Harry Pregerson

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit circuit Retired 2017 · served 1979–2017 Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic) 26 signed orders read

Judge Pregerson no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Elodia Figueroa-Rincon v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
· 1985-10-22
Petition for review (petitioner (Elodia Figueroa-Rincon, seeking review of BIA denial of suspension of deportation)) Granted

“Because the BIA did not properly comply with our mandate, we again vacate the order of deportation and remand the matter for further proceedings.”

Plasterers Local Union No. 346 v. Wyland Enterprises Inc. Dick Peck, D/B/A Coast Plastering, AKA Coast Plastering, Inc.
· 1987-06-04
Appeal (appellant (defendant Wyland Enterprises, Inc., appealing denial of its disqualification motion)) Moot / procedural

“APPEAL DISMISSED.”

Coats v. Woods
· 1987-06-05
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Charlotte Coats, appealing dismissal of her § 1983 actions)) Denied

“We hold that the district court’s decision to abstain was not an abuse of discretion.”

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Roger Ammann
· 1987-09-14
Appeal (appellants (plaintiffs State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and Farmers Insurance Exchange)) Granted

“Because the district court applied a three-year period, and because it is possible that the district court would have decided differently if it applied a four-year period, we reverse and remand for a disposition of the motion for summary judgment in accordance with Malley-Duff and Compton, 732 F.2d at 1433”

United States v. Charmaine White
· 1988-12-28
Appeal (appellant (defendant Charmaine White, appealing her embezzlement conviction)) Granted

“We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse and remand.”

Richard N. Curtis v. Kenneth O. Eikenberry
· 1989-06-13
Appeal (appellant (habeas petitioner Richard N. Curtis)) Denied

“The District Court rejected petitioner’s contentions. We affirm.”

Howard Shaw v. State of Oregon Public Employees' Retirement Board
· 1989-10-11
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Howard Shaw, appealing summary judgment for the State)) Denied

“We hold that even if, as Shaw asserts, the retirement differential was originally based on a difference in mandatory retirement age which no longer exists, the statutory scheme continues to further legitimate state interests.”

Jose Antonio Barraza Rivera v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
· 1990-09-12
Petition for review (petitioner (Jose Antonio Barraza Rivera, alien petitioning for review of BIA denial)) Granted in part

“REVERSED and REMANDED.”

Committee to Save Mokelumne River, a California Non-Profit Corporation v. East Bay Municipal Utility District, a California Municipal Utility District
· 1993-12-29
Appeal (appellants (defendants below — East Bay Municipal Utility District and members of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board — appealing partial summary judgment against them)) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

Noel LOPEZ-REYES, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
· 1996-03-20
Petition for review (petitioner (Noel Lopez-Reyes, alien petitioning for review of BIA denial)) Granted

“PETITION GRANTED.”

Teofola Sofia MEZA-MANAY, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
· 1998-03-24
Petition for review (petitioner (Teofola Sofia Meza-Manay, alien petitioning for review of BIA asylum denial)) Granted

“PETITION GRANTED, REVERSED AND REMANDED.”

Juan ANTONIO-CRUZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
· 1998-07-02
Petition for review (petitioner (Juan Antonio-Cruz, alien petitioning for review of BIA denial)) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

A historical record

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