United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Laurico-Yeno

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for being a deported alien found in the U.S. is affirmed where the use of physical force against the person of another was an...

Caviness v. Horizon Cmty. Learning Ctr., Inc.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action challenging a charter school's termination of a teacher, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where plaintiff's...

US Life Ins. Co. v. Superior Nat'l. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a motion to vacate an arbitral award in a reinsurance dispute, the denial of the motion is affirmed where, although the process employed by the...

Taslimi v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order finding petitioner statutorily ineligible for asylum, the petition is granted where the BIA was required...

US v. Anchrum

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's drug and firearm convictions and sentence are affirmed where: 1) the district court's erroneous jury instruction omitting the dangerous or...

Trachsel v. Rogers Terminal & Shipping Corp.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review by the claimant of a compensation award under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, the petition is denied...

US v. No Runner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In defendant's appeal from a pretrial order finding her competent to stand trial, the appeal is dismissed where a pretrial competency determination...

Birdsong v. Apple, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action claiming that Apple's iPod was defective because it posed an unreasonable risk of noise-induced hearing loss to its users, dismissal of...

Ford v. Hubbard

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a grant of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where petitioner failed to establish that the limitations period should...

Halim v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's asylum application, the petition is denied where petitioner failed to make a compelling...