United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Kimsey

Criminal Law & Procedure, Judges & Judiciary
On appeal of a nonlawyer's conviction for criminal contempt of court under 18 USC section 402 stemming from his "ghostwriting" of eight pleadings for...

McOmie-Gray v. Bank of America Home Loans

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a borrower's suit seeking rescission of her loan secured by a trust deed with a bank for alleged violations of disclosure requirements under the...

Ruiz v. Affinity Logistics Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and California laws, the district court's judgment in favor of the...

Ibrahim v. Dep't of Homeland Security

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, International Law, Transportation
In a suit by a Malaysian national residing outside the United States, seeking to have her name removed from the U.S. government's "No-Fly List" and...

Secalt, S.A. v. Wuxi Shenxi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress
In a suit claiming that the defendant's traction hoists infringed the trade dress of the plaintiffs' traction hoist, the district court’s grant of...

Tri-Valley CAREs v. Dep't of Energy

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence
In a challenge to the sufficiency of the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) environmental assessment of a prospective "biosafety level-3"...

Farmer v. McDaniel

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
On petition for a writ of habeas corpus to challenge a death sentence that Nevada sought to reimpose on the basis of statutory aggravating...

Perry v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Judges & Judiciary
In a challenge to Proposition 8, a California ballot initiative approved by the voters amending the state constitution to eliminate the right of...

Mendoza-Pablo v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a BIA decision denying applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture...

US v. Reyes-Bonilla

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a prosecution for being a deported alien found in the United States without permission, the conviction is affirmed, where: 1) the defendant was...