Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to order a federal sentence to run consecutively to an anticipated state sentence. The court held that federal judges retain discretion to make this determination regardless of whether the defendant is currently in state or federal custody.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an asylum claim. The court found the petitioner failed to challenge the agency's determination that she did not prove harm was on account of a protected ground.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of an immigration order. The court found the petitioner failed to demonstrate prejudice from alleged counsel errors or due process violations.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court found substantial evidence supported the denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an appeal from an immigration judge's decision. The court found substantial evidence supported the agency's denial of relief for cancellation of removal, asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court found substantial evidence supported the agency's determination that the petitioner failed to demonstrate exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to qualifying relatives.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court order denying a defendant's motion to vacate a criminal judgment. The court held that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure sixty applies only to civil actions and cannot be used to challenge a criminal conviction.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a Tax Court order denying a motion to vacate. The appellate panel found the petitioner failed to demonstrate that such relief was appropriate.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court order granting a special motion to strike under California's anti-SLAPP statute. The panel held that the defendant's conduct was protected speech and that the plaintiff failed to state a plausible claim of unlawful action.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a thirty-year sentence imposed on a defendant convicted of child pornography offenses. The panel rejected arguments that the sentence was substantively unreasonable due to the consideration of pending state charges and the defendant's age and health.