United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Weber v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former radiologist at a VA facility raising a claim for back pay under the Back Pay Act (BPA), dismissal of the claim is...

US v. Casteneda

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for drug-related offenses is affirmed in part as to the conviction, but vacated as to the sentence and remanded in light of...

Arreguin-Moreno v. Mukasey

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
In the context of immigration proceedings, time spent in pre-trial detention, which is credited as time served in a sentence imposed after conviction,...

Fichman v. Media Ctr.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action against a nonprofit organization raising claims under the Age discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Americans with Disabilities...

Cerezo v. Mukasey

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A violation of California Vehicle Code section 20001(a), which criminalizes leaving the scene of an accident resulting in bodily injury or death, is...

Matsuda v. City & County of Honolulu

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action raising the issue of whether the Constitution imposes any limit on the City of Honolulu's power to repudiate a contract to convey...

US v. Ross

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A conviction and 188-month sentence following a guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute crack is affirmed in part and remanded in part where: 1) a...

US v. Calvert

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
When someone is convicted of retaliating against a federal witness in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1513(b), the eight-level increase found in...

Nelson v. Nat'l Aeronautics & Space Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action brought by scientists, engineers, and administrative support personnel at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) challenging NASA's recently...

Feldman v. Bomar

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action claiming defendants violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in adopting...