Daniel P. Collins

“We review de novo the district court's dismissal of the complaint for failure to state a claim ... and finding no error, we affirm. ... AFFIRMED.”

“The district court dismissed Plaintiffs' federal causes of action for failure to state a claim, and it declined to retain jurisdiction over the remaining state-law claims. We affirm.”

“We affirm the judgment of the BAP insofar as it holds that California's deduction of unpaid HQAF assessments from the supplemental payments made to Gardens Regional was permissible under the doctrine of equitable recoupment, but we reverse its judgment as to the fee-for-service payments. ... AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.”

“Consequently, the petitioner in this case-who was convicted of a violation of Section 245(a)(1) in 2006-was properly ordered removed, and we deny his petition for review.”

“Although for somewhat different reasons, we agree with the district court that subject matter jurisdiction is lacking under the FSIA, and we therefore affirm its judgment dismissing this action.”

“He was therefore properly ordered to be removed from the United States under that section, and we deny his petition for review.”

“The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's wrongful termination action as barred by the Federal Tort Claims Act's discretionary function exception, and remanded the case for further proceedings.”

“The district court therefore erred in denying Brown's motion to suppress. ... REVERSED and REMANDED.”

“We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sections 1291 and 2253(a), and we affirm.”

“Plaintiffs ... appeal from the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit ... affirming the bankruptcy court's dismissal with prejudice of their adversary complaint concerning certain tax liens asserted by the Internal Revenue Service. We affirm.”

“Because the 2013 judgment did not address Optional's and DAS's competing rights to the funds DAS had received from the Credit Suisse account in 2011, and did not award those funds to Optional, DAS did not violate the judgment by failing to turn over those funds to Optional. The district court properly concluded that DAS could not be held in contempt on this basis.”

“We conclude that Wise remains good law after Irizarry, and we therefore vacate the sentence in part, affirm it in part, and remand.”