United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Garcia v. County of Riverside

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from the detention of Mario A. Garcia on a felony warrant issued for Mario L. Garcia, the district court's...

Villavicencio-Rojas v. Lynch

Immigration Law
In an immigration action, the petition for review is granted where petitioner's two expunged convictions for drug possession, arising out of a single...

Valencia v. Lynch

Immigration Law, Administrative Law
In an immigration action, the denial of petitioner's application for adjustment of status is affirmed where the Attorney General's regulation 8 C.F.R....

Jacksonville Pension Fund v. CVB Financial Corp.

Securities Law, Class Actions
In a putative class action alleging violations of section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 in the public disclosures of...

Liao v. Junious

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a habeas corpus action, the district court's denial of the petition is reversed where the failure of petitioner's trial counsel to secure medical...

US ex rel. May v. Purdue Pharma

False Advertising, Health Law, Drugs & Biotech
In a qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act (FCA), the district court's dismissal is affirmed where the FCA's public disclosure bar, 31...

Zachary v. California Bank & Trust

Bankruptcy Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a bankruptcy action, the bankruptcy court's order sustaining California Bank's objection to the debtor's reorganization plan is affirmed where the...

Taylor v. Beard

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Conviction and sentence for aiding and abetting murder is affirmed where petitioner's original life without parole sentence was revised after the...

Ramirez v. Lynch

Immigration Law
In an immigration action, the court held that petitioner's conviction for felony child abuse under California Penal Code section 273a(a) does not...

Nat'l Fed'n of the Blind v. United Airlines

Class Actions, Transportation, Civil Rights, Commercial Law
In a class action raising California anti-discrimination claims against defendant over its use of automatic kiosks inaccessible to blind travelers,...