• Lozano-Arredondo v. Sessions

    Publication Date: 2017-08-09
    Practice Area: Immigration Law | Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: William A. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fisher and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Elena Andrade (argued) and Nathaniel J. Damren, Andrade Legal, Boise, Idaho, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Gregory A. Pennington, Jr. (argued) and Kathryn M. McKinney, Trial Attorneys; Anh-Thu P. Mai-Windle and Kiley Kane, Senior Litigation Counsel; Joyce R. Branda, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. 11-72422

    Agency erred in failing to exercise "expertise and discretion" to interpret ambiguous statutory definition of deportable offense (Fisher, J.)

  • Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Bradford

    Publication Date: 2017-05-17
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-05-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dana L. Christensen, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: William A. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fisher, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy M. Bechtold (argued), Bechtold Law Firm, Missoula, Montana, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Thekla Hansen-Young (argued), John P. Tustin, Robert P. Stockman, and Andrew C. Mergen, Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Dana Jacobsen, Office of the Regional Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior, Denver, Colorado; Alan Campbell, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture, Missoula, Montana; for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 14-35786

    Closure of roads by berms or barriers sufficed to prevent them from counting towards linear miles of total roads permitted under forest plan (Fletcher, J.)

  • United States v. Loftis

    Publication Date: 2016-12-09
    Practice Area: Evidence | Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-12-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dana L. Christensen, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: William A. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fisher and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad Spraker (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Michael W. Cotter, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Helena, Montana; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: John Rhodes (argued), Assistant Federal Defender; Anthony R. Gallagher, Federal Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Missoula, Montana; for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 15-30262

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 12932 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOSEPH BRE