United States Ninth Circuit - February 2012 Opinion Summaries

US v. White

Criminal Law & Procedure, Judges & Judiciary
In a criminal RICO prosecution, the judgment of conviction is affirmed against a contention that the district court erred when it failed to hold a...

Rohit v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
On petition for review of a BIA decision denying an application for voluntary departure, arguing that the petitioner was not removable for committing...

Pimentel v. Dreyfus

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Immigration Law
In a class action by lawful permanent resident aliens residing in Washington state challenging the state's elimination of food assistance to class...

US v. Bolivar

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon on probation, the district court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppress the...

Towery v. Brewer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a challenge under 42 USC section 1983 to Arizona’s execution protocol on Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment grounds, the district court's denial of a...

Moormann v. Schriro

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
On application for a stay of execution and permission to file a second habeas petition in federal district court, all relief is denied, where: 1) even...

Towery v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
On a prisoner's motion for relief from judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6), seeking to reopen his habeas corpus case and...

Haskell v. Harris

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a Fourth Amendment challenge to an amendment of California's DNA and Forensic Identification Data Base and Data Bank Act of 1998, which amendment...

Movsesian v. Victoria Versicherung AG

Constitutional Law, Insurance Law, International Law
In a class action by Armenian genocide victims against various insurers under section 354.4 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, the district...

Mardesich v. Cate

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
On a petition for habeas corpus that included three claims challenging a state administrative agency’s order that she return to superior court for...