United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. WONG

Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of motion to suppress is affirmed where police discovered the evidence related to child pornography charges when they executed a series of...

US v. CEJA-PRADO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
Where certification of defendant's age is lacking, and he may have been a juvenile at the time of the crime, there may be no federal jurisdiction over...

CARPINTERIA VALLEY FARMS, LTD. v. COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Claims of retaliation, denial of equal protection and due process grounded in acts pertaining to a polo field application and residential building...

ROHAN v. WOODFORD

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A district court must stay capital habeas proceedings during a petitioner's incompetence.

US v. MORENO-MORILLO

Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Fifth and Sixth Amendment challenges to the constitutionality of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act are rejected in an appeal arising out of the...

FISHING CO. OF ALASKA, INC. v. US

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BATZEL v. SMITH

Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
A service provider or user is immune from liability under - 230(c)(1) when a third person or entity that created or developed the information in...

DAVIS v. WOODFORD

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Conviction of first-degree murder and death sentenced are affirmed over multiple constitutional challenges, including impermissible joinder,...

BUSQUETS-IVARS v. ASHCROFT

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A notice which fails to include a proper zip code is not properly addressed under 8 U.S.C. section 1229(a)(1).

NAGOULKO v. ASHCROFT

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Although a Ukranian native demonstrated a subjective fear of persecution, she could not show her fear was objectively reasonable, thus her petition...