Archive for the '9th COA' Category

Child Welfare Act Action, and Criminal and Government Benefits Matters

In California State Foster Parents’ Ass’n v. Wagner, No. 09-15025, an action against officials of the State of California under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming a violation of plaintiffs’ federal right to payments under the Child Welfare Act (CWA), and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, the court affirmed judgment for plaintiffs where the CWA, at [...]

Child Welfare Act Action, and Criminal and Government Benefits Matters

In California State Foster Parents’ Ass’n v. Wagner, No. 09-15025, an action against officials of the State of California under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming a violation of plaintiffs’ federal right to payments under the Child Welfare Act (CWA), and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, the court affirmed judgment for plaintiffs where the CWA, at [...]

Child Welfare Act Action, and Criminal and Government Benefits Matters

In California State Foster Parents’ Ass’n v. Wagner, No. 09-15025, an action against officials of the State of California under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming a violation of plaintiffs’ federal right to payments under the Child Welfare Act (CWA), and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, the court affirmed judgment for plaintiffs where the CWA, at [...]

Petition for Review of Jehovah’s Witness Deportation Order Granted, and Criminal and Environmental Matters

Kamalyan v. Holder, No. 05-76408, involved a petition for review brought by an Armenian Jehova’s Witness challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) order adopting and affirming a decision of an immigration judge removing petitioner from the U.S.  The court granted the petition on the ground that any reasonable adjudicator would agree that the government did [...]

Child Welfare Act Action, and Criminal and Government Benefits Matters

In California State Foster Parents’ Ass’n v. Wagner, No. 09-15025, an action against officials of the State of California under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming a violation of plaintiffs’ federal right to payments under the Child Welfare Act (CWA), and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, the court affirmed judgment for plaintiffs where the CWA, at [...]

Petition for Review of Jehovah’s Witness Deportation Order Granted, and Criminal and Environmental Matters

Kamalyan v. Holder, No. 05-76408, involved a petition for review brought by an Armenian Jehova’s Witness challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) order adopting and affirming a decision of an immigration judge removing petitioner from the U.S.  The court granted the petition on the ground that any reasonable adjudicator would agree that the government did [...]

Petition for Review of Jehovah’s Witness Deportation Order Granted, and Criminal and Environmental Matters

Kamalyan v. Holder, No. 05-76408, involved a petition for review brought by an Armenian Jehova’s Witness challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) order adopting and affirming a decision of an immigration judge removing petitioner from the U.S.  The court granted the petition on the ground that any reasonable adjudicator would agree that the government did [...]

Reversal of Denial of Habeas Petition in First-Degree Murder Matter, and Civil Rights, Criminal and Immigration Matters

In Singh v. Napolitano, No. 07-16988, the court affirmed the denial of petitioner’s habeas petition, holding that the Attorney General’s decision in Compean II, which affirmed the Ninth Circuit’s language in Lata and Dearinger, did not create “new duties” for petitioner with respect to his habeas petition.
In US v. Havelock, No. 08-10472, the court reversed defendant’s [...]

Reversal of Denial of Habeas Petition in First-Degree Murder Matter, and Civil Rights, Criminal and Immigration Matters

In Singh v. Napolitano, No. 07-16988, the court affirmed the denial of petitioner’s habeas petition, holding that the Attorney General’s decision in Compean II, which affirmed the Ninth Circuit’s language in Lata and Dearinger, did not create “new duties” for petitioner with respect to his habeas petition.
In US v. Havelock, No. 08-10472, the court reversed defendant’s [...]

Reversal of Denial of Habeas Petition in First-Degree Murder Matter, and Civil Rights, Criminal and Immigration Matters

In Singh v. Napolitano, No. 07-16988, the court affirmed the denial of petitioner’s habeas petition, holding that the Attorney General’s decision in Compean II, which affirmed the Ninth Circuit’s language in Lata and Dearinger, did not create “new duties” for petitioner with respect to his habeas petition.
In US v. Havelock, No. 08-10472, the court reversed defendant’s [...]