United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Simpson v. Thomas

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendant-corrections officer used excessive force after plaintiff did not comply with his...

Golden v. CH2M Hill Hanford Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a tort action arising from an accident at a nuclear facility wherein some toxic liquid was splashed on plaintiff, summary judgment for defendant is...

Fulfillment Servs., Inc. v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Transportation
49 U.S.C. section 14704(a)(2) provides for a private cause of action for violations of the Motor Carrier Act (MCA) section 13703, without limitation...

Penuliar v. Ashcroft

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
On remand from the Supreme Court, petition for review of a BIA decision finding petitioner ineligible for cancellation of removal and voluntary...

In re: State of Arizona

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Petition for a writ of prohibition brought by the state of Arizona, as well as its AG and assistant AG, to prohibit the district court from enforcing...

Butler v. Curry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Grant of a petition for writ of habeas corpus, which claimed that petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights were violated when a California state trial...

United Transp. Union v. Burlington N. Santa Fe R.R. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action alleging defendants violated the Railway Labor Act (RLA) by implementing a trackage rights agreement approved through the process...

Carver v. Lehman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit asserting that correctional officials denied plaintiff early release into community custody without affording him due...

US v. Santos

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution arising from defendant's involvement in a counterfeit checking scheme, a sentence imposed following his plea of guilty to possession...

Delgadillo v. Woodford

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
For purposes of the circuit court's review under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), a state habeas court's decision to apply...