United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Hutcherson v. Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Administration

Elder Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration that Arizona's Medicaid agency had no right at all to recover from an annuity purchased by a...

AE v. County of Tulare

Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a suit arising from the sexual assault of a minor by his foster brother, alleging against the county that ran the foster home a claim under 42 USC...

Tyson v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings against a returning lawful permanent resident who was convicted in 1980 for importation of a controlled substance pursuant to a...

US v. McGowan

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a former state prison guard's appeal of his conviction and sentence stemming from his assault on two inmates, the district court's denial of the...

Oshodi v. Holder

Constitutional Law, Evidence, Immigration Law, Administrative Law
On a petition seeking review of the BIA's denial of a request for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT)...

US v. Gonzalez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In Section 2255 habeas corpus proceedings alleging ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to call the petitioner's husband as a witness, in...

US v. Juvenile Male

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Indian Law
In consolidated appeals in which three juvenile defendants who pleaded true to a charge of aggravated sexual abuse with children challenged their...

In the Matter of Thorpe Insulation Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts
In a bankruptcy case in which several insurance companies that did not reach settlements with the debtors were not allowed to challenge the Chapter 11...

Leeson v. Transamerica Disability Income Plan

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA
In an action under ERISA challenging the termination of the plaintiff's long-term disability benefits that was dismissed by the district court for...

US v. Juvenile Male

Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
In a prosecution in federal court under the Major Crimes Act, 18 USC section 1153, in which the defendant disputed the element of being Indian,...