United States Ninth Circuit - August 2011 Opinion Summaries

Lockett v. Ericson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff's Section 1983 action arising from defendant-police officers' warrantless...

US v. Crowder

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court convicting defendant for failing to register as a sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender...

Lyon v. Chase Bank USA, N.A.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Remedies, Attorney's Fees, Banking Law
In an appeal of a district court judgment dismissing the plaintiffs' Unlawful Debt Collection Practices Act (UDCPA) complaint for failure to state a...

Young v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting defendant summary judgment on plaintiff's constitutional and tort claims for police...

SEC v. Gewerter

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Securities Law
In an appeal by a Nevada attorney seeking review of a district court order denying his motion to quash the SEC's subpoena for bank records of his...

Valadez-Lopez v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff's Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. sections 1346, 2671-80, claims, judgment...

Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. v. County of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Attorney's Fees
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court striking plaintiff's defamation suit as anti-SLAPP, Cal. Civ. Proc. Code section 425.16, judgment...

Harlick v. Blue Shield of California

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting summary adjudication in favor of defendant in an action for coverage under an ERISA plan,...

Chism v. Washington State

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a Section 1983 action arising from a disingenuous search and failed prosecution of plaintiff for child pornography, summary judgment in favor of...

Khoshfahm v. Holder

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a judgment of the BIA affirming an order of removal and the denial of petitioner's application for asylum and withholding...