• Phelps-Roper v. Nixon

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-31
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Bye, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-1295

    Submitted: October 15, 2007Before BYE, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.Shirley Phelps-Roper brought suit in the Western District of Missouri, challenging the validity of sections 578.501 and 5

  • Stephens v. U.S. Railroad Retirement

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Date Filed: 2012-11-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Stephen Reinhardt, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Schroeder; Dissent by Judge M. Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Chawes, Seattle, Washington, for petitioner Samuel P. Stephens, Jr.
    for defendant: Michele L. Bopp, Chicago, Illinois, for respondent U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.

    Case Number: No. 11-70649

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 12889 SAMUEL P. STEPHENS, JR., Petitioner, v. U. S. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD, Respo

  • United States v. Ermoian

    Publication Date: 2013-08-14
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-14
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Oliver W. Wanger, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark E. Cullers and Laurel J. Montoya, Assistant United States Attorneys, Fresno, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for plaintiff-appellee United States of America. With them on the brief were Benjamin J. Wagner, United States Attorney, Fresno, CA, and Camil A. Skipper, Appellate Chief, Fresno, CA.
    for defendant: John Balazs, Sacramento, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for defendant-appellant Gary L. Ermoian. Jerald Brainin, Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for defendant-appellant Stephen J. Johnson.

    Case Number: No. 11-10124 No. 11-10388

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8879 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GARY L. ERMOIA

  • United States v. Plenty Chief

    Publication Date: 2009-04-20
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-09
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Smith, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-1121

    Submitted: November 12, 2008Before MELLOY, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.A jury convicted Robert Plenty Chief of aggravated sexual abuse against his step daughter, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

  • Hiler v. Astrue

    Publication Date: 2012-08-09
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, William A. Fletcher, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allison Elizabeth Mendel (argued), Mendel & Associates, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant Clinton Hiler.
    for defendant: Karen L. Loeffler and Gary Michael Guarino, Office of the United States Attorney, Anchorage, Alaska, and David Morado and Kathy Reif (argued), Social Security Administration, Seattle, Washington, for defendant-appellee Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security.

    Case Number: No. 10-36171

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9047 CLINTON HILER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social

  • United States v. Henry

    Publication Date: 2012-08-09
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: H. Russel Holland, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, William A. Fletcher, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jo Ann Farrington (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Karen L. Loeffler, United States Attorney, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiff-appellee.
    for defendant: Fred Richard Curtner, III (argued), Anchorage, Alaska, for the defendant-appellant.

    Case Number: No. 11-30181

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9049 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff lee, v. MATTHEW WAYNE HENRY, Defendant

  • Native Village of Kivalina IRA Council v. Environmental Protection Agency

    Publication Date: 2012-08-09
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, William A. Fletcher, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria Clark, Brook Brisson, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for petitioners Native Village of Point Hope IRA Council, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, and Northern Alaska Environmental Center. Brent Newell (argued), Sofia Parino, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, San Francisco, California, for petitioner Native Village of Kivalina IRA Council.
    for defendant: Ignacia S. Moreno, Paul Cirino (argued), Kimberly A. Owens, Pooja S. Parikh, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondents. Jeffrey W. Leppo (argued), Jason T. Morgan, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, Washington, for intervenor NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. Eric B. Fjelstad, James N. Leik (argued), Perkins Coie LLP, Anchorage, Alaska, for intervenor Teck Alaska Incorporated.

    Case Number: No. 11-70776

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9054 NATIVE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA IRA COUNCIL; NATIVE VILLAGE OF POINT HOPE IRA COUNCIL; ALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS; NORTHERN ALA

  • Lozano Arredondo v. Holder

    Publication Date: 2010-11-02
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-02
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria E. Andrade, Boise, Idaho, for the petitioner.
    for defendant: Jem C. Sponzo, Kathryn M. McKinney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

    Case Number: No. 08-73835

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 13902JOSE GUADALUPE LOZANO ARREDONDO, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,

  • United States v. Blinkinsop

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Date Filed: 2010-05-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cyndee L. Peterson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Missoula, Montana, for the plaintiff-appellee.
    for defendant: David F. Ness, Federal Defenders of Montana, Great Falls, Montana, for the defendant-appellant.

    Case Number: No. 09-30120

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 6622 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PAUL BLINKINSOP, Defendant-App

  • United States v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2013-08-08
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Cindy K. Jorgenson, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce M. Ferg, Assistant United States Attorney, District of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, argued the cause and filed a brief for the appellee. With him on the brief were John S. Leonardo, United States Attorney, and Christina M. Cabanillas, Appellate Chief, District of Arizona.
    for defendant: Brian I. Rademacher, Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the appellant. With him on the briefs were Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender, and Richard W. Raynor, Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona.

    Case Number: No. 11-10451

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8632 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JONATHAN MICHA