The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts for the following federal judicial districts:
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow,542 U.S. 1 (2004),was a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The lawsuit,originally filed as Newdow v. United States Congress,Elk Grove Unified School District,et al. in 2000,led to a 2002 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are an endorsement of religion and therefore violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The words had been added by a 1954 act of Congress that changed the phrase "one nation indivisible" into "one nation under God,indivisible". After an initial decision striking the congressionally added "under God",the superseding opinion on denial of rehearing en banc was more limited,holding that compelled recitation of the language by school teachers to students was invalid.
Mary Murphy Schroeder is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit.
William Cameron Canby Jr. is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,sitting in Phoenix,Arizona.
The 2007 Moonlight Fire was a large wildfire that burned near Westwood in Lassen County,California. The fire,which started on September 3,scorched 64,997 acres before being declared contained on September 19. Approximately 2,300 firefighters were involved in fighting the fire. Strong winds pushed smoke to the Sacramento Valley,Bay Area,Nevada and Idaho. In Plumas County,500 homes were threatened by the Moonlight Fire;100 residences were evacuated near Greenville in the North Arm area of Indian Valley,as the wild fire was still raging in the Plumas National Forest.
Kim Anita McLane Wardlaw is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1998. She is the first Hispanic American woman to be appointed to a federal appeals court. Wardlaw was considered as a possible candidate to be nominated by Barack Obama to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Proposition 8,known informally as Prop 8,was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage;it passed in the November 2008 California state elections and was later overturned in court. The proposition was created by opponents of same-sex marriage in advance of the California Supreme Court's May 2008 appeal ruling,In re Marriage Cases,which followed the short-lived 2004 same-sex weddings controversy and found the previous ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Proposition 8 was ultimately ruled unconstitutional by a federal court in 2010,although the court decision did not go into effect until June 26,2013,following the conclusion of proponents' appeals.
Gun laws in California regulate the sale,possession,and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of California in the United States.
Roger Thomas Benitez is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. He is known for his rulings striking down several California gun control laws.
Garland Ellis Burrell Jr. is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Cormac Joseph Carney is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
James Alger Fee was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. A veteran of the United States Army,his first judicial position was with the Oregon Circuit Court. While a federal judge he made national news for his decision during World War II regarding the application of the exclusion orders that had forced those of Japanese heritage from the West Coast.
Anthony Wayne Ishii is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Michelle Taryn Friedland is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Peruta v. San Diego,824 F.3d 919,was a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit pertaining to the legality of San Diego County's restrictive policy regarding requiring documentation of "good cause" that "distinguish[es] the applicant from the mainstream and places the applicant in harm's way" before issuing a concealed carry permit.
The 2016 Proposition 63,titled Firearms and Ammunition Sales,is a California ballot proposition that passed on the November 8,2016 ballot. It requires a background check and California Department of Justice authorization to purchase ammunition,prohibits possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines over ten rounds,levies fines for failing to report when guns are stolen or lost,establishes procedures for enforcing laws prohibiting firearm possession by specified persons,and requires California Department of Justice's participation in the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Peter v. NantKwest Inc.,589 U.S. ___ (2019),was a United States Supreme Court case from the October 2019 term.
Miller v. Bonta is a pending court case before Judge Roger Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California concerning California's assault weapon ban,the Roberti–Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (AWCA). Judge Roger Benitez struck down the ban in a ruling on June 5,2021. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a stay of the ruling on June 21,2021,which left the ban in place as appeals were litigated. The panel then vacated Judge Benitez's ruling and remanded it back down after was decided. The case was known as Miller v. Becerra before Rob Bonta succeeded Xavier Becerra as Attorney General of California in April 2021.
Daniel Joe Calabretta is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
