United States Ninth Circuit - April 2009 Opinion Summaries

Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Assoc.

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law
In an action under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for improperly obtaining a credit report regarding Plaintiff, summary judgment for Defendant...

US v. Godinez-Ortiz

Criminal Law & Procedure
The District Court's order committing Defendant to a medical facility for determination of whether to issue a dangerousness certificate is affirmed...

White Tanks Concerned Citizens v. Strock

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action to enjoin the Army Corps of Engineers' grant of a permit to fill certain ephemeral washes, summary judgment for Defendants is reversed...

Farmer v. Baldwin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, the dismissal of Petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where: 1) the District Court erred in ruling that Petitioner had...

Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging that Defendant participated in Plaintiff foreign nationals' abduction in aid of U.S. intelligence gathering, the dismissal of...

Price v. Lehtinen

Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The Bankruptcy Court's order suspending Debtor's counsel from practicing law is affirmed, where: 1) the Bankruptcy Court has the inherent power to...

Alcala v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petitioner's petition for review of the BIA's order granting the government's motion to dismiss the removal proceedings against Petitioner is...

Robinson v. York

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by a police officer alleging that his department violated the First Amendment by failing to promote him because he...

US v. Crowe

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's involuntary manslaughter conviction is affirmed, where: 1) Defendant's self-defense theory did not preclude an involuntary manslaughter...

Wilson v. Kayo Oil Co.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In an ADA action alleging Defendant-Store's failure to reasonably accommodate Plaintiff, the dismissal of the complaint is reversed, where allegations...