RICHARD NELSON V. VERONICA GALVAN
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-36046
USA V. RAYMOND MENDEZ
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50014
USA V. RICHARD LEWIS
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50174
USA V. JOAQUIN ROBLES
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50187
USA V. LUIS NORIEGA
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50262
ROGELIO CASTRO V. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55340
LAUREN DODSON V. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55783
DINA KARAMOY V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
15-71860
SHURONG YU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
15-72273
VICTOR SANCHEZ-NARABE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
15-72702
JINGQI XIAO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
15-72725
XIAOMEI CHENG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
15-73891
FLOR CHICAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73071
AGUSTIN MATIAS-RAMIREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73876
FRANCISCO ESCOBAR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73916
MAURICIO MELENDEZ V. DWIGHT NEVEN
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
19-17122
DANIELLE MARTINEZ V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
20-56404
Justia Opinion Summary: In a putative class action, Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Fourteenth Amendment, and they sought declaratory and injunctive relief. The Ninth Circuit…
USA V. MANUEL FELICIANO BORREGO, SR.
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10340
USA V. RODNEY JOSEPH, JR.
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10359
COMERICA BANK V. MARK SCHNIZLEIN
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15019
JOSE TAPIA-FIERRO V. LEON WILMOT
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15782
STEPHEN IWANISZEK V. PRIDE TRANSPORT, INC.
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15945
T. PHILLIPS V. VINCENT OCHOA
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16030
SCOTT MAASEN V. USA
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16165
ALI SHAHROKHI V. JEROME TAO
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16171
KRISTINE KURK V. LOS RIOS CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16257
GW GRUNDBESITZ AG V. A. INVESTMENTS, LLC
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16419
BARRY BROOKINS V. RAJENDRA DWIVEDI
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16578
USA V. JONATHAN ESCALANTE
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30199
MORRAD GHONIM V. RAYMOND MADDEN
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55485
G AND G CLOSED CIRCUIT EVENTS V. DANIEL SNUKAL
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55488
G AND G CLOSED CIRCUIT EVENTS, V. MICHAEL RETO
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56055
USSEC V. CHARLES LIU
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56090
MARCELA CASTRO-ROJAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
15-71631
JUAN VELAZQUEZ PINEDA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
16-71970
JUAN VARGAS-DIEGUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72183
CLAUDIA PORTILLO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72257
DANIEL DIAZ-SANDOVAL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72264
JIANWEN LIN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72326
BORIS SUTUJ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72467
EVER AMAYA-GUEVARA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73330
JOSUE ZERON-CASTANEDA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73350
USA V. KEITH WILLIAMS
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
17-10389
J DOLORES VALDIVIA CRUZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
17-70090
USA V. PAUL LOISEL
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
18-10018
JAMES MOUSER V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
19-15685
USA V. MONICA RODRIGUEZ
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
19-50177
USA V. ALEXIS JAIMEZ
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
19-50253
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his convictions for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, money laundering conspiracy, and conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 (RICO).
The…
BRENDA LECHUGA MUNGUIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
19-72552
JOSE VASQUEZ-TEJADA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
19-73236
USA V. DOUGLAS HIRANO
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10395
RUDY MARTIN V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-16365
LINDA ALEXANDER V. CITY OF RICHLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35321
MICHAEL HAYES V. RACHEL NETTLES
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35994
JOSE HERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70021
CANDELARIO GARCIA SILVESTRE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70114
MOISES MENDOZA-MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73362
USA V. ISAI CURIEL-PERALES
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10274
DELILAH COLEMAN V. LVMPD
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16269
DARREN HEYMAN V. STATE OF NEVADA
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16377
USA V. ALEX TEJEDA
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30103
MICHAEL HAYES V. TYLER NICODEMUS
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35037
UPPI LLC V. CARDINAL HEALTH, INC.
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35905
JOSHUA TAN V. HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55905
TAMARA PETROSYAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
15-71610
XIAOFANG WU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
15-71695
EDILCER MIGUEL-LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
15-71726
PING WANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
15-71744
JOSE CRUZ RIOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
15-73107
XUEWU LIN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
15-73566
RONG LIU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
15-73717
AIZHI DUAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70340
JIANFENG HUANG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70361
BAOZHEN GONG V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70367
GUILLERMO GONZALEZ-BONILLA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70428
MARLENE AGUILAR-CERON V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70891
YUSHUN PIAO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
16-71026
ISAIAS ALVARENGA-ALVAREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
16-71251
IBRAHIM DIALLO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
16-71257
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE US V. ROB BONTA
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
20-15291
GIANG NGUYEN V. SCOTT FRAUENHEIM
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
20-56284
Justia Opinion Summary: After the prosecutor used peremptory strikes against three Hispanic women during jury selection, Petitioner raised an objection pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986). The trial court denied the challenge,…
SOLEDAD MORALES ARCEO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
20-71038
USA V. JOSE RAMIREZ-RAMIREZ
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10127
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was tried for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and conspiracy to do the same during a one-day bench trial. Defendant subsequently filed a motion for findings of fact under Federal Rule of…
KIMBERLY ASKEW V. COUNTY OF CLARK
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15310
CURTIS PERKINS V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35730
KASSANDRA CUPP V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35754
USA V. JOSE SOLIS
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50140
SABENA PURI V. USA
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55132
G AND G CLOSED CIRCUIT EVENTS V. ZIHAO LIU
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56047
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court ruled that Sections 553 and 605 do not apply when a pirated program is transmitted via Internet streaming. The Ninth Circuit, however, concluded that Plaintiff, a middleman distributor of entertainment…
GREAT LAKES INSURANCE SE V. TAMARA SMITH
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56231
GEORGE YOUNG, JR. V. STATE OF HAWAII
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
12-17808
TONATIHU AGUILAR V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
17-16013
CEDRIC RUE, JR. V. JULI ROBERTS
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
17-17290
RENO V. RON DAVIS
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
17-99004
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court issued a certificate of appealability on two issues: Respondent’s due process claims regarding the destruction of police records (Claims 17 and 18); and the state trial court’s failure to instruct the…
FREDDIE CRESPIN V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
18-15073
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was charged in Arizona with first-degree murder. The crime was committed when Petitioner was sixteen years old, but the Supreme Court had not yet held that the death penalty could not be imposed on defendants…
SALVADOR SANCHEZ-AGUILAR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
18-71433
FRANCISCO NEGRETE V. CITY OF OAKLAND
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
20-16244
Justia Opinion Summary: In March 2018, the officers were involved in the fatal shooting of a homeless man. The Oakland Police Department investigated the incident, concluding that the officers’ use of force was reasonable and complied with…
TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER V. ICE
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
20-17416
JOHN HO V. FREDERICK RUSSI
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
20-55915
JOHN HO V. FREDERICK RUSSI
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
20-55915
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff is a paraplegic who cannot walk or stand and requires the use of a wheelchair. In July 2019, Plaintiff visited Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant in Brea, California. During his visit, Plaintiff found that the parking…
LUIS CHOPIN-RAMOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70576
SILVIA CHAVEZ DE MUNGUIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
19-72437
MITCHELL TAEBEL V. COUNTY OF MARICOPA
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16919
JACK POTTER V. CITY OF LACEY
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35259
Justia Opinion Summary: In an action involving federal and state constitutional challenges to the City of Lacey’s recently passed RV Parking Ordinance, the Ninth Circuit certified the following question to the Washington Supreme Court:
Is the…
WILLIAM MENDENHALL V. USA
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35464
ALEX LEGE V. CITY OF KETCHIKAN
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
22-35029
USA V. SHAKARA CARTER
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
19-10411
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed a district court order granting in part and denying in part his motion to be resentenced under the First Step Act of 2018. The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court’s order granting in part and…
USA V. CLEMENTE HERNANDEZ-GARCIA
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50228
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant argued that the Marine Corps surveillance violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which codified the longstanding prohibition against military enforcement of civilian law. Rejecting that argument, the Ninth Circuit…
ZYHERE FICHMAN V. JOSEPH MERCER
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16452
USA V. CAVON CLARK
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30185
USA V. JESUS RODRIGUEZ
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50108
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of importing methamphetamine into the United States. He argued that the court should vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing because the district court erred in denying him a minor-role…
MIRNA MARTINEZ BARRERA V. COSTCO
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56251
USA V. BOBBY THOMPSON, II
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30014
SWETA SONTHALIA V. USDC-CASJ
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
22-70044
DAVID DEMAREST V. CITY OF VALLEJO
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-15872
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 alleging that the City of Vallejo violated the Fourth Amendment, by adding license checks to what was concededly a sobriety checkpoint. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district…
JASKARAN SINGH V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73007
LESLIE MERRITT, JR. V. STATE OF ARIZONA
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15833
KERN OIL & REFINING CO. V. USEPA
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-71246
FRANCISCO FLORES BARRERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
15-72997
JAIME VALDEZ-REYES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73196
ARTURO ALEJANDRE VALDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73712
ANDRES AVINA CRUZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73798
LUIS BALLINAS-LUCERO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
17-73260
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner pleaded guilty, without counsel, to six misdemeanor theft charges. The BIA later concluded that his petty theft convictions were crimes involving moral turpitude that rendered him ineligible for cancellation…
ADRIAN GUERRA-ROSABAL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
18-73195
BRANDON HARVEY V. MORGAN STANLEY LLC
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
19-16955
FERNANDO CORDERO-GARCIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
19-72779
Justia Opinion Summary: The BIA concluded that Petitioner’s CPC Section 136.1(b)(1) convictions were offenses relating to obstruction of justice under Section 1101(a)(43)(S). In light of Valenzuela Gallardo I, and after Petitioner filed a…
USA V. VAN BROLLINI
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10376
USA V. RODNEY BROWNING
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50308
USA V. ROBERT RAND
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10288
USA V. OSCAR HERNANDEZ-LOPEZ
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15522
ORLANDO GARCIA V. E.L. HERITAGE INN
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15674
DOMINIQUE EVANS V. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55406
MARTIN JUAN-JUAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73866
MIGUEL SANTANA-GUTIERREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
17-70313
DIEGO RIVAS-ESCOBAR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
17-72324
GERARDO ALMODOVAR V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
18-71441
JULIO HERNANDEZ OLIVOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
19-72380
JESSE MEYER V. LOUIS DEJOY
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
20-16833
BRENDA RAMIREZ-CORDOVA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70397
AARON LAMAS MONROY V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72741
SERGIO BARRIOS-MAZARIEGOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73713
USA V. DENNIS MCPHERRON
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10151
USA V. ENRIQUE GALINDO
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10251
USA V. MAURICE JEFFERSON
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10264
DAVID LAVELLE V. LVMPD
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16666
USA V. PHOSAVAN KHAMNIVONG
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30067
GEORGE ENGASSER V. TETRA TECH, INC.
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55217
USA V. EDWARD GENTRY
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30002
HENDRY TAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
15-72974
USA V. CARLOS MEJIA-QUINTANILLA
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
17-15899
HARPINDER CHAHAL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
17-70330
MARLON SIBRIAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
18-71993
USA V. JOHNNY MAGDALENO
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10390
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy and was sentenced to 360 months in prison. At sentencing, the district court imposed a special condition of supervised release set forth in the parties’…
USA V. ERIC BANKS
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50175
KATHRYN SPLETSTOSER V. JOHN HYTEN
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-56180
Justia Opinion Summary: The Government and Hyten (together, Appellants) seek review of the district court’s decision denying Appellants’ motion to dismiss Spletstoser’s First Amended Complaint (FAC). Specifically, the district court concluded…
OSIEL FLORES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72270
ABEL ORDONEZ MENDOZA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72722
PLANET AID, INC. V. REVEAL
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15690
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were reporters with CIR (“Reporters”) and they published stories alleging misuse of funds by two charitable organizations, Planet Aid, Inc., and Development Aid from People to People Malawi (“DAPP Malawi”). In…
FLOWER WORLD, INC. V. JOEL SACKS
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35641
Justia Opinion Summary: The Governor issued Proclamation 20-57, “Concerning the Health of Agricultural Workers,” and an addendum, “Agricultural COVID-19 Requirements” (collectively, the “Proclamation”). The Proclamation acknowledged the hazards…
TAMMY WILHITE V. PAUL LITTLELIGHT
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35693
BETTE BENNETT V. USA
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35941
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought suit alleging medical malpractice by government physicians at Naval Hospital Bremerton in the state of Washington. Plaintiff first submitted a timely administrative claim to the Navy under the FTCA,…
PATRICIA SAMSON V. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55199
USSEC V. ROBERT YANG
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55437
NLRB V. AMPERSAND PUBLISHING, LLC
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-71060
NLRB V. AMPERSAND PUBLISHING, LLC
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-71060
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal presents the question of whether the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) may order an employer to reimburse a union for legal fees incurred during the contract bargaining process. The Ninth…
SANTOS GRANADENO-ORQUILLA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73928
JAMIE OVIEDO GARCIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
17-71700
ERIK HOFFSCHNEIDER V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
18-15504
ABAD FLORES FLORES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
19-71140
MOHAMED SABRA V. MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLL
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-16774
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought this action against Defendant and the Maricopa County Community College District (the “College District”). Plaintiffs allege that a module on Islamic terrorism within a course in world politics taught…
PATRICIA HOLLOWAY V. CLACKAMAS RIVER WATER
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35888
KEVIN FOSTER V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16271
NATHAN PIERCE V. CHRISTI JACOBSEN
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35173
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs—a collection of organizations and individuals interested in petitioning in Montana—alleged that both of these restrictions violated their speech and association rights under the First Amendment. In upholding…
USA V. JOSE NUNEZ
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50131
USA V. BRIAN COTA
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50132
JESIKA SMITH V. ORCUTT UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55846
USA V. TYLER BATEMAN
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30006
GONZALO MENDOZA MATIAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number:
18-71478
CESAR CENTENO-GALVAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number:
18-72014
STEVEN HARTPENCE V. KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number:
19-55823
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff alleged that Defendants Kinetic Concepts, Inc., and its indirect subsidiary KCI USA, Inc. (collectively, “KCI”) submitted claims to Medicare in which KCI falsely certified compliance with certain criteria…
ALEJANDRO RAMOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number:
19-70122
USA V. JOSE LOZA
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50062
RUTH ACOSTA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72052
MARCELINO RAMIREZ MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72907
CAREMARK, LLC V. CHICKASAW NATION
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16209
Justia Opinion Summary: The Chickasaw Nation, a sovereign and federally recognized Indian tribe, operates its own healthcare system, which includes five pharmacies. Under federal law, members of federally recognized Native nations are eligible…
USA V. KAMRAN REZAPOUR
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50103
CARLOS ORTEGA-GREENHAM V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-70941
JOSE DIMAS OLIVARES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number:
17-70187
JOSE MERINO-ABARCA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number:
17-70870
JUAN MIGUEL HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number:
19-72199
TYRONE WHITE V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-16846
Justia Opinion Summary: An Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) denied Plaintiff benefits based on the testimony of a vocational expert (“VE”) that there were an estimated 72,000 “Table worker,” 65,000 “Assembler,” and 32,000 “Film touch up…
JOSEPH KENNEDY V. BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35222
LUIS CRUZ-GARCIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70654
GUSTAVO PEREZ-REYES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72333
DIANA VASQUEZ-CASTILLO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72565
JULIO CUXUM-ALVARADO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73809
USA V. TERRANCE SODA
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50025
RICHARD MONTIEL V. KEVIN CHAPPELL
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number:
15-99000
RICHARD MONTIEL V. KEVIN CHAPPELL
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number:
15-99000
Justia Opinion Summary: The California Supreme Court affirmed Petitioner’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal and later summarily rejected “on the merits” Petitioner’s state habeas petition. Petitioner argued primarily that he was denied…
CURTIS FAUBER V. RONALD DAVIS
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number:
17-99001
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1988, a California jury sentenced Petitioner to death for murdering another person with an ax. The California Supreme Court affirmed Petitioner’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal and later denied his state…
MARCO HERRERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number:
18-70086
TIFFANY FRANCO V. MESA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15624
JUAN HERNANDEZ V. CITY OF PHOENIX
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16007
Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Phoenix’s Police Department concluded that a Sergeant with the Department violated a Department policy by posting content to his personal Facebook profile that denigrated Muslims and Islam. When the…
TABITHA SPERRING V. LLR, INC.
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56138
ESTEBAN TRONCOSO-OVIEDO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number:
21-70547
Justia Opinion Summary: Since illegally entering the United States in 2000, Petitioner has been convicted of four DUI offenses. In 2018, an Arizona court convicted Petitioner of aggravated DUI. Before sentencing, he spent 183 days in pretrial…
JAVIER MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number:
21-70763
MANUEL REYNA-NAVA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70087
YU CHEN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number:
16-71527
MAGALY JARQUIN RAMIREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number:
17-71965
PATRICK NELSON V. NICHOLAS WEBER
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35562
JOEL RAMIREZ-CERVANTES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70772
CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURC V. FERC
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72432
Justia Opinion Summary: In three FERC orders, FERC found that the State Board had engaged in coordinated schemes with the Nevada Irrigation District, the Yuba County Water Agency, and the Merced Irrigation District (“Project Applicants”) to…
KRISTOPHER SPEIGHT V. KEN CLARK
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16203
USA V. JOHNNY SMITH
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35036
SEBASTIAN CANO-FRANCISCO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number:
17-73270
ENEMECIO LEZAMA-SANCHEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number:
17-73494
JONATHON MORALES-ALFARO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number:
18-70880
USA V. RICKON WADE
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10200
SPOKANE INDIAN TRIBE V. DAWN MINING CORP
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35502
PATTIJO DANIELS V. NORTHSHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35808
ELLIOT MCGUCKEN V. PUB OCEAN LIMITED
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55854
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff alleged copyright infringement in the posting by Pub Ocean Ltd. of an article about an ephemeral lake that formed on the desert floor in Death Valley, using twelve of Plaintiff’s photos of the lake without…
SHAWN BEDWELL V. TBLB ENTERPRISES LLC
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56245
VICTOR DALFIO V. ORLANSKY-WAX, LLC
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56339
JOSE MARQUEZ ZAMORA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-70773
JOSE FRANCO CHEVEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number:
17-71546
USA V. STATE OF WASHINGTON
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number:
19-35673
LINO CABRERA MENDOZA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number:
19-73308
DEBORAH BRADLEY V. TOTAL FACILITY, INC.
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number:
20-16732
TIANSHU CHENG V. USCIS
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number:
20-17493
USA V. MARQUIS BROWN
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50313
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant contended that the district court committed a procedural error because it improperly enhanced his sentence in violation of the First Step Act of 2018. Despite the district court imposing a sentence that is…
J. J. V. CITY OF SAN DIEGO
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number:
20-55622
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff’s mother was arrested at a traffic stop and fell ill in police custody. Tragically, she died nine days later. Her minor son, J.K.J., brought constitutional claims against the City of San Diego and two officers…
PAUL HOLLAND V. ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY SVC
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16004
ANTHONY HAWORTH V. CITY OF WALLA WALLA
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35436
LUIS MALDONADO BARRIOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73437
WALTER GRANDE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
17-70257
CARLOS JIMENEZ-GUARDADO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
17-71185
AAGLA V. CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
19-55955
LUIS PEREZ-CAMACHO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
19-72063
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a lawful permanent resident, was ordered removed based on a 1997 conviction. He then filed a motion to reopen, which was denied. In 2018, he filed a second motion to reopen, claiming that he was no longer…
SILVERADO HOSPICE, INC. V. XAVIER BECERRA
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
20-56348
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff hospices exceeded their aggregate caps in the 2013 fiscal year, and three Silverado hospices also exceeded their aggregate caps in the 2014 fiscal year. Plaintiffs appealed their cap determinations to the…
LINO CHAVEZ V. MARK BRNOVICH
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15454
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner challenged his conviction and sentence through the PCR proceeding because pleading defendants in noncapital cases in Arizona are prohibited from taking a direct appeal. The district court found that the…
KAYLA MELTON V. COUNTY OF MARICOPA
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16420
JONES DAY V. ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16642
Justia Opinion Summary: The dispute at issue is between Jones Day and one of its former partners, a German national who was based in its Paris office until he left to join Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (“Orrick”). Jones Day’s partnership…
ERIC MOUTAL V. EXEL, INC.
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35303
SCOTT KINGSTON V. IBM
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35548
ANTHONY KASSAS V. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55900
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant a Chapter 7 debtor, was disbarred by the California Supreme Court in 2014 for violations of the State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct and the California Business and Professions Code. The California Supreme…
FALLON PAIUTE-SHOSHONE TRIBE V. USDOI
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number:
22-15092
JOHN SANSING V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
13-99001
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and, in 1999, was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona. The district court granted a certificate of appealability as to five claims, and the Ninth Circuit later…
NAPOLEON GUZMAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70968
CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
19-15947
Justia Opinion Summary: The Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (“JAG”) program is a federal formula grant that supports state and local criminal justice efforts. Effective Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”)…
YOLANY PADILLA V. ICE
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
19-35565
GEORGE NAPOLES-LEYVA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
19-73041
USA V. JOEL WRIGHT
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50361
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant contended that the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion based on the dangerousness finding imposed by U.S.S.G. Section 1B1.13. In United States v. Aruda, the Ninth Circuit held that the…
USA V. MILLARD CHAMBERS
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10319
LOUIS AGUIRRE V. CLARK DUCART
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15269
ANDREW ROBERTS V. AL CUMMINGS
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15562
UNITE HERE! LOCAL 878, AFL-CIO V. NLRB
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-70388
OSCAR AYALA PLATERO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-70641
MBENG MBANWEI V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number:
18-72057
ARTEMIA MARTINEZ MEZA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70577
USA V. MARCO MORFIN ALVAREZ
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10171
USA V. MUTEE ALGHAFFAAR
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10279
LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION V. YVONNE BRODEUR
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15444
Justia Opinion Summary: Liberty Insurance Corporation (“Liberty”) sought to rely on a general coverage exclusion, it was aware that its policy also contained an exception to the general exclusion if the Defendant homeowners, could show that the…
JOHNNY POUR V. WELLS FARGO MERCHANT SERVICES
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15528
CHICKEN RANCH RANCHERIA V. STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15751
Justia Opinion Summary: The Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Mewuk Indians (“tribes”) alleged that California violated Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”) by failing to act in good faith in the parties’ negotiations for compacts for the tribes to…
DANIEL HONEYCUTT V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15865
PALOMAR HEALTH V. AGLIC
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56073
NERYDA PERUCH-XOCOY V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
15-73922
HEBER CHAVEZ-LARA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
16-71237
MICAELA TALAVERA-TURJA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72598
USA V. GUADALUPE VELAZQUEZ
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
19-10467
HARSON CHONG V. USA
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
19-56302
MARVIN MARTINEZ ALQUIJAY V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70470
MARVIN MARTINEZ ALQUIJAY V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70470
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner missed the filing deadline for his asylum application by over three years and argued that he qualified for the extraordinary circumstances exception to the time limitation based on his “incapacity or legal…
ROSA GONZALEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
20-71998
ELMER MENDEZ-JUAREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73275
SHELBY KITTRIDGE V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16178
CHRISTOPHER GARNIER V. MICHELLE O'CONNOR-RATCLIFF
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55118
Justia Opinion Summary: Two members of the Poway Unified School District (“PUSD” or the “District”) Board of Trustees, (together, “the Trustees”), created public Facebook and Twitter pages to promote their campaigns for office. Plaintiffs, two…
SANDRA MACIAS CERVANTES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number:
17-70350
MOHAMMED ZABER V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number:
18-72054
BOBBY CHARLTON V. F. YEPEZ
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35206
JOSEFINA SON TECUM V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number:
20-71202
NAT'L RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP. V. JULIE SU
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15816
Justia Opinion Summary: Affirming the district court’s summary judgment in favor of National Railroad Passenger Corporation and other railroad companies, the Ninth Circuit held that, as to railroad employees, the federal Railroad Unemployment…
USA V. MARC WILLY
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30006
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested after two people separately reported that a man in a truck had displayed a firearm while asking them questions about an alleged kidnapping in the area. After his arrest, a search of Defendant’s…
DALLIN FORT V. STATE OF WASHINGTON
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35265
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought an action against the State of Washington, the Review Board, and its members (State Defendants). Plaintiff specifically sought review of the district court’s decision that the Review Board’s actions…
ALICE DRUMMER V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35710
RICK JOHNSON V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35844
USA V. HELAMAN HANSEN
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number:
17-10548
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit denied on behalf of the court a petition for rehearing en banc in a case in which the court’s opinion, which vacated convictions on two counts of encouraging or inducing an alien to reside in the United…
LENAI MULL V. MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY HEALTH
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number:
20-56315
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought this action against the Motion Picture Industry Health Plan (the “Plan”) and the Plan’s Board of Directors under Section 502(a)(1)(B) and § 502(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of…
BENJAMIN FLORES SALDANA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number:
20-71472
USA V. NOLAN NISHIDA
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10247
TROY EMANUEL, JR. V. DWIGHT NEVEN
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15498
HITOSHI YOSHIKAWA V. TROY SEGUIRANT
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15970
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant determined that Plaintiff’s renovation of property violated local ordinances. Although he conceded the ordinance violation, Yoshikawa alleged that the enforcement action against him was motivated by racial…
AARON LEIGH-PINK V. RIO PROPERTIES, LLC
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number:
19-17556
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs appealed the district court’s dismissal of their claims against Rio Properties, LLC (“Rio”), which owns and operates the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. During this time, Plaintiffs claim…
EVELIN RODRIGUEZ-HERRERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72795
SAMUEL LOVE V. MARRIOTT HOTEL SERVICES, INC.
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15458
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, who has paraplegia and uses a wheelchair for mobility, tried to book a room at the downtown Marriott Marquis using the hotel’s online reservation website. According to Plaintiff the website lacked sufficient…
TAIRAY MORRIS V. STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16059
USA V. JONATHAN OLIVER
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30137
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court revoked Defendant’s supervised release for violating 18 U.S.C. Section 1001(a) by submitting a monthly supervision report with false statements to his probation officer. Section 1001(a) bars lying “in…
USA V. ALVARO SANCHEZ-AGUILAR
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50090
USA V. CRAIG DONNELLY
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30081
LANG VAN, INC. V. VNG CORPORATION
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
19-56452
Justia Opinion Summary: In a prior appeal, the Ninth Circuit vacated a prior dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction and remanded with instructions that Plaintiff be permitted to undertake jurisdictional discovery. On remand, the district…
USA V. SHANE NAULT
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30231
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm, but reserved the right to appeal the denial of the motions. An officer stopped the vehicle after…
YVONNE QUINTERO V. FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-55883
MOJDEH NAJLE-RAHIM V. CIR
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72031
FIDEL PAJARILLO V. RICK YARNALL
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16708
NORMAN HERTERICH V. MARY WISS
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16746
USA V. KALEB BASEY
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30196
USA V. ISAIAH BELCHER
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30203
USA V. TOMAS ALVARADO
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30238
USA V. MICHAEL RILEY
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30248
USA V. MARKUS MOORE
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30255
PETER GARCIA V. WATERFALL COMMUNITY HEALTH
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35418
MARIA MEDINA TOVAR V. LAURA ZUCHOWSKI
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35664
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services denied the U-visa petition based on its regulation limiting derivative U-visa status to spouses married at the time the principal petition is filed. Plaintiffs…
HAMID HEJAZI V. MARK ESPER
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35711
DUANE BELANUS V. STATE OF MONTANA
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35838
TYRONE LEE V. DYKE
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35850
USA V. ARELY QUEZADA
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50182
USA V. ROBERTO MARQUEZ
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50257
USA V. LUKE WARNER
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10004
THOMAS CREECH V. TIM RICHARDSON
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
10-99015
Justia Opinion Summary: While serving two life sentences for multiple convictions for first-degree murder, Petitioner beat a fellow inmate to death. After pleading guilty, he was sentenced to death in Idaho state court. Petitioner obtained…
MELVIN MORAGA ALVAREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70194
NELSON SOSA-GUARDADO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72403
NOE RAQUINIO V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
20-16114
NATHAN BYERLY V. ADA COUNTY
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35046
JOSE RIVERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70694
USA V. KENNETH GORDON
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10168
USA V. ROBERT FOLSOM
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10256
USA V. ALDO ALVAREZ
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10265
USA V. JOHN MOORE
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10314
JEREMY PINSON V. ESTRADA
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15531
BILLY L. EDWARDS V. MISCHEL L. GRISHAM
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15612
RAFAEL SALAS V. HENRY NICHOLS
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16013
INOKE ETEAKI V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16208
HERRON ADAMS V. LINA MANGLICMOT
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16554
USA V. MIGUEL ORTEGA-RODRIGUEZ
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50156
RODRIGO CARMONA CARRERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-70985
USA V. KAREEN ANDERSON
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10007
PEDRO BACA MAYA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
15-72136
ROSA PINEDA-MONROY V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
15-73527
VICTOR MARTINEZ-SALAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
15-73746
FRANCIS DIAZ-GUEVARA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
16-71111
JUAN SACCHE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
16-71545
SHUJUAN JIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
16-71836
JOSE DE LA CRUZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72267
SAMUEL BRENES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72295
HERMELIO MEMIJE CARBAJAL V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72422
MARIA AMAYA-CRUZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72516
SINDY GRANADOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73274
USA V. RAFAEL VILLAGOMEZ-TROCHE
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
17-10540
JOSE SILIEZAR HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
17-71413
MIGUEL LOPEZ LUVIAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
18-73286
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was ordered excluded in 1996 and then unlawfully re-entered the United States. In 2007, DHS served Petitioner with a Notice to Appear (NTA) in immigration court but later moved to dismiss the NTA as…
GABBI LEMOS V. COUNTY OF SONOMA
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
19-15222
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed from the district court’s dismissal of her claim under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 alleging that a sheriff’s deputy used excessive force in arresting her. The district court held that Plaintiff’s claim was…
EDWARD RAY, JR. V. RALPH DIAZ
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
19-15729
EDWARD RAY, JR. V. METCALF
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
19-16867
EDWARD RAY, JR. V. L. PARRENO
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
19-17137
ADAM STELTZ V. ROBERT ADAMSON
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
19-35974
OKEY NWAGBRARA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
19-71308
USA V. KATHY FUNTILA
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10441
EDWARD RAY, JR. V. A. RIBERA
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
20-15021
MICHAEL DOBSON V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
20-15903
MARVIN JAVIER-FLORES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
20-71566
EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. V. USA
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16082
USA V. JORDAN DRAKE
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30167
MARVIN LEYVA-MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
17-71072
ALLISON EAVES V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
18-56508
USA V. SEGUNDO DOMINGUEZ-CAICEDO
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
19-50268
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants in three consolidated cases were convicted of conspiring to distribute cocaine on board a vessel, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute on board a vessel, and aiding and abetting. They challenged the…
USA V. ARMANDO SANTOS-SANTOS
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30038
AUDUBON SOCIETY OF PORTLAND V. DEB HAALAND
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35508
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) issued a Record of Decision (“ROD”) adopting a combined Environmental Impact Statement and Comprehensive Conservation Plan (“EIS/CCP”) for five of the six refuges…
AUDUBON SOCIETY OF PORTLAND V. DEB HAALAND
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35509
Justia Opinion Summary: The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) challenged the Conservation Plan’s pest management approach for the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake Refuges. Western Watersheds challenged the Plan’s limited allowance of livestock…
TULELAKE IRRIGATION DISTRICT V. USFWS
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35515
Justia Opinion Summary: Tulelake Irrigation District and associated agricultural groups (collectively “TID”) alleged that, in imposing restrictions on the agricultural uses of lease land in the Tule Lake and Lower Klamath Refuges in the Klamath…
WILLIAM ROUSER V. THEO WHITE
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-56349
ROGELIO MEJIA-RIVAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70667
RICARDO BRAVO-BRAVO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-71042
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of Mexico, became a lawful permanent resident in 1997. Subsequently, he was convicted of four separate crimes in Washington state, including the delivery of a controlled substance. At the time, this…
BRANDON REYES-PEREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72323
IGNACIO VERDEJA AGUAYO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73106
CTR. FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY V. USEPA
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73146
ELEAZAR CALMO-MENDOZA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73367
USA V. PAUL BUTTS
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10331
CHERYL THOMPSON V. WALMART INC.
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15449
ANTHONY RAMIREZ V. RON DAVIS
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16044
RSA-TUMON, LLC V. SHERIF PHILIPS
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16185
FRED DEVINE V. CHAPMAN
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16207
USA V. CHRISTOPHER CEJA
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30178
RENEE HIRTZEL V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35313
MARK KAZALONIS V. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35509
TICKETOPS CORPORATION V. COSTCO
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35853
STEPHEN YAGMAN V. ERIC GARCETTI
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55453
STEPHEN YAGMAN V. JESSE BRAY
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55681
BRUCE WESTIN V. CITY OF CALABASAS
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55834
STEPHEN YAGMAN V. ROBERT WUNDERLICH
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56277
PLAYUP, INC. V. LAILA MINTAS
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number:
22-15042
RAUL RAMIREZ-ARELLANO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
15-71805
CINDY GARCIA-MARTINEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
15-72062
MIN XU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
15-72066
WILSON ARRIVILLAGA-RAMOS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
15-72335
JUNHUI YU V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
15-73423
WEINER RODAS MIRANDA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70219
RUDY ROBLERO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70538
GLENDA PORTILLO-LOPEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70673
JOSE AGUILAR MEJIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
16-70850
DANIEL QUINTERO DIAZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
18-72468
JESUS ROSALES HENRIQUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
18-73362
JACK COBURN V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
19-36095
JUAN ESCOBEDO AGUILERA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
19-73068
STEPHEN SANTORO V. OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-35484
MICHAEL ASFALL V. LAUSD
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-55599
JIA-SHEN HE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70450
AVETIK GRIGORYAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
17-70391
VICTORIA MCCLAIN V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-36112
ROBERT BARBOZA V. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70363
ENRIQUE ANTIMO-JASSO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-71240
RIGOBERTO SANCHEZ-GALVEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73027
LESLIE VANAMAN V. MOLINAR
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15260
LESLIE VANAMAN V. CHRISTOPHER MARLOW
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15645
ANDREW ROLEY V. GOOGLE LLC
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15677
Justia Opinion Summary: Google sent an email to users, such as Plaintiff, who had contributed photos to Google maps but had not yet joined the company’s Local Guides Program, inviting them to join the program. Plaintiff joined the Local Guides…
JUNE KIRAN V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35585
STARZ ENTERTAINMENT, LLC V. MGM DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTR.
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-55379
Justia Opinion Summary: Starz Entertainment LLC (Starz) entered into two licensing agreements with MGM Domestic Television Distribution LLC (MGM). Starz sued MGM in May 2020, asserting 340 claims of direct copyright infringement, 340 claims of…
JOSE BARAJAS CENTENO V. CITY OF CARLSBAD
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56274
VINCENT DE FONTBRUNE V. ALAN WOFSY
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number:
19-16913
Justia Opinion Summary: The photographer Christian Zervos created the Zervos Catalogue of the works of Pablo Picasso, which was originally published under the label of Cahiers d’Art. In 1979, Sicre de Fontbrune acquired the rights for the…
ALFREDO JIMENEZ ULLOA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number:
19-72791
UNIFIED DATA SERVICES, LLC V. FTC
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number:
20-16128
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, an individual and his telemarketing companies, sued the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), over its alleged prohibition of most uses in telemarketing of soundboard technology. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the…
ADOLFO CORTES-AMBROSIO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70081
USA V. LESLIE UEKI
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10189
CHAD BARNES V. KRISTIN HENRY
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16575
JEFFREY BRANDLIN V. EUROLUX, LLC
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number:
21-56001
ELISEO JIMENEZ-ALVAREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number:
21-70640
AARON FILLER V. CIR
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number:
21-71080
RAUL BARRIENTOS COLOCHO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number:
15-73459
JASWINDER SINGH V. MERRICK B. GARLAND
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72470
BANGSHUN LIN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number:
19-72459
BEST SUPPLEMENT GUIDE, LLC V. GAVIN NEWSOM
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number:
20-17362
JOSE PEREZ-GONZALEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73180
MARGARET SCOTT V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35503
MICHELLE PRICE V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35595
ANGELIQUE SMITH V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35652
KENDEL SKINNER V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35819
JUAN LUENGAS-NAVARRETE V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number:
16-73068
DENNIS LARA ARGUETO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number:
16-74034
JORGE PINEDA-ROJAS V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number:
17-71775
USA V. CHARLES HEARD
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number:
18-10218
USA V. JUAN BASTIDE-HERNANDEZ
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number:
19-30006
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States appealed from the district court’s dismissal of an indictment charging Defendant with illegal reentry after removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. Section 1326. According to the district court, defects in…
USA V. RICHARD MADRIL
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10421
EBERTO BAUTISTA V. RABI ROSKAMM
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15476
ANTHONY BREDBERG V. RANDY MIDDAUGH
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35156
ARMANDO PEREZ V. CHERYL STRANGE
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35203
JOSEPH SMITH V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35430
HAYK BARSEGHYAN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
16-72849
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner petitioned for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief…
KABIR SHAMIM V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
17-71181
RUDY VILLEDA MEJIA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
17-72341
LIJUN ZHAO V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
17-72402
SARA SANCHEZ-RESENDIZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
17-73511
SALVADOR GUEVARA-MORALES V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
18-72623
PRISON LEGAL NEWS V. CHARLES RYAN
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
19-17449
Justia Opinion Summary: The Arizona Department of Corrections issued Order 914, under which the Department may prohibit inmates from receiving mail containing “sexually explicit material.” The Department invoked the order to redact several…
JAMES WRIGHT, JR. V. E. HENDRICHSEN
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
19-35676
JORGE RIVERA VEGA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
19-71750
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was deported in 1991 but illegally reentered the next week. In 2001, he applied for adjustment, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) denied that application in 2019, and Rivera…
PRODUCE PAY, INC. V. IZGUERRA PRODUCE, INC.
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-56181
Justia Opinion Summary: Produce Pay holds a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act ("PACA") license issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Produce Pay and Izguerra agreed that Izguerra, through Produce Pay’s online platform,…
JULIO ORTIZ MENDOZA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-70710
MANUEL DIAZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-71450
JOSE MOLINA V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72043
XIANGFU CHEN V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-72934
CARLOS RODRIGUEZ JUAREZ V. MERRICK GARLAND
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-73815
STEVEN MURRAY V. JERRY HOWELL
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15104
MARK JOHNSON V. KILOLO KIJAKAZI
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-15919
RALPH GARCIA V. THERESA CISNEROS
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16163
GEORGE HUERTA V. CSI ELEC. CONTRACTORS, INC
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-16201
Justia Opinion Summary: The Ninth Circuit certified to the Supreme Court of California the following three questions of state law: (1) Is time spent on an employer’s premises in a personal vehicle and waiting to scan an identification badge,…
ROSS DRESS FOR LESS, INC. V. MAKARIOS-OREGON, LLC
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-35106
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Ross Dress for Less, Inc. sued Makarios seeking declaratory relief regarding its end-of-lease obligations in connection with Ross’s lease of the Richmond Building, as to which Makarios had received an…
