United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Holley v. Cal. Dept. of Corrs.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by a prisoner claiming that California Department of Corrections grooming regulations requiring short hair imposed...

Morales-Izquierdo v. Dept. of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
In a habeas petition seeking review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's application to adjust his immigration status to that of a lawful permanent...

National Meat Ass'n. v. Brown

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law
In the State of California's appeal from a preliminary injunction prohibiting the enforcement of California Penal Code section 599f, which banned the...

Geographic Expeditions, Inc. v. Estate of Lhotka

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
In proceedings arising from an individual's death from high altitude sickness while on an expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro, district court's dismissal...

Guerrero-Silva v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioner from the U.S., the petition is dismissed where petitioner's drug conviction under...

Thompson v. Frank

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the state's appeal from a district court's order staying a habeas petition filed by a Hawaii state prisoner, the appeal is dismissed where, because...

Ledezma-Garcia v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioner from the U.S. based on his commission of an aggravated felony of sexually molesting a...

US v. Castro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for attempted reentry into the U.S. after removal is vacated where defendant's prior conviction under California Penal Code...

Daniel v. Coleman Co.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action against the manufacturer of a propane heater, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) there was no post-sale duty to...

Brooks v. Seattle

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action against a city and its police officers claiming the officers used excessive force when they tased plaintiff three times to effect her...