Cynthia Holcomb Hall
How Judge Hall rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Hall no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Hall
Cynthia Holcomb Hall was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, Judge Hall received a commission on October 4, 1984. Judge Hall previously served on the United States District Court for the Central District of California, commissioned there on November 18, 1981. Judge Hall assumed senior status on August 31, 1997 and served until death on February 26, 2011.
How Judge Hall decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Requires concrete evidence of arbitrariness or a defective legislative process before treating a public-employment classification change as a due-process violation.
“Plaintiff has produced no evidence that this process was defective, or that the legislation was arbitrary.”
Treats explicit credibility findings as essential to efficient and reviewable asylum adjudication.
“If immigration judges and the Board evaluate credibility in each case, remand will not be necessary”
Procedural preferences
Requires immigration appeal forms to give a meaningful statement of the claimed error, while also insisting that the dismissal system provide fair notice.
“Petition for review of the decision to dismiss GRANTED.”
Cautions
Enforces maritime-insurance disclosure duties without creating a good-faith exception not supplied by statute.
“we are not free to create a different rule.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“REVERSED IN PART, REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART.”
“The order of the BIA is AFFIRMED and the petition is DENIED.”
“the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.”
“The district court’s order is Affirmed.”
“The district court’s order denying preliminary injunctive relief is therefore REVERSED and the case is REMANDED”
A historical record
Judge Hall no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.