United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Prakash 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 denied where convictions for solicitation to commit...

US v. Cardenas-Mendoza

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed where the district court abused its discretion under the Jencks Act when it did not strike the testimony of a...

US v. Comprehensive Drug Testing, Inc.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Sports Law
In cases arising from the federal investigation of the Bay Area Lab Cooperative (Balco) and its alleged distribution of illegal steroids to...

Crickon v. Thomas

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a drug prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where the Bureau of Prisons failed to provide a rational explanation for...

US v. George

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for failure to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Notification and Registration Act (SORNA) is affirmed where an...

Randle v. Crawford

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, dismissal of a habeas petition as untimely is affirmed where: 1) the Nevada Supreme Court's order dismissing petitioner's...

S-Yong v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order removing petitioner from the U.S., the petition is granted where there was no record documentation supporting the...

One Indus., LLC v. Jim O'Neal Distributing, Inc.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In an action seeking a declaration that plaintiff's logo did not infringe defendant's trademark, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where 1)...

Khalil v. Developers Surety & Indemnity Co.

Bankruptcy Law
In a bankruptcy adversary proceeding seeking to prevent the discharge of certain debts related to debtor's construction business, an order denying the...

Humanitarian Law Project v. U.S. Treasury Dept.

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a challenge to the procedure used by the Secretary of State to designate terrorist organizations, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where...