United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Almaghzar v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) is denied over petitioner's claims that: 1) the frivolous asylum...

US v. Ortuno-Higareda

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Revocation of defendant's supervised release for illegal re-entry is affirmed where the district court had jurisdiction to revoke defendant's...

Little v. Crawford

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging petitioner's plea to two counts of sexual assault on a minor under fourteen is affirmed...

Schneider v. Chertoff

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Immigration Law
These portions of implementing regulations of the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act are in conflict with, and are ultra vires to, the Act...

Stanley v. Woodford

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sanctions
An interlocutory appeal from a sanctions order compelling an attorney to pay attorney's fees is dismissed as the court lacked appellate jurisdiction...

US v. Staten

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
US v. Booker has no impact on the due process concerns which require that enhancements resulting in disproportionate, albeit advisory, Guidelines...

Mendoza v. Carey

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal as untimely of a petition for writ of habeas corpus is reversed and remanded where an evidentiary hearing was required because petitioner...

Morales-Alegria v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In the context of removal proceedings, the offense of forgery under California Penal Code section 476 requires knowledge of the fictitious nature of...

Vaden v. Summerhill

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) requires that a prisoner exhaust administrative remedies before submitting any papers to the federal courts.

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Fish & Wildlife Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a company involved in mining, is affirmed over an environmental organization's...