United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US V. RAMIREZ-SANCHEZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The district court did not err in finding that "driving without an operator's license in possession" is similar to "driving without a license" for...

PALMER v. PIONEER INN ASSOCS., LTD.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
A Title VII plaintiff presented sufficient direct evidence of discrimination to defeat summary judgment, and sanctions against plaintiff's attorney...

DIXON v. WALLOWA COUNTY

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim by a plaintiff who was renting a room from a sexual assault suspect, no Fourth Amendment violation occurred because...

US v. BRAREN

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
A dispute seeking clarification of water rights and assessment of a water rights standard is not ripe for adjudication where further factual...

CTR. FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. BADGLEY

Environmental Law
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's determination that a species was not endangered was amply supported by evidence in the record.

SCHOLASTIC ENTM'T INC. v. FOX ENTM'T GROUP, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Intellectual Property
In a claim alleging copyright infringement for the sole purpose of obtaining a determination as to ownership, questions regarding the ownership of the...

HANSON v. MAHONEY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Magistrate judges are authorized to issue certificates of appealability, and a habeas petitioner's claim for relief is procedurally defaulted.

GONZALEZ-HERNANDEZ v. ASHCROFT

Immigration Law
Substantial evidence supported the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision to deny asylum to petitioners, who were never party leaders nor high-level...

HUNTER v. AYERS

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A change in California parole regulations governing the "good time" system, removing petitioner's right to restoration of his lost good time, was...

RAMIREZ-PEREZ v. ASHCROFT

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Neither the Board of Immigration Appeals's interpretation of "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship" for purposes of cancellation of removal, nor...