United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Castagana

Criminal Law & Procedure
In criminal proceedings arising from defendant's sending threatening letters to various celebrities and political figures accompanied by a white...

Valladolid v. Pac. Ops. Offshore, LP

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of the denial of workers' compensation benefits under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and the Longshore and...

Emery v. Clark

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas petition relating to a murder prosecution, the Ninth Circuit certifies the following questions to the California Supreme Court: 1) Does...

Evans v. US Dep't of Interior

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Water Law
In an appeal by the Tulalip Tribes from an order of the district court denying them the right to intervene in an action brought by the Snohomish...

Hernandez v. Tanninen

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII racial discrimination action, plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a decision finding that any attorney-client or...

Harvey v. Jordan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action claiming that corrections officers used excessive force and violated plaintiff-inmate's due process rights in the course of removing him...

Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt v. Lasheen

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, ERISA, Government Law, International Law
In an ERISA action against various Egyptian government entities and persons based on the denial of health benefits, the district court's determination...

Partap v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming an immigration judge-s denial of petitioner's claim for cancellation of removal and denying...

Reynolds v. Thomas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a habeas petition claiming that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) erred by refusing to issue an order under 18 U.S.C. section 3621(b) that...

Eagle v. Yerington Paiute Tribe

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Indian Law
In a habeas petition challenging petitioner's conviction of criminal child abuse in the tribal court for the Yerington Paiute Tribe, the denial of the...