United States Ninth Circuit - March 2017 Opinion Summaries

Dowers v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC

Property Law & Real Estate, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In an action asserting claims relating to the defendants' servicing of plaintiffs’ home loan, the district court's Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) dismissal...

First Community Bank v. Gaughan

Bankruptcy Law
In an adversary proceeding brought by a creditor against a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee, seeking a declaration that the creditor had an enforceable...

Ramirez v. Brown

Immigration Law, Administrative Law
In an action challenging the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service's decision finding him ineligible to adjust to lawful permanent resident status...

Avila v. Spokane Sch. Dist. 81

Education Law
In a suit brought by parents claiming that their child’s school district failed to identify his disability or assess him for autism, and alleging...

Real v. City of Long Beach

Government Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Rights, Commercial Law
In an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that the City’s zoning ordinances violate the First Amendment by unreasonably...

US v. Plascencia-Orozco

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction and sentence for aggravated identity theft and attempted illegal reentry are affirmed where: 1) the district court did not abuse its...

Copeland v. Ryan

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a petition for writ of habeas corpus relief, the district court’s orders requiring an Arizona state corrections official to reimburse a petitioner...

M.C. v. Antellope Valley Union High Sch. Dist.

Education Law
In a due process complaint filed by a parent and child with a genetic disorder that renders him blind who also has a host of other deficits that cause...

Eleri v. Sessions

Immigration Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision finding petitioner ineligible for a waiver of inadmissibility under the...

Gugliuzza v. Federal Trade Commission

Bankruptcy Law
In an adversary proceeding brought by the Federal Trade Commission, the district court's order which reversed in part a bankruptcy court's grant of...