Opinions from 2017

  • In Re United States0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations The Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced steps to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program by March 2018, concluding that DACA violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Due Process Clause. The Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of challengers. The government then moved

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  • Hernandez v. Mesa0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations In 2010, a U.S. Border Patrol agent standing on U.S. soil shot and killed Hernandez, an unarmed 15-year-old Mexican national, standing on Mexican soil. Hernandez had been playing a game that involved running up the embankment on the U.S. side of the border. After the Justice Department closed an investigation,

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  • Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

    Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago0

    Hamer filed an employment discrimination suit. The district court granted the defendants summary judgment, entering final judgment on September 14.

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  • Dunn v. Madison0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations More than 30 years ago, Madison shot a police officer in the head at close range. An Alabama jury found Madison guilty of capital murder. In 2016, he sought suspension of his death sentence, arguing that, due to recent strokes, he has become incompetent. The court heard testimony from psychologists

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  • Kernan v. Cuero0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations Cuero, on parole, driving under the influence of methamphetamine and without a license, while carrying a gun, drove his car into and seriously injured a pedestrian. A California court permitted the state to amend a criminal complaint to which the Cuero had pleaded guilty, acknowledging that permitting the amendment would

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  • Pavan v. Smith0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations Married same-sex couples conceived children through anonymous sperm donation. Their babies were born in Arkansas in 2015. Each couple completed paperwork listing both female spouses as parents. The Department of Health issued birth certificates bearing only the birth mother’s name, based on Ark. Code 20–18–401, which states “the mother is

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