United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Harris v. Maricopa Cty. Super. Ct.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action against a state court and others for violations of, inter alia, plaintiff's rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the district...

Lopez v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) the sentencing court expressly indicated that it...

Clairmont v. Sound Mental Health

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff was fired in retaliation for giving truthful subpoenaed testimony in a criminal proceeding, the district court's...

Liberal v. Estrada

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action for violations of plaintiff's civil rights arising from a traffic stop and subsequent events, the district court's order denying summary...

Li v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision affirming an immigration judge’s denial of petitioner's application for asylum,...

Viridiana v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order affirming an Immigration Judge’s denial of petitioner's claims for asylum and withholding of removal, the...

Mason & Dixon Intermodal, Inc. v. Lapmaster Int'l LLC

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Transportation
In a diversity action regarding damage to goods in interstate carriage, the district court's order granting approval of the parties' good-faith...

Miller v. Or. Bd. of Parole

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In an aggravated murder prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition seeking an early parole hearing is affirmed where: 1) the Oregon early...

Comm'r. of Int'l. Rev. v. JT USA, LP

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In the IRS's appeal from a tax court's interlocutory order in a partnership tax proceeding, the appeal is dismissed where the court lacked appellate...

Howell v. Boyle

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for injuries plaintiff sustained when defendant, a police officer, struck her with his police cruiser as she walked across a highway, the...