2020 Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 3501 - 4000 of 4120

JOHN DAVIS V. GOODYEAR POLICE DEPARTMENT
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15857
USA V. WALTER KUBON
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16059
JOHN DAVIS V. PAUL PENZONE
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16070
DOROTHY MARAGLINO V. J. ESPINOSA
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16189
HEATHER KOWITZ V. CITY OF PORTLAND
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35148
GIGI TOKIN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35196
USA V. JESUS LOPEZ
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50150
USA V. MARY BRIDGES
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50157
FRANCISCO MARTINEZ V. ADOLFO GONZALEZ
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55440
TIMOTHY WILKINS V. BEN GRIFFIN
Date: March 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55595
PRENTICE WILLIAMS V. JONATHON SEALS
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15059
STEVEN CHANEY V. BARBARA VON BLANCKENSEE
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15973
MICHAEL BURROUGHS V. CITY OF TUCSON
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16994
RACHEL DRAKE V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35264
USA V. SALVADOR ARAGON
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50248
THE VENICE GRIND, LLC V. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56495
ERIC SEABASE V. FAA
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72113
HUGO HERNANDEZ CEREN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72612
STEPHEN GAGGERO V. CIR
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72663
ERIK LEYVA-VILLASENOR V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72707
AL OTRO LADO V. CHAD WOLF
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56417
MARIA LEPE DE QUIJADA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 15-72354
ESTEBAN HERNANDEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 15-72945
SUKHTIRATH SINGH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 15-73886
RONNIE VERA V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 17-17559
USA V. ALCEU ANDREIS
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 17-50112
USA V. BRYANT IWAI
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10015
CAROLINE BOTE V. DEVIN DERHAM-BURK
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17180
United States v. Jones  
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35457

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion to vacate his criminal sentence, which had been enhanced pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). Defendant was…

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Co.  
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35704

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's interlocutory orders denying BNSF's motion for summary judgment on the Tribe's claim that BNSF violated a right-of-way and easement agreement limiting train traffic across…

USA V. HECTOR JIMENEZ-PENALOZA
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10128
USA V. MARTINEZ GISHIE
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10135
19-15716 INNOVATION LAW LAB V. CHAD WOLF
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15716
BANK OF AMERICA V. NV EAGLES, LLC
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: 17-16841
Campbell v. Facebook, Inc.  
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: 17-16873

Justia Opinion Summary: An objecting class member appealed from the district court's approval of a settlement between Facebook and a nationwide class of its users who alleged that Facebook routinely captured, read, and used website links…

RICKY DULDULAO AGUILAR V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70235
MILLION KIDANE DEGOL V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: 17-72851
A. FROST V. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16188
MALEM MEDICAL, LTD. V. THEOS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16670
GERALD GIPAYA V. BARBARA BARRETT
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17279
Guerra v. Barr  
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71070

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's decision reversing an IJ's grant of deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture. The panel held that the Board erred by conducting a de novo…

AMINA BENNETT-MARTIN V. JOSE PLACENCIA
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55109
JOSE MENDEZ-MORALES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number: 15-70900
DEWOYNE POTTS V. JOHN GARZA
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number: 17-56410
J.P. V. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15963
Scalia v. Employer Solutions Staffing Group, LLC  
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16493

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary in an action against ESSG and three related companies under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Secretary…

CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON V. ELITE OF LOS ANGELES, INC.
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55441
USA V. JAVARIS TUBBS
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number: 17-17160
SHIHUA CUI V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71669
LEAH AHN V. MICHAEL SANGER
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16794
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump  
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-17274, 18-17436

Justia Opinion Summary: An interim final rule, coupled with the presidential proclamation that was issued on the same day, that strips asylum eligibility from every migrant who crosses into the United States along the southern border of Mexico…

Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf  
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15716

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction setting aside the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), under which non-Mexican asylum seekers who present themselves at the southern border…

ALLAN DIAMOND V. HOGAN LOVELLS US
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 15-16326
Rizo v. Yovino  
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 16-15372

Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's order denying defendant's motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's claims under the Equal Pay Act (EPA). The en banc court held that…

United States v. Arpaio  
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 17-10448

Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant was found guilty of criminal contempt in a bench trial for willfully violating a preliminary injunction prohibiting him from enforcing federal civil immigration law, he was granted a pardon by the…

Ramirez v. TransUnion LLC  
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 17-17244

Justia Opinion Summary: Consumers filed suit against TransUnion under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) after the agency—aware that its practice was unlawful—incorrectly placed terrorist alerts on the front page of the consumers' credit…

AURORA VASQUEZ V. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15097
AUSTIN FLAKE V. COUNTY OF MARICOPA
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16652
BENJAMIN MCCLURE V. COUNTRY LIFE INS. CO.
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16661
THERESA SHERIDAN V. BARBARA LAWALL
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17014
STACY WEBER V. TMG LOGISTICS, INC.
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17177
OKSANA BAIUL-FARINA V. JOSEPH LEMIRE
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56198
Tedards v. Ducey  
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16308

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of an action brought after the death of Arizona Senator John McCain, challenging the constitutionality of an Arizona statute that governs appointments and…

JILL MCKELVY V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 15-35879
ARSENIO PELAYO V. PLATINUM LIMOUSINE SERVICES
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 16-16989
CARMEL GUZMAN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 17-35845
BARBARA HAASE V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 17-36054
USA V. DANIEL CHAVEZ, JR.
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 17-50094
ALFONSA SANCHEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70047
EDILBERTO CUYSON V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15043
Prager University v. Google LLC  
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15712

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of PragerU's action alleging that YouTube and its parent company, Google, violated the First Amendment and the Lanham Act, as well as state laws, when YouTube…

BARBARA DAVIS V. WSDSHS
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35924
BARBARA DAVIS V. WSDSHS
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36044
LUIS OSOLLO V. LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56018
BARBRA WILLIAMSON V. PARS
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 18-60062
BASILEA MENA V. ROBERT MASSIE
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15214
VICTOR TAGLE V. CCA
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16287
USA V. SEAN WYATT
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50020
WISHTOYO FOUNDATION V. UNITED WATER CONSERV. DIST.
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55380
XIAOPING SONG V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71101
RENDI CHEN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71107
RMC OF SAN JOSE V. WH ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15089
JOSEPH MIZZONI V. STATE OF NEVADA
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16184
FRED SCHOEFFLER V. USDA
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16371
CORREY ALCANTRA V. COYOTE VALLEY BAND
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16482
BART STADNICKI V. RENAUD LAPLANCHE
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16908
ART TOBIAS V. DANIEL EAST
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56245
AMANY SIMMONDS V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56536
Ross v. Williams  
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number: 16-16533

Justia Opinion Summary: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 15(c)(1)(B) and 10(c) apply in habeas proceedings. The en banc court reversed the district court's dismissal of petitioner's amended habeas corpus petition as time-barred. Petitioner…

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE V. DAVID YAMASAKI
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number: 17-56331
SUNDAY'S CHILD, LLC V. IRONGATE AZREP BW LLC
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16253
USA V. NATHANIEL WELLS
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-30074
Allen v. Ives  
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35001

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of a 28 U.S.C. 2241 petition for habeas relief based on lack of jurisdiction. Petitioner claimed actual innocence of his sentence as a career offender. The panel…

LUMENS CO. LTD. V. GOECO LED, LLC
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55221
California v. Azar  
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-15974, 19-15979, 19-35386, 19-35394

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs' challenges to HHS's 2019 Final Rule, implementing Title X of the Public Health Service Act, failed in light of Supreme Court approval of the 1988 regulations and the Ninth Circuit's broad deference to…

IV SOLUTIONS, INC. V. PACIFICARE LIFE & HEALTH INS
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17-56609
GREGORIO GUZMAN-GONZALEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70182
ALBA HERNANDEZ-AMAYA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71982
USA V. DOUGLAS WAY
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10427
JOSEPH SHANNON V. JOSEPH DECKER
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16697
SHAUNAK SAYTA V. BENNY MARTIN
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17090
USA V. ERIC PEREZ
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-30004
CHRIS GEORGE V. RAYMOND MADDEN
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55258
ATTEBURY GRAIN LLC V. VICENTE CORTEZ
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55532
ATTEBURY GRAIN LLC V. GRAYN COMPANY
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56325
J.M. V. OAKLAND UNIFIED SCH. DIST.
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15075
US BANK V. NV EAGLES, LLC
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number: 17-16415
LEAH AHN V. PRIYA SANGER
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number: 17-60082
JESSIE FIELD V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15931
DITECH FINANCIAL LLC V. SATICOY BAY LLC SERIES 8829
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16199
Ford v. Saul  
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35794

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's decision upholding the SSA's denial of the claimant's application for disability benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. The panel held that the ALJ…

USA V. ALBERTO CASTELLANOS
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50416
GILBERTO CASTRO V. MATTEL, INC.
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56361
BRADFORD SARVAK V. CIR
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73296
ZIYAN YAO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71265
HONGBIN SUN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 17-73253
USA V. LANA LECHABRIER
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10166
LYNNE HULSEY V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15549
Bridge Aina Le'a, LLC v. Hawaii Land Use Commission  
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-15738, 18-15817

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, Bridge Aina Le'a, filed suit challenging the Commission's 2011 reversion of land on the island of Hawaii from a conditional urban land use classification to the prior agricultural use classification. The…

DEMONDRAY MAYO V. STATE OF NEVADA
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16081
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK V. 7290 SHEARED CLIFF LN. UN. 102
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16190
KIM DONG-YOUL V. PACIFIC INDEMNITY INS. CO.
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16741
WAYNE FERGERSTROM V. PNC BANK, NA
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17012
WALT HUNTER V. DANIEL HUGHES
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17084
USA V. BRENT CHEW
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50301
ANH TUYET THAI V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55304
YUHUA GUAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71096
RICHARD JOHNSON V. FABIAN VELAZQUEZ
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15394
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. V. ZILLOW, INC.
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 17-35404
USA V. CRUZ GAVINO-MARISCAL
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10316
STEPHEN PUTNAM V. CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15346
MARCUS ROBERTS V. AT&T MOBILITY LLC
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15593
LANCE BAIRD V. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16579
PACIFIC COMMERCIAL SERVICES V. LVI ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17260
JOAQUIM FINATO V. KEITH FINK AND ASSOCIATES
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55044
ROBERT OZERAN V. ROBIN JACOBS
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55675
MICHAEL CALABRESE V. BAE SYSTEMS HAWAII SHIPYARDS
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72644
TIANJIE ZHANG V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73415
ANGELA AGUILAR V. NAVY EXCHANGE SERVICE COMMAND
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70397
WILLIAM GONZALEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 14-72442
KAMRAN KASHANIAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71001
MARIA ORTIZ-MORENO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71061
USA V. STEEL DAVIS
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10206
JANE HELLER V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17000
KWON YI V. BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55827
MAX QUINTANA V. USA
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56597
ERIK DE JONG V. JLE-04 PARKER, LLC
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-60049
FRANCISCO TALAVERA MORAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70751
YING LI V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71322
SEII, INC. V. OWCP
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73247
LEON ORTEGA-RAMOS V. GREGORY ARCHAMBEAULT
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55194
Kirkpatrick v. Chappell  
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 14-99001

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit panel filed an order amending its June 13, 2019 opinion affirming the district court's denial of William Kirkpatrick's habeas corpus petition challenging his death sentence for two counts of…

ROHIT SINGH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 16-72857
JAGTAR SINGH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73555
BLAS RODRIGUEZ V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 17-17291
MICHELLE DELAPLAIN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 17-35271
GABRIEL FERNANDO-PULIDO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70259
United States v. Gagarin  
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10026

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction for aggravated identity theft, a three-level sentence enhancement, and the restitution order in this case, holding that sufficient evidence supported each element of the…

USA V. GEORGE RENTERIA
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10220
RICK HAZELTINE V. IAN YOUNG
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16565
GRUPO ALTEX S.A. DE C.V. V. GOWAN CO.
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16894
ANGEL GOFF V. JUAN RAMIREZ, JR.
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17216
MARINA BORAWICK V. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56233
MARIBEL OROZCO BAEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70124
JUAN GRANADOS-ESPINOZA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70385
JENNYFER BERNAL-GONZALEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70315
JOSE GARCIA-CERVANTES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71203
SAUL AMAYA-MEJIA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71489
JAIRO ORELLANA-RODRIGUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 17-73195
ALESSI & KOENIG, LLC V. SATICOY BAY LLC SERIES 10250
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16166
JON MUSIAL V. TELESTEPS, INC.
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16867
Medina Tovar v. Zuchowski  
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35072

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit filed an amended opinion affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of government defendants in a case involving when a spousal relationship must exist for a spouse to be eligible…

Parents for Privacy v. Barr  
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35708

Justia Opinion Summary: A policy that allows transgender students to use school bathroom and locker facilities that match their self-identified gender in the same manner that cisgender students utilize those facilities does not infringe…

USA V. BRANDON WARD
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50329
NAGUI MANKARUSE V. RAYTHEON COMPANY
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55930
RICHARD DOBBS V. TXI RIVERSIDE, INC.
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56054
AYSE SEN V. AMAZON.COM, INC.
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56413
ZUCHAO HE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70696
YANMIN ZHAO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70930
ARAM TATINTSYAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71056
UBALDO GALVEZ-RIVERA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71438
YIHONG JIN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72750
STEVE WILSON BRIGGS V. KEVIN SPACEY
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15128
JACQUELYNN NICKLER V. CLARK COUNTY
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15761
CEFERINO GERONIMO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71035
EDGAR CRUZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71227
JOSE BONILLA-QUEN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71272
DONOVAN BOLEN V. USA
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 17-35379
GHULLAM KHAVARI V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70275
FRANCISCO JARAMILLO-LAUREANO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71498
PRUDENCIO PEREZ-GONZALEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71737
APRIL RIVERA V. TOWN OF PATAGONIA
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16468
HEAVEN HOWLAND V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36096
TERESA ALTMAN V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36099
STEPHANIE PATTON V. FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56336
MARIA RODRIGUEZ-PENA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70208
ALBERTO BARRIENTOS-LOPEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73253
USA V. CORINNE ARAKAWA
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10200
ALBERT RILEY V. T. FRIEDERICHS
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16289
MICHAEL STRAUSBAUGH V. J. SHARTLE
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16780
USA V. ABDIRASHID HARET
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30060
USA V. ANTONIO DELEON
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30078
USA V. NIGEL ERNST
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30137
USA V. JERONIMO NAVA
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30157
USA V. JOSE MANZO
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30166
USA V. ANDREW SWAGER
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30198
MARCUS JENNINGS V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35052
ANDREA GARNER V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35055
AHMED AMR V. SHARON WHITTAKER
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35429
USA V. MAXIMO FLORES-LEZAMA
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50056
USA V. EVERARDO ALCALA
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50101
DELWAR HOSSAIN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 16-70474
SOVANNY PAL V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73460
KALAM ULLAH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73874
USA V. STEVEN QUINTANA
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 17-50416
USA V. RICHARD CANTERBURY
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10319
USA V. HODA SAMUEL
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10349
USA V. MICHAEL PATRAKIS
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10436
USA V. ALAN TINKER
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10456
USA V. JERROD SCHMIDT
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10489
JACQUELINE ZHANG V. COUNTY OF MONTEREY
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15955
CURTIS JOHNSON V. SERENITY TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17170
ANTHONY MERLO V. CITY OF PALO ALTO
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17182
RICHARD RYNN V. GREGORY MCKAY
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17426
USA V. DANIEL ORTIZ
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35203
KEITH DAVIS V. WILLIAMS HAYES
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35433
ANDREW MORET V. PAT GARRETT
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36073
VAGAN ADZHEMYAN V. USA
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55737
USA V. SOLOMON JALLOH
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55901
SHARRIEFF BROWN V. CDCR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56432
USA V. GREGORY SPEROW
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56570
Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC v. Marino  
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-60005, 18-60006, 18-60040, 18-60041

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit dismissed Ocwen's appeal of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's (BAP) decision affirming the bankruptcy court's contempt orders, holding that the panel lacked appellate jurisdiction. The panel held that…

ELIODORO QUIROZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70221
MARIA OPICO-ALFARO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70761
MARY WACHIRA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71033
ANTONIO ORTIZ-OJEDA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71119
LIJUAN DING V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71292
BLANCA BLANCO-TESPAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71502
GREILY SALVATIERRA-BONILLA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71761
ESAUN TORRES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72965
ABEL SANCHEZ LINARES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73031
JUAN CHAVIRIN-MARTINEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73037
USA V. KIM DE LA ROSA
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10140
USA V. JOHN GERINGER
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10155
USA V. KISHOR CHAUDHARY
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10162
USA V. FRANK OSEGUERA, JR.
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10174
USA V. LUKE BRUGNARA
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15018
DARRION ALEXANDER V. G. YBARRA
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15025
DENNIS HINES V. CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15336
VISHAL SHARMA V. SUBWAY REAL ESTATE, LLC
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15436
DAVID THOMAS V. ISIDRO BACA
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16089
JOHNNY BAKER V. S. LAKE
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16132
USA V. STANLEY WEBER
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30022
ADREE EDMO V. CORIZON, INC.
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35017
USA V. JOSE TORRES-HURTADO
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50125
USA V. CHRISTOPHER LISTER, SR.
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50239
MICHAEL CONZELMAN V. USA
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55190
ANGELINA DETTAMANTI V. TIMOTHY STAFFEL
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55272
GREIF PACKAGING LLC V. TEAMSTERS D.C. 2, LOCAL 388M
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55276
PRETTY IN PLASTIC, INC. V. MARYELLIS BUNN
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55278
BRENDA MOORE V. GREYHOUND BUS LINES, INC.
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55338
DILLARD MCNELEY V. SHEPPARD MULLIN
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55432
THOMAS HEILMAN V. D. MCALISTER
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-56123
YONG GUO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70294
PABLO PIRIR-CHITAY V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70536
MONICA PAZ-TEJEDA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71219
YENNI PINEDA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 16-71156
NELSON RIVERA-NAVARRO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 16-71450
JOCELINE ROJAS-NAVARRO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 16-71699
ORLANDO GONZALEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 16-72633
GABRIELA PALMA-SANDOVAL V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 16-72786
HECTOR RAMOS LOPEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73190
ELDER GOMEZ-LOPEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73395
JACINTO RAYMUNDO-CEDILLO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73646
JOSE COREA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70852
ISIDRO BRICENO-MARTINEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71379
ERICH HEIDRICH V. PENNYMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16494
SEC V. JAMES WARRAS
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16684
SEC V. ANTHONY BRANDEL
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16685
PATRICIA WOODS V. ROBERT STORMS
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16816
MARCELLA HERNANDEZ V. COUNTY OF MARICOPA
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16943
BILAL AHDOM V. M. ARAICH
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16999
THEODORE SHOVE V. MCDONALD
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17326
TERRELL COMRAS V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36056
BRADLEY MONICAL V. CHRISTINA TOWERS
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36057
ALEKSANDAR MACKOVSKI V. RAY BEX
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55767
RICHARD VALENTINE V. CHAD WOLF
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56337
REPUBLIC BAG, INC. V. BEAZLEY INS. CO.
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56467
CANTRAN GROUP, INC. V. CUPS, LLC
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56545
MENELIK ZEWDU V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70309
International Union of Operating Engineer Local 501 v. National Labor Relations Board  
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-71124, 18-72079, 18-72121

Justia Opinion Summary: Casino slot technicians are not "guards" under section 9(b)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act. Under the Act the NLRB, cannot certify a union to represent "guards," as the term is used in the statute, if that union…

USA V. RONALD TSOSIE
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10090
FRED FULFORD V. DON GRIFFITH
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15211
MILORAD OLIC V. R. CHACON
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15451
TIMOTHY SANTOS V. CDCR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15775
USA V. LORENZO BELL
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30125
USA V. MATTHEW BURGESS
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30147
STEVE TANNER V. WILLIE COWELL
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35854
USA V. FRANCISCO GOMEZ-CRUZ
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50200
USA V. GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZ
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50216
IUOE 501 V. NLRB
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70092
FERDI ARANA-DIAZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71576
OSCAR FUENTES CANAS V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71901
GEOVANNI RUBIO-BLANCO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 15-70687
MEDARDO ESCOBAR-ALFARO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 15-70726
CRISTIAN JORGE MONZON V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73014
TEODORA RAFAEL-LOPEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73341
ALEX TICUN-COLOC V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73415
NESTOR ORTIZ-CRISTALES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 16-74024
JEFFREY FRANKLIN V. LEWIS
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 17-16147
CHEN LI V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70111
ELEUTERIO REYES VASQUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70129
JESUS PADILLA SALDANA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70146
DANIEL PONCE SANCHEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70640
SHUQIN LIU V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70782
MARIA PERALTA GARCIA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 17-73201
USA V. MICHAEL GALLOWAY
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10313
OPEN SOURCE SECURITY, INC. V. BRUCE PERENS
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15189
JEFFREY MILLS V. K. MITCHELL
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15531
MOHAMED POONJA V. CHANDRAKANT SHAH
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15629
ANNE PRAFADA V. MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-17139
USA V. JEREMIAH SCHMIDT
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-30128
USA V. BRAYAN GUTIERREZ-DIAZ
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50380
ARTHUR LOPEZ V. COSTA MESA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55520
CITY OF POMONA V. SQM NORTH AMERICA CORP.
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55733
ARTHUR LOPEZ V. NEWPORT BEACH POLICE DEPART
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56452
KELLY ZARADNIK V. DUTRA GROUP, INC.
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72307
DAVID ORPILLA V. HAWAII STEVEDORES, INC
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72606
PEDRO TRUJILLO-RODRIGUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72625
HARWINDER SINGH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72685
KARALAINI SEWALE V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72984
USA V. JOSE CABRERA
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10018
USA V. ALFREDO MIRANDA-HERNANDEZ
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10318
SAMUEL BARRERAS, JR. V. ANDREW SAUL
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-55060
GUANERFE ORDONEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71133
TOMAS CARRILLO-FLORES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71203
XIOMARA OVIEDO CERON V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-71475
LEONARDO AMARO-BORILLA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 16-70337
ANTONIO GOMEZ-BELTRAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 16-72518
XIUQIN YAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73481
DANIEL RUIZ-GUZMAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 17-72417
Vargas v. Howell  
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15513

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court's award of attorney's fees after settlement in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action. The district court awarded just 10 percent of the fees plaintiff…

USA V. JULIO DIAZ
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50228
United States v. Chavez-Diaz  
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50391

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit held that defendant waived his right to appeal his equal protection and due process claims by entering an unconditional guilty plea. Therefore, the panel reversed the district court's holding to the…

WESTLAKE SERVICES, LLC V. CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55139
ESTATE OF DAVID MAURICE, JR. V. LIFE INS. CO. OF N. AMERICA
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55944
ANTHONY JOHNSON V. STORIX, INC.
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56106
MERLE FERGUSON V. USA
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56296
RICHARD SELLERS V. USA
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56526
WILTO FENESCAT V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71564
USA V. JASON CHRISTENSEN
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50004
USA V. DEANDRE BROWN
Date: February 4, 2020
Docket Number: 17-10515
BANK OF AMERICA V. TRAVATA & MONTAGE HOA
Date: February 4, 2020
Docket Number: 17-16718
Calvary Chapel Bible Fellowship v. County of Riverside  
Date: February 4, 2020
Docket Number: 17-56857

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Riverside County in an action brought by Calvary Chapel, alleging a facial challenge to a county zoning ordinance under the Religious…

USA V. RICARDO ORTIZ CRUZ
Date: February 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-30250
United States v. George  
Date: February 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50268

Justia Opinion Summary: USSG 2B1.1(b)(2) requires the sentencing court to determine whether the victims suffered a loss that was significant in light of their individual financial circumstances. The Ninth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence…

USA V. WASFI ABBASSI
Date: February 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50338
JULIAN POLLOK V. VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO.
Date: February 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55818
HOWARD ABSELET V. HUDSON LABOR SOLUTIONS, INC.
Date: February 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56027
ZANE FLOYD V. TIMOTHY FILSON
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number: 14-99012
RICARDO MARTINEZ-RODRIGUEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number: 17-72158
CLAUDIA PRADO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number: 17-72914
Orn v. City of Tacoma  
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35379

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's order denying qualified immunity to a police officer in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action brought by plaintiff, alleging that the officer used excessive force when he shot and…

USA V. RAWLE SUITE
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50169
RICHARD CLARK V. KEVIN CHAPPELL
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number: 14-99005
BANK OF AMERICA V. THUNDER PROPERTIES, INC.
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number: 17-16577
Vazquez v. County of Kern  
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15060

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action brought by plaintiff, alleging that a Juvenile Corrections Officer violated her constitutional rights.…

JERRY GREENWOOD V. OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15898
KENNETH KON V. STUART SHERMAN
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55401
BERTHA FAJARDO V. USA
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56510
CASEY TAYLOR V. BURLINGTON NO. R.R. HOLDINGS
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number: 16-35205
JUAN MOLINA-PENA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number: 16-70399
GUILLERMO BAYARDO SANDOVAL V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73689
JORGE ROJAS V. FAA
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number: 17-55036
PHILLIP WRIGHT V. CONNIE GIBSON
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number: 17-55388
Morales v. Sherman  
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number: 17-56304

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's summary judgment dismissal of a habeas corpus petition as an unauthorized "second or successive" petition under 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(3)(A). The panel held that petitioner's…

USA V. CHRISTINA WILLIAMS
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10402
ARTHUR MOORE V. CITY OF BERKELEY
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15647
Karasek v. Regents of the University of California  
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15841

Justia Opinion Summary: Three plaintiffs filed suit against UC, under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, alleging that UC violated Title IX by failing to adequately respond to their individual assaults and that UC violated Title IX…

BALUBHAI PATEL V. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55983
JONE KOLI V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number: 16-72789
USA V. PO CHOE
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10476
Parsons v. Ryan  
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-16358, 18-16365, 18-16368, 18-16424

Justia Opinion Summary: These consolidated appeals arose from a class action brought by prisoners in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) against senior ADC officials, challenging ADC's provision of healthcare. At issue on…

ADRIENNE BENSON V. DOUBLE DOWN INTERACTIVE, LLC
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36015
IV SOLUTIONS, INC. V. EMPIRE HEALTHCHOICE ASSURANCE
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55613
EDMON WASHINGTON V. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55622
ASSE INTERNATIONAL, INC. V. MICHAEL POMPEO
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55979
CARMEN MARGOSYAN V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number: 14-70905
GUADALUPE DIAZ GODOY V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73588
Lopez-Aquilar v. Barr  
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number: 17-73153

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's decision finding petitioner removable based on his robbery conviction under Oregon Revised Statutes section 164.395. The panel held that section 164.395 is…

EUGENE FORTE V. TIMOTHY SCHWARTZ
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15619
RICKY MANNING V. DOD
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16517
USA V. JOSEPH SPADAFORE
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50189
REBECA LAWRENCE V. MEDTRONIC
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55621
JAIRO SEQUEIRA V. THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56269
EDGAR CABRERA AVALOS V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number: 16-70512
MARIA HERNANDEZ-MUNOZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73125
COREY CAMFIELD V. BD. OF REDONDO BEACH USD
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number: 17-56072
The Democratic National Committee v. Hobbs  
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15845

Justia Opinion Summary: The en banc court reversed the district court's judgment for defendants in an action brought by the DNC and others. The DNC challenged Arizona's policy of wholly discarding, rather than counting or partially counting,…

JACQUELINE WEGNER V. WELLS FARGO BANK, NA
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16278
USA V. JAIME MONZON-SILVA
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50382
APRIL GRUNDFOR V. JANET BOUFFARD
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55314
JOSE BALLIN-GARCIA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number: 16-71044
USA V. JOSHUA COOLEY
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number: 17-30022
MARLA DAVIS V. MANDARICH LAW GROUP
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15702
JOSEPH ANGELES V. US AIRWAYS, INC.
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16096
COLLABORATIVE CONTINUING EDUC. V. STARKS REALTY GROUP, INC.
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16247
Conde Quevedo v. Barr  
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70078

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of Guatemala, sought review of the BIA's denial of withholding of removal based on the agency's conclusion that the record does not establish that Guatemalan society recognizes "people who report…

ISAIAS LORENZO LOPEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 23, 2020
Docket Number: 15-72406
ROBERTO FRANCO-ARIAS V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 23, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70049
SHIGANG LIU V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 23, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70288
GREENLINING INSTITUTE V. FCC
Date: January 23, 2020
Docket Number: 17-73283
K. Y. V. RICK SCHMITT
Date: January 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16350
GERALD SAKAMOTO V. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: January 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55440
PATRICK SIMONELLI V. CIR
Date: January 23, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70664
FERNANDO DEL VALLE V. SCOTT THORNE
Date: January 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15313
USA V. OMAR TORRES
Date: January 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-30021
CARL HAYNES V. HOME DEPOT USA, INC.
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number: 16-55698
KAIDA ZHANG V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73802
USA V. ANTHONY HAMILTON
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number: 17-10490
IVETTE RIVERA V. EBMUD
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number: 17-16891
USA V. DERRICK RADY
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10415
Roberts v. City of Fairbanks  
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35938

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's order dismissing plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 1985 claims on the ground that the claims were barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). The panel explained that…

WALTER COOK, III V. SCOTT KERNAN
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17-17257
Cook v. Kernan  
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17-17257

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his California state conviction for three counts of first degree murder. Petitioner claimed that…

USA V. DAVID MEZA
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number: 17-50432
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10038
USA V. JEREMIAH SLAYDEN
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10187
USA V. DANIEL LOPEZ
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50019
HENRI BA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number: 13-70876
BRENDA TORRES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number: 14-73512
USA V. IVAN SOTO-BARRAZA
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number: 15-10586
United States v. Soto-Barraza  
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-10586, 15-10589

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions for first degree murder of a Border Patrol agent, conspiracy to interfere with and attempted interference with commerce by robbery in violation of the Hobbs Act, and…

Courthouse News Service v. Planet  
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number: 16-55977

Justia Opinion Summary: Applying Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court, 478 U.S. 1 (1986), the Ninth Circuit held that the press has a qualified right of timely access to newly filed civil nonconfidential complaints that attaches when the…

Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number: 16-71816
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD V. DOUGLAS COUNTY
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15788
Medina Tovar v. Zuchowski  
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35072

Justia Opinion Summary: USCIS permissibly construed the statutory phrase "accompanying, or following to join" in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(ii) when it adopted its regulation, 8 C.F.R. 214.14(f)(4), requiring that a spouse's qualifying…

L. F. v. Lake Washington School District #414  
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-35792

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the school district in an action brought by a parent, alleging that the school district violated his First Amendment rights by imposing a…

Juliana v. United States  
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36082

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's interlocutory orders in an action brought by plaintiffs, an environment organization and individual plaintiffs, alleging climate-change related injuries caused by the…

MICHAEL BRUSER V. BANK OF HAWAII
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 16-16354
GERSON PUNAY-HERNANDEZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 16-73439
USA V. ANDREW KATAKIS
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 17-10487
USA V. KELLY ANKENY, SR.
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 17-35138
Bearchild v. Cobban  
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 17-35616

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an inmate at the Montana State Prison (MPS), filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action against prison staff members, alleging that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated when he was sexually assaulted during the course…

SUKHPUL SINGH V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71000
DYEL TALBOT V. RELIANCE STD. LIFE INS. CO.
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15375
Heimrich v. United States Department of the Army  
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-36005

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), of plaintiff's EEO complaint challenging his removal from his job as a power-plant mechanic with the Army Corps…

MELISSA STRAFFORD V. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56064
MANUEL DIAZ NAVARRO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72249
JAIME CEDILLOS FLORES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72527
ALDF V. FDA
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15528
VICTOR FOURSTAR, JR. V. MICHAEL ELIASON
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35024
USA V. TONY BROWN
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 16-50495
EZZARD ELLIS V. C. HARRISON
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 16-56188
CHRISTOPHER RUSSETT V. STATE OF ARIZONA
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 17-15709
THOMAS RICHEY V. JONI AIYEKU
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 17-35298
STANLEY SILVERMAN V. DAVID BIRDSELL
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16036
DARREN WALLACE V. CITY OF SAN JOSE
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16083
ARTHUR GIBSON, JR. V. VANJANI
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16718
USA V. LUZ CARO-GUTIERREZ
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50389
JOHN KENNEDY V. THE ESTATE OF MARILYN MONROE
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55952
FAOUR FRAIHAT V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56075
CHRISTOPHER EPSHA V. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIF.
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56108
WOODIE WILLIAMS, JR. V. CHUNG HO CHANG
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-16090
KENNETH MOORE V. BRAD CAIN
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35002
JOHANNA PEREZ-DE ALFARO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 16-71192
LILIANA ACOSTA CERVANTES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 16-71376
MOHAMMED ALTAYAR V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 17-73308
Altayar v. Barr  
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 17-73308

Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's determination that petitioner committed a crime involving moral turpitude. The panel held that an aggravated assault conviction under Arizona Revised Statutes…

USA V. CHARLES BURNS
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10041
USA V. DAVID CONERLY
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10454
JOSE TRUJILLO V. SANDRA OROZCO
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15391
CHRISTOPHER HADSELL V. BARRY BASKIN
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16668
LEVI GARCIA STRANGE V. UNITED STATES ARMY
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16974
USA V. GUADALUPE BELTRAN-ARAIZA
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-50429
VERONICA ORTEGA-GAMEZ V. AUHSD
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-55832
VICENTE ALVAREZ V. S. KO
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56019
ESTATE OF J. GARCIA GAONA, JR. V. CITY OF SANTA MARIA
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56142
CIRON SPRINGFIELD V. G. MARSHALL
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-56584
MELIDA LAPOP-HERRERA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-70825
JIMMY SUDNEY V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-71015
JUAN CRUZ-SARAVIA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-72723
MARIA RAMOS RAMIREZ V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-73223
IVAN MATTHEWS V. R. LILES
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15138
METROPCS GEORGIA, LLC V. JAD DEA
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-35402
USA V. PORFIRIO RUIZ
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-50058
DORA MENDOZ CALMO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-70921
CATHERINE TORRES V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 13-70653
WILBERT ROMERO-CASTRO V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 14-72664
SANTOS ALVARADO-FIGUEROA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 15-70587
MILTON ORELLANA-GUERRA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 16-70280
Jauregui-Cardenas v. Barr  
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 16-71309

Justia Opinion Summary: A conviction under California Penal Code 114 is not an aggravated felony or a crime involving moral turpitude under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's…

FABIO CRUZ-CHAVARRIA V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 16-72986
CHARLES LIMA V. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 17-16299
REY DE LEON-DE LEON V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 17-70564
REYNALDO VILLEGAS V. WILLIAM BARR
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 17-71372
USA V. DAVID KHACHO
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10325
USA V. ADAM HENRY
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10358
MICHAEL MICOLO V. COUNTY OF PINAL
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16227
MATTHEW MULLER V. USA
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-16693

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