United States Ninth Circuit - November 2016 Opinion Summaries

Reyes v. Lynch

Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision affirming the denial of withholding of removal and protection under the...

Gutierrez v. Colvin

Government Benefits
In an action for Social Security disability benefits, the district court's judgment, that a Social Security administrative law judge (ALJ) did not err...

Riera-Riera v. Lynch

Immigration Law
In an immigration action, the petition for relief from the Board of Immigration Appeals' refusal to consider petitioner's application for adjustment...

Hughes v. Kisela

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, arising after defendant, a university police officer, shot plaintiff for walking down her driveway to approach a...

In re Yellowstone Mountain Club

In a bankruptcy action, the bankruptcy court's denial of plaintiff's request for permission, under Barton v. Barbour, 104 U.S. 126 (1881), to sue a...

Oregon Coast Scenic R.R., LLC v. State of Oregon Dep't of State Lands

Transportation, Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action to enforce a state environmental law in connection with railroad repair work, the district court's judgment in favor of government agency...

Newmaker v. City of Fortuna

Civil Rights, Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action in which plaintiffs alleged that a police officer used excessive force when he fatally shot plaintiff during an...

Antonick v. Electronic Arts, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Evidence
In a copyright infringement case involving an football video game, the district court's judgment that the claim failed as a matter of law is affirmed...

Robert Ito Farm, Inc. v. County of Maui

Civil Procedure, Judges & Judiciary
In an action challenging a ballot initiative ordinance prohibiting the growth, testing, and cultivation of genetically engineered crops until the...

Atay v. County of Maui

Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Agriculture
In an action challenging a ballot initiative ordinance banning the cultivation and testing of genetically engineered (GE) plants, the District Court's...