Lucy Haeran Koh
How Judge Koh rules, drawn from 27 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Koh
Lucy Haeran Koh is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, Judge Koh received a commission on December 14, 2021. Judge Koh previously served on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, commissioned there on June 9, 2010.
Judge Koh's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Koh's own (checked October 11, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026).
How Judge Koh decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Boylan, Koh agreed that the jury-instruction error was harmless on the evidence but would have stopped there without relying on the trial judge’s framing or the prosecutor’s closing argument.
“We all agree that the alleged error of including ‘misconduct’ in the jury instructions was harmless because the evidence in this case is overwhelming. See Collazo, 984 F.3d at 1336. That suffices, and we need not say more.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to give a specific unanimity instruction to the jury. AFFIRMED.”
“The judgment of the district court is reversed, and we remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. REVERSED.”
“We grant the petition for review and remand to the BIA for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“the panel affirmed the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction in favor of plaintiffs on their Eighth Amendment claim as to the City's new arguments regarding the geographic and time limitations of some of the enjoined ordinances”
“the panel reversed the district court's judgment in favor of Sutter Health, the operator of a healthcare system, on Plaintiffs' claims alleging that Sutter has abused its market power in the region to charge supracompetitive rates”
“For the reasons set forth above, we agree with our fellow circuits and hold that, for purposes of civil penalties, willful violations of the FBAR statute include both knowing and reckless violations. AFFIRMED.”
“We conclude that 7 U.S.C. § 2156 and its 2018 Amendment apply to the CNMI. Accordingly, we affirm.”
“For the reasons set forth below, we deny the petition.”
“We conclude the Government has shown neither a likelihood of success on the merits nor irreparable injury absent a stay and accordingly deny the Government's motion.”
“Because the district court ordered incorrect restitution amounts and erred in denying Petitioners’ motions to reopen, we grant the petitions for a writ of mandamus and remand these matters to the district court for further consideration in accordance with this opinion.”
“For the reasons set forth below, we agree in part and remand to EPA for further proceedings.”
“We hold that they are afforded substantive due process protections, and therefore, we reverse.”
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