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STATUS OF PENDING EN BANC CASES |
November 9, 2009
This report is provided for case identification and background information only and does not reflect the views of the court. When a case is heard or reheard en banc, the en banc court assumes jurisdiction over the entire case, see 28 U.S.C. § 46(c), regardless of the issue or issues that may have caused any member of the Court to vote to hear the case en banc. Summerlin v. Stewart, 309 F.3d 1193 (9th Cir. 2002)
Catholic League v. San Francisco, 06-17328
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 567 F.3d 595 (9th Cir. 2009)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 2009 WL (9th Cir. November 5, 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: November 5, 2009
Status: To be calendared the week of December 14, 2009, San Francisco, California
Members of En Banc Court: Not yet available
Subject Matter: Appeal of district court's dismissal of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Establishment Clause action against City for resolution opposing Vatican directive that Catholic archdiocese stop placing children for adoption in homosexual households.
Holding: Not yet decided
Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc., 08-15693
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 563 F.3d 992 (9th Cir. 2009)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 2009 WL 3526219 (9th Cir. October 27, 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: October 27, 2009
Status: To be calendared the week of December 14, 2009, San Francisco, California
Members of En Banc Court: Not yet available
Subject Matter: Appeal of district court's dismissal of Alien Tort Statute action by foreign nationals allegedly transferred in secret to foreign countries for detention and interrogation pursuant to the extraordinary rendition program operated by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Holding: Not yet decided
Ojo v. Farmers Group, Inc., 06-55522
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 565 F.3d 1175 (9th Cir. 2009)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 2009 WL 3490459 (9th Cir. October 26, 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: October 26, 2009
Status: December oral argument was vacated.
Members of En Banc Court: Not yet available
Subject Matter: Appeal of district court's dismissal of class action claiming disparate impact race discrimination by insurer in violation of federal Fair Housing Act in homeowners' property and casualty policies.
Holding: Not yet decided
Byrd v. Maricopa County Sheriff's Dept., 07-16640
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 565 F.3d 1205 (9th Cir. 2009)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 583 F.3d 673 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: October 6, 2009
Status: To be calendared the week of December 14, 2009, San Francisco, California
Members of En Banc Court: Not yet available
Subject Matter: Appeal of district court's judgment in action by male pretrial detainee alleging unconstitutional search by female cadet.
Holding: Not yet decided
Millender v. County of Los Angeles, 07-55518
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 564 F.3d 1143 (9th Cir. 2009)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 583 F.3d 669 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: October 2, 2009
Status: To be calendared the week of December 14, 2009, San Francisco, California
Members of En Banc Court: Not yet available
Subject Matter: Appeal of district court's judgment in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 action alleging unconstitutional search and seizure.
Holding: Not yet decided
United States v. Fox, 08-30445
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: Not applicable
Order Taking Case En Banc: 583 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: September 16, 2009
Status: To be calendared the week of December 14, 2009, San Francisco, California
Members of En Banc Court: Not yet available
Subject Matter: Appeal of district court's resentence imposed below the amended Sentencing Guidelines range, based on provisions governing crack cocaine offenses.
Holding: Not yet decided
United States v. State of Washington, 08-35794
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: Not applicable
Order Taking Case En Banc: 579 F.3d 969 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: August 19, 2009
Status: Argued and submitted September 22, 2009
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Mary M. Schroeder, William C. Canby, Stephen R. Reinhardt, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Kim M. Wardlaw, William A. Fletcher, Marsha S. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Richard R. Clifton, Consuelo M. Callahan
Subject Matter: Appeal of district court's denial of Tribe's Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6) motion to vacate 1979 judgment in United States v. Washington, 476 F.Supp. 1101 (W.D. Wash. 1970), aff'd, 641 F.2d 1368 (9th Cir. 1981).
Holding: Not yet decided
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 563 F.3d 439 (9th Cir. 2009)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 575 F.3d 890 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: July 29, 2009
Status: Argued and submitted September 24, 2009. Submission vacated pending the Supreme Court's disposition of Maloney v. Rice, 08-1592, McDonald v. City of Chicago, No. 08-1521, and National Rifle Ass'n v. City of Chicago, No. 08-1497
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Harry Pregerson, Stephen R. Reinhardt, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Pamela Ann Rymer, Michael D. Hawkins, Susan P. Graber, Ronald M. Gould, Richard C. Tallman, Milan D. Smith, Jr., Sandra S. Ikuta
Subject Matter: Appeal of summary judgment in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 action brought by gun show promoters challenging the constitutionality of county ordinance prohibiting possession of firearms on county property.
Holding: Not yet decided
United States v. Strickland, 08-30091
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 556 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2009)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 569 F.3d 956 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: June 19, 2009
Status: Argued and submitted September 23, 2009
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Mary M. Schroeder, Stephen R. Reinhardt, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Pamela Ann Rymer, Sidney R. Thomas, Barry G. Silverman, Marsha S. Berzon, Jay S. Bybee, Consuelo M. Callahan, Sandra S. Ikuta
Subject Matter: Appeal of criminal conviction for the offense of receipt and possession of child pornography.
Holding: Not yet decided
United States v. Nevils, 06-50485
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 548 F.3d 802 (9th Cir. 2008)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 570 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: June 16, 2009
Status: Argued and submitted September 22, 2009.
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Pamela Ann Rymer, Sidney R. Thomas, Barry G. Silverman, Raymond C. Fisher, Ronald M. Gould, Richard C. Tallman, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Richard R. Clifton, Milan D. Smith, Jr., Sandra S. Ikuta
Subject Matter: Appeal of criminal conviction and sentence for the offense of felon in possession of a firearm.
Holding: Not yet decided
Shapiro v. Astrue, 06-55822 / 06-55954 / 06-56284
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 545 F.3d 854 (9th Cir. 2008)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 567 F.3d 1043 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: May 27, 2009
Status: Vacated district courts' awards of attorneys' fees in consolidated cases.
En Banc Order: 2009 WL 3617989 (9th Cir. November 4, 2009)
Date of En Banc Order: November 4, 2009
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Mary M. Schroeder, Betty Fletcher, Harry Pregerson, Stephen R. Reinhardt, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Marsha S. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Richard R. Clifton, Carlos T. Bea, N. Randy Smith
Subject Matter: Appeal of the district court's award of attorneys' fees following successful representation of social security claimants.
Holding: District courts did not follow Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789 (2002), in determining attorneys' fees awarded to lawyers who successfully represented Social Security disability insurance claimants in federal court under contingent-fee contracts.
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 548 F.3d 847 (9th Cir. 2008)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 566 F.3d 839 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: May 13, 2009
Status: Argued and submitted June 23, 2009
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Mary M. Schroeder, Betty Fletcher, Harry Pregerson, Stephen R. Reinhardt, Pamela Ann Rymer, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Sidney R. Thomas, Kim M. Wardlaw, Richard C. Tallman, Johnnie B. Rawlinson
Subject Matter: Appeal of the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. sec. 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his convictions for murder, armed robbery, burglary and conspiracy
Holding: Not yet decided
Pinholster v. Ayers, 03-99003 / 03-99008
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 525 F.3d 742 (9th Cir. 2008)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 560 F.3d 964 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: March 20, 2009
Status: Argued and submitted June 23, 2009
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Harry Pregerson, Stephen R. Reinhardt, Pamela Ann Rymer, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Kim M. Wardlaw, William A. Fletcher, Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, Jay S. Bybee, Milan D. Smith, Jr.
Subject Matter: Appeal following district court's partial grant and partial denial of habeas corpus petition. District court granted relief as to death sentence for conviction on capital murder charge, but otherwise denied petition.
Holding: Not yet decided
Bull v. City and County of San Francisco, 05-17080 / 06-15566
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 539 F.3d 1193 (9th Cir. 2008)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 558 F.3d 887 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: February 20, 2009
Status: Argued and submitted March 26, 2009; submission deferred March 27, 2009
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Pamela Ann Rymer, Sidney R. Thomas, Susan P. Graber, Kim M. Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, Marsha S. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Richard R. Clifton, Sandra S. Ikuta, N. Randy Smith
Subject Matter: Appeal of the district court's denial of sheriff's summary judgment motion in class action suit challenging strip search policy.
Holding: Not yet decided
Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc., 04-16688 / 04-16720
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 509 F.3d 1168 (9th Cir. 2007)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 556 F.3d 919 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: February 13, 2009
Status: Argued and submitted March 24, 2009
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Stephen R. Reinhardt, Pamela Ann Rymer, Michael Daly Hawkins, Barry G. Silverman, Susan P. Graber, Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, Carlos T. Bea, Sandra S. Ikuta
Subject Matter: Appeal of the district court's orders on motion for certification of plaintiff class in employee Title VII action.
Holding: Not yet decided
Richter v. Hickman, 06-15614
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 521 F.3d 1222 (9th Cir. 2008)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 548 F.3d 1236 (9th Cir. 2008)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: November 10, 2008
En Banc Order: 578 F.3d 944 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of En Banc Order: August 10, 2009
Status: Reversed district court's denial of habeas corpus petition.
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Stephen R. Reinhardt, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Barry G. Silverman, Kim M. Wardlaw, Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez, Jay S. Bybee, Milan D. Smith, Jr., Sandra S. Ikuta
Subject Matter: Appeal of the district court's denial of petitioners' 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petitions challenging jury convictions for murder, attempted murder, robbery and burglary.
Holding: Trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to investigate and present expert testimony on evidence that would have supported appellant's self-defense claim.
United States v. Hinkson, 05-30303
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 526 F.3d 1262 (9th Cir. 2008)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 547 F.3d 993 (9th Cir. 2008)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: October 20, 2008
Status: Affirmed district court's denial of a new trial motion and evidentiary rulings.
En Banc Order: 2009 WL 3645003 (9th Cir. November 5, 2009)
Date of En Banc Order: November 5, 2009
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Harry Pregerson, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Kim M. Wardlaw, William A. Fletcher, Richard A. Paez, Consuelo M. Callahan, Carlos T. Bea, Sandra S. Ikuta, N. Randy Smith
Subject Matter: Appeal of criminal conviction for soliciting the murder of federal officials.
Holding: The en banc court re-stated the "abuse of discretion" standard of review of a trial court's factual findings as an objective two-part test, requiring the court of appeals first to consider whether the district court identified the correct legal standard and then to determine whether the district court’s findings of fact and application of the findings to the correct legal standard were illogical, implausible, or without support.
Murdoch v. Castro, 05-55665
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 489 F.3d 1063 (9th Cir. 2007)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 546 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir. 2008)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: October 9, 2008
Status: Argued and submitted March 24, 2009
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, A. Wallace Tashima, Sidney R. Thomas, Barry G. Silverman, M. Margaret McKeown, Kim M. Wardlaw, William A. Fletcher, Consuelo M. Callahan, Sandra S. Ikuta, N. Randy Smith
Subject Matter: Appeal of the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his jury conviction for murder, following remand by this court.
Holding: Not yet decided
United States v. Comprehensive Drug Testing, Inc., 05-10067 +
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 513 F.3d 1085 (9th Cir. 2008)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 545 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir. September 30, 2008)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: September 30, 2008
En Banc Order: 579 F.3d 989 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of En Banc Order: August 26, 2009
Status: 05-55354: dismissed as untimely government's appeal. 5-15006: affirmed district court's Order pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(g). 05-10067: affirmed district court's quashal pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 17(c)
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Susan P. Graber, Kim M. Wardlaw, William A. Fletcher, Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, Consuelo M. Callahan, Carlos T. Bea, Milan D. Smith, Jr., Sandra S. Ikuta
Subject Matter: Consolidated appeals from orders issued by district judges in cases arising from the federal investigation into illegal steroid use by professional baseball athletes.
Holding: Not yet decided. The en banc court dismissed as untimely the government's appeal in 05-55354. In 05-15006, the en banc court upheld the district court's findings that the government disregarded the players' constitutional rights and unreasonably refused to follow proper procedures. The en banc court in 05-10067 affirmed the district court's quashal of the government's final subpoena.
State of Alaska v. EEOC, 07-70174
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 508 F.3d 476 (9th Cir. 2007)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 531 F.3d 1002 (9th Cir. 2008)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: July 3, 2008
En Banc Order: 564 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of En Banc Order: May 1, 2009
Status: Denial of petition for review of EEOC's decision regarding Alaska's sovereign immunity, and remand for further proceedings.
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Mary M. Schroeder, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Sidney R. Thomas, Barry G. Silverman, Kim M. Wardlaw, Marsha S. Berzon, Richard C. Tallman, Consuelo M. Callahan, Milan D. Smith, Jr., Sandra S. Ikuta
Subject Matter: Petitions for review from the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's denial of the State of Alaska's appeal from an administrative law judge's orders regarding discrimination complaints against the State under the Government Employees Rights Act of 1991.
Holding: Former employees' claims alleged violations of the Fourteenth Amendment. The GERA abrogated Alaska's sovereign immunity on employees' claims.
Hayward v. Marshall, 06-55392
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 512 F.3d 536 (9th Cir. 2008)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 527 F.3d 797 (9th Cir. 2008)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: May 16, 2008
Status: Argued and submitted June 24, 2008. Supplemental briefing ordered.
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Sidney R. Thomas, Barry G. Silverman, Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, Richard C. Tallman, Richard R. Clifton, N. Randy Smith
Subject Matter: Appeal of the district court's denial of a habeas corpus petition challenging the Governor of California's reversal of the California Board of Prison Terms' decision to grant parole.
Holding: Not yet decided.
Abebe v. Mukasey, 05-76201
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 493 F.3d 1092 (9th Cir. 2007)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 514 F.3d 909 (9th Cir. 2008)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: January 25, 2008
Status: Denied in part and dismissed in part a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision denying Immigration and Naturalization Act § 212(c) relief.
En Banc Order: 548 F.3d 787 (9th Cir. 2008); corrected en banc order: 554 F.3d 1203 (9th Cir. 2009)
Date of En Banc Order: November 20, 2008; January 5, 2009
Members of En Banc Court: Alex Kozinski, Harry Pregerson, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Sidney R. Thomas, Barry G. Silverman, Ronald M. Gould, Richard C. Tallman, Richard R. Clifton, Consuelo M. Callahan, Carlos T. Bea, N. Randy Smith
Subject Matter: Petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision finding petitioner ineligible to apply for discretionary relief under former Immigration and Naturalization Act § 212(c), under Matter of Blake, 23 I. & N. Dec. 722 (BIA 2005), and 8 C.F.R. § 1212.3(f)(5).
Holding: Immigration and Nationality Act § 212(c) only gives the Attorney General discretion to grant lawful permanent residents relief from inadmissibility, not deportation. The holding in Tapia-Acuna v. INS, 640 F.2d 223 (9th Cir. 1981) that there is no rational basis for providing § 212(c) relief from inadmissibility but not deportation is overruled.
Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC, 02-56256 / 02-56390
Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 487 F.3d 1193 (9th Cir. 2007)
Order Taking Case En Banc: 499 F.3d 923 (9th Cir. 2007)
Date of Order Taking Case En Banc: August 20, 2007
En Banc Order: 550 F.3d 822 (9th Cir. 2008)
Date of En Banc Order: December 16, 2008
Status: Remand for consideration, in the first instance, of whether exhaustion of local remedies was required, in dismissal of Alien Tort Statute ("ATS") action. On 9/29/09 the en banc court granted defendants' motion to reactivate the appeals, and ordered supplemental briefing. Oral argument to be scheduled by separate order.
Members of En Banc Court: Mary M. Schroeder, Harry Pregerson, Stephen R. Reinhardt, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Barry G. Silverman, M.M. McKeown, Marsha S. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Consuelo M. Callahan, Carlos T. Bea, Sandra S. Ikuta
Subject Matter: Appeal of the district court's dismissal of a class action complaint brought by current and former residents of the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea against a mining company under the Alien Tort Claims Act.
Holding: Certain ATS claims are appropriately considered for exhaustion under both domestic prudential standards and core principles of international law. Defendant bears the burden to plead and justify an exhaustion requirement, including the availability of local remedies.
