United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Sandoval-Lua v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a final order of removal and denial of petitioner's application for cancellation of removal is granted as: 1) California Health...

Rodis v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against San Francisco, its police department, chief, and certain officers arising from plaintiff's arrest, denial of...

Camins v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) section 301(a)(13) abrogated the old INA section 101(a)(13) and the Fleuti...

Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund v. US Dep't of Agric.

Agriculture, Health Law, International Law, International Trade
In a challenge to the government's regulation of Canadian cattle imports in the wake of the "mad cow disease" scare of the late 1990s, summary...

Kalouma v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
A BIA decision summarily affirming a denial of an application for asylum and related relief is reversed where an IJ erred as a matter of law in...

Nigg v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by current and former postal inspectors against the Postal Service alleging that they are entitled to overtime pay under the Fair...

Intri-Plex Techs., Inc. v. Crest Group

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In a suit brought by a manufacturer of certain computer disk drive components against defendant-cleaning equipment manufacturer arising from defective...

Webb v. Smart Document Solutions, LLC

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
For purposes of an individual's right under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to obtain copies of his medical records at...

Access Fund v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Indian Law
In a constitutional and Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenge brought by a rock climbing advocacy group to the Forest Service's ban imposed on...

Bryant v. Arizona Attorney Gen.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of a habeas petition as untimely under the one-year statute of limitations established by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act...