Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded an immigration judge's denial of asylum and related relief to a petitioner from Angola. The court held that the adverse credibility determination was not supported by substantial evidence because the judge relied on trivial inconsistencies and failed to consider the totality of the circumstances.
The Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded an immigration judge's denial of asylum claims due to insufficient evidence supporting adverse credibility determinations. The court found that most of the inconsistencies cited by the agency were trivial, unsupported, or failed to meet legal standards for credibility findings.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision rejecting asylum claims for an El Salvadoran father and his three children. The court held that the proposed social groups of Uber drivers and the Arevalo-Montano family failed to meet the legal requirements for cognizability and nexus to protected grounds.
The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction, holding that Idaho-based medical providers purposefully availed themselves of Washington law by treating a Washington resident and transmitting prescriptions to Washington pharmacies. The court also affirmed that venue was proper in the Eastern District of Washington because a substantial part of the events giving rise to the wrongful-death claims occurred there.
The Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying Convention Against Torture relief. The court held that the Immigration Judge erred by failing to aggregate multiple theories of torture risk and by not considering the petitioner's status as a criminal deportee.
The Ninth Circuit denied the petition for review, holding that substantial evidence supports the denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture relief. The court found the petitioner's threats insufficient to constitute past persecution and ruled that she forfeited her proposed social group claims by failing to properly argue them.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's supervised release conditions, rejecting claims that a prohibition on loitering in prostitution areas was unconstitutionally vague. The court also upheld a condition requiring sex offender treatment, finding the delegation of authority to a treatment provider to determine necessity was constitutionally permissible.
The Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying a motion to reopen. The court held that the Board applied an incorrect legal standard for evaluating prima facie eligibility.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a defendant's sentence for drug trafficking where the district court applied a sentencing enhancement for maintaining a premises for distribution. The court held that drug trafficking can constitute a primary use of a residence even when the property also serves as the defendant's home.
The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's denial of a motion to vacate a dismissal order, ruling that the lower court retained jurisdiction to consider the motion despite lacking authority to directly enforce the settlement. The appellate court directed the district court to grant the motion based on the defendants' bad faith conduct that frustrated the settlement agreement.