United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Garcia-Hernandez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's conviction and sentence for illegal reentry into the U.S. are affirmed, where 1) the indictment was legally sufficient to support...

Zango, Inc. v. Kaspersky Lab, Inc.

Cyberspace Law
In an action claiming that Defendant's anti-virus software interfered with the use of downloadable programs by customers of Plaintiff online media...

Batlan v. Bledsoe

Bankruptcy Law, Family Law
In a bankruptcy trustee's motion to avoid a transfer made pursuant to a state court judgment dissolving the Debtor's marriage, the order denying the...

Phelps v. Alameda

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, the dismissal of Petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where: 1) Fed. R. Crim. P. 60(b)(6) motions may be predicated on...

Mission Bay Jet Sports, LLC v. Colombo

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for negligent operation of a boat, the dismissal of the action for lack of admiralty jurisdiction is reversed, where the location of the...

US v. Paulk

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's drug possession sentence is affirmed, where Defendant was sentenced pursuant to a statutory mandatory minimum, and thus could not be...

US v. Espinosa

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for illegally reentering the U.S. is vacated where the district court erred in assessing a criminal history point based on...

US v. Tran

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's drug possession conviction is reversed where there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction, because the government failed to...

Warfield v. Bestgen

Commercial Law, Securities Law
In an action by the receiver of a foundation found to have alleged in fraudulent investment sales to recover commissions paid to the foundation's...

Ahmed v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order denying Petitioner a continuance of removal proceedings pending his appeal to the Administrative Appeals...