United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

SEC v. Jasper

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Remedies, Sanctions, Securities Law
In an SEC civil enforcement action against the CFO of a publicly traded company who had illegally backdated employee stock options, the district...

Lopez v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of a Rule 60(b) motion for relief from a denial of a habeas corpus petition is affirmed, where: 1) under the six-factor...

C.O. v. Portland Public Schools

Civil Rights, Education Law
In a suit stemming from alleged inadequacies in a disabled child's individualized education program, the Ninth Circuit: 1) reverses a finding that the...

Sexton v. Cozner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of a petition for habeas corpus is affirmed, and a motion for a limited remand is denied, where: 1) the advice provided by...

US v. Hieng

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In a prosecution for conspiring to manufacture and distribute, manufacturing and cultivating, and aiding and abetting the cultivation of more than...

Renee v. Duncan

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law
In a challenge to a federal regulation permitting teachers who are participating in alternative-route teacher training programs, but who have not yet...

Thomas v. Chappell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's grant of a writ of habeas corpus on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel is affirmed, where there was a reasonable...

US v. Zhou

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a prosecution of a former research assistant at the University of California at Los Angeles Health System for violating the Health Insurance...

US v. Vallee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Judges & Judiciary
The district court's denial of a motion to dismiss a petition to revoke supervised release is affirmed, as a summons on a petition to revoke...

Wood v. City of San Diego

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging that the surviving spouse benefit provided by the City of San Diego to its retired...