United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Dreith v. Nu Image, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Evidence
In a dispute arising from defendant’s failure to comply with a discovery order during an action involving a Collective Bargaining Agreement, default...

Beeman v. Anthem Prescription Management, LLC

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
In a diversity action to enforce California Civil Code sections 2527 and 2528, judgment of the district court denying defendants' motions for judgment...

US v. Bagdasarian

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction and sentencing of defendant for threatening to kill and inflict bodily harm upon then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, 18 U.S.C....

Fisher v. Tucson Unified School District

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a dispute involving a federally-enforced desegregation decree, judgment of the district court declaring defendant-school district unitary and...

Zapara v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Tax Law
In a dispute involving the jurisdiction of the Tax Court to review the Internal Revenue Service’s failure to comply with its statutory mandate under...

West v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Evidence
In an application for authorization to file a second or successive petition for habeas relief, U.S.C. section 2244(b)(3), application is denied where...

Myers v. US

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action seeking damages from the United States for injuries to a child allegedly caused by exposure to the toxic heavy metal thallium from soil...

Nunez-Reyes v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA denying petitioner's application for cancellation of removal, petition is denied where the court...

Gomez-Granillo v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA dismissing an appeal of a removal order on the ground that substantial evidence supported a finding...

Hu v. Holder

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA denying petitioner's applications for asylum and withholding of removal, and relief under the CAT,...