• Inland Counties Regional Center, Inc. v. Superior Court (Barajas)

    Publication Date: 2017-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-04-10
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Enright & Ocheltree, Judith A. Enright, Julie A. Ocheltree, Noelle V. Bensussen and Aaron Abramowitz for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Steven L. Harmon, Public Defender, Brian L. Boles, Thomas M. Cavanaugh, Assistant Public Defenders, Laura Arnold, Deputy Public Defender, for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. E067232

    Trial court lacked authority to order regional center to conduct competency assessment of criminal defendant (McKinster, Acting P.J.)

  • People v. Sloat

    Publication Date: 2017-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-10
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mary Sanchez and Analee J. Brodie, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Tyrone A. Sandoval, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B270080

    Redesignation of felony theft conviction as misdemeanor petty theft not same as reduction to misdemeanor shoplifting (Turner, P.J.)

  • People v. Tovar

    Publication Date: 2017-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-10
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Lawrence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric D. Share, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Elizabeth W. Hereford, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Appellant: Candace Hale.

    Case Number: No. A145498

    No connection needed be shown between gang subset and umbrella gang where all crimes directly benefited subset (Humes, P.J.)

  • United States v. Crooked Arm

    Publication Date: 2017-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Richard R. Clifton, and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Beelaert (argued), Allen Brabender, and Andrew C. Mergen, Attorneys; John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Mark S. Smith and Leif M. Johnson, Assistant United States Attorneys; Michael W. Cotter, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Billings, Montana; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Brian M. Murphy (argued), Holland & Hart LLP, Billings, Montana; Mark D. Parker, Parker Heitz & Cosgrove PLLC, Billings, Montana; for Defendant-Appellant Douglas Vance Crooked Arm.

    Case Number: No. 15-30277 No. 15-30280

    Law of case barred reconsideration of issues raised and decided in prior appeal (O'Scannlain, J.)

  • People v. Sharpe

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-07
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez, Stephen G. Herndon, and Kevin M. Cornwall, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: C. Matthew Missakian, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. C076938

    Restitution award for damaged truck erroneously included reduced market value, repair costs, and salvage value (Nicholson, J.)

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  • Manteca Unified School District v. Reclamation District No. 17

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Education
    Date Filed: 2017-04-07
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, Michael J. Baker, David A. Soldani and Jennifer D. Cantrell for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant.
    for defendant: Freeman Firm, Thomas H. Keeling and Michael N. Morlan for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. C077906

    Reclamation district had authority to levy assessment on local school district (Raye, P.J.)

  • Shaw v. Superior Court (THC—Orange County, Inc.)

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Civil Appeals | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-04-10
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shegerian & Associates, Inc., Carney R. Shegerian and Anthony Nguyen for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Shaw Valenza, D. Gregory Valenza and Jasmine L. Anderson for Real Parties in Interest.

    Case Number:

    Health care whistleblower not entitled to jury trial on retaliation complaint (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • United States v. Arriaga-Pinon

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dana M. Sabraw, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Andrew J. Kleinfeld and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark R. Rehe (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Helen H. Hong, Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division; Laura E. Duffy, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Kara Hartzler (argued), Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 16-50188

    Record of prior conviction failed to show it constituted aggravated felony (Thomas, J.)

  • Fortson v. Los Angeles City Attorneys Office

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Andre M. Davis,** and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin L. Fortson, Lake Los Angeles, California, pro se Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Michael N. Feuer, City Attorney; Paul L. Winnemore, Deputy City Attorney; Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 15-55497

    California's 10-year ban on firearm ownership for persons convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence does not violate Second Amendment (Schroeder, J.)

  • Boston v. Kitsap County

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Ronald B. Leighton, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Jr.,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Clarence Otto (argued), Law Office of Anthony C. Otto, Port Orchard, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Marc Rosenberg (argued), Lee Smart P.S. Inc., Seattle, Washington, for Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 15-35296

    Filing of claim in accordance with state law did not toll statute of limitations on civil rights claim (England, J.)