United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Roger Murray v. Shriro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court properly denied a habeas corpus petition challenging petitioner's conviction and capital sentence for murder, where: 1) the denial...

Coronado v. Holder

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision finding petitioner inadmissible and denying his cancellation of removal is:...

Rosebrock v. Mathis

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action in which plaintiff alleged that defendants failed to enforce a regulation, which prohibited the posting of materials on Veterans Affairs'...

Blake v. Baker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of a motion to stay and abey a mixed habeas corpus petition is reversed and remanded, where petitioner's explanation for...

Bauman v. Chase Investment Services Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's order denying plaintiff's motion to remand an action, brought in state court under the California Labor Code Private Attorneys...

US v. Morris

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for mortgage fraud is affirmed, where: 1) in a mortgage fraud case, loss under the Sentencing Guidelines is calculated by first...

San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Jewell

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Evidence, Water Law
The district court's judgment invalidating a 2008 biological opinion by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that concluded that the Central...

US v. Morales-Isabarras

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The district court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss which challenged the district court's jurisdiction to revoke a term of supervised release...

Estate of Saunders v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
The tax court's decision disallowing plaintiff-estate's $30 million deduction for a lawsuit that was disputed at the date of the decedent's death, is...

Rivera v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in an action in which plaintiff alleged multiple constitutional and state law violations arising out of his mistaken...