United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Ramadan v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where the evidence does not show that she will suffer persecution on account of a protected ground if she is...

Bayliss v. Barnhart

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for disability insurance benefits is affirmed over her claim that her due process rights were violated when the...

Lira v. Herrera

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
The Prison Litigation Reform Act does not mandate dismissal of an entire action that contains exhausted and unexhausted claims since the district...

Hardage v. CBS Broadcasting Corp.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where...

Altamirano v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
An individual's mere presence in a vehicle at the port of entry does not constitute alien smuggling under section 212(a)(6)(E)(i) of the Immigration...

In re: Pluma

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law

US v. Collins

Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court properly concluded that defendant's arrest violated the Fourth Amendment where federal agents did not have probable cause to...

US v. Ortiz-Hernandez

Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence

US v. Lafromboise

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's motion for habeas relief as untimely is vacated where the district court's judgment in the underlying criminal proceedings is...

Beck v. Pace Int'l Union

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
Merger into a multiemployer plan is a permissible means of terminating a pension plan under ERISA.