CITY OF KIRKLAND
Date: January 4, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35750
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Wasden
Date: January 4, 2018
Docket Number:
15-35960
Justia Opinion Summary: Idaho's criminalization of misrepresentations to enter a production facility, Idaho Code 18-7042(1)(a), and ban on audio and video recordings of a production facility's operations, Idaho 18-7042(1)(d), covered protected…
JUAN VELAZQUEZ V. JAMES LOGAN
Date: January 4, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15485
De Jesus Orega Melendres v. Maricopa County
Date: January 4, 2018
Docket Number:
16-16663
USA V. JOSHUA HESTER
Date: January 4, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50107
MARY DUREAU V. MARK ALLENBAUGH
Date: January 4, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55715
Kramer v. Cullinan
Date: January 3, 2018
Docket Number:
14-36103
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's order denying qualified immunity to defendant, the former-President of Southern Oregon University, in an action alleging that she violated plaintiff's liberty interest.…
DAVID SARKISIAN V. JEFFERSON SESSIONS
Date: January 3, 2018
Docket Number:
14-73058
Italian Colors Restaurant v. Becerra
Date: January 3, 2018
Docket Number:
15-15873
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for plaintiffs in an action challenging the constitutionality of California Civil Code Section 1748.1(a). Section 1748.1(a) prohibits retailers…
LISA AUBUCHON V. COUNTY OF MARICOPA
Date: January 3, 2018
Docket Number:
16-15484
Calderon-Rodriguez v. Sessions
Date: January 3, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70225
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's decision dismissing his appeal challenging the IJ's competence determination. The panel held that the BIA in two related ways abused its discretion in…
ARCHIE EDWARDS V. CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.
Date: January 3, 2018
Docket Number:
17-35535
SUE EICHERLY V. KATHLEEN O'LEARY
Date: January 3, 2018
Docket Number:
17-55446
BRODRICK COLLINS V. ROSS QUINN
Date: January 2, 2018
Docket Number:
15-56788
GILBERT SALINAS V. CBC RESTAURANT CORP.
Date: January 2, 2018
Docket Number:
16-55564
