| Description | Date | Docket # |
| DOE v. STATE OF HAWAII DEP'T OF EDUC. United States Ninth Circuit Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law Section 1983 claims that a school official used excessive force should be decided under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, rather than under... |
06/30/2003 | 01-17566 |
| HEMP INDUS. ASS'N v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN. United States Ninth Circuit Administrative Law A DEA rule, banning the sale of consumable products containing hemp oil, cake, or seed, it is a legislative (rather than interpretive) rule that... |
06/30/2003 | 01-71662 |
| TOIA v. FASANO United States Ninth Circuit Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law The provision of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Act), barring aggravated felons from applying for Immigration and Nationality Act section 212(c) relief,... |
06/30/2003 | 02-55436 |
| BIGGS v. TERHUNE United States Ninth Circuit Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus A habeas petitioner's procedural due process rights were not violated through the California Board of Prison Terms's failure to find him suitable for... |
06/30/2003 | 02-15881 |
| GRANT v. CITY OF LONG BEACH United States Ninth Circuit Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against police officers alleging false arrest, evidence at the time of plaintiff's arrest, including the... |
06/27/2003 | 01-56046 |
| RAMIREZ v. GALAZA United States Ninth Circuit Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure Defendant may challenge the conditions of his confinement under section 1983 because his claim, if successful, would not necessarily invalidate a... |
06/27/2003 | 00-15994 |
| BIANCHI v. RYLAARSDAM United States Ninth Circuit Civil Procedure Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, a federal district court is without subject matter jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the judgment of a state... |
06/27/2003 | 00-55585 |
| ALCALA v. WOODFORD United States Ninth Circuit Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus Because petitioner's trial suffered from multiple constitutional errors that had a substantial and injurious effect on the jury's determination of... |
06/27/2003 | 01-99005, 01-99006 |
| US v. GUERRERO United States Ninth Circuit Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing Prior to departing downward for aberrant behavior under U.S.S.G. section 5K2.20, a sentencing court must find both that the case is extraordinary and... |
06/27/2003 | 01-10717 |
| US v. VILLALOBOS United States Ninth Circuit Criminal Law & Procedure Defendant's guilty plea was not knowing, intelligent or voluntary because he was not informed that drug quantity was an element of his offense to be... |
06/27/2003 | 01-30066 |