Michelle Taryn Friedland

“For the reasons discussed above, we REVERSE the district court's grant of summary judgment on Plaintiff's Section 1983 and gross negligence claims and REMAND for further proceedings.”

“For the foregoing reasons, the bankruptcy court abused its discretion by applying the doctrine of unclean hands to bar Northbay's request for a judgment of nondischargeability. REVERSED and REMANDED.”

“For the foregoing reasons, we reverse the district court's denial of Mark's motion to reconsider and remand with directions to dismiss the indictment. REVERSED and REMANDED.”

“We hold that the crimes for which Ye was convicted are not specific intent crimes, so her challenges to the jury instructions fail. ... We therefore affirm.”

“For the foregoing reasons, we GRANT the petition for review and REMAND with instructions to reinstate the IJ's 2006 order granting adjustment of status.”

“We agree with the district court that Bos v. Board of Trustees (Bos I), 795 F.3d 1006 (9th Cir. 2015) ... which held that parties to an ERISA plan cannot designate unpaid contributions as plan assets, forecloses the Trusts' claim. We therefore affirm.”

“Although we agree with Bozic that it was clear error to transfer her action to the Eastern District, issuance of the writ would have no practical impact on this case in its current procedural posture, and any injury Bozic might face is purely speculative. We therefore hold that the extraordinary remedy of mandamus is unwarranted at this time.”

“But that inference is not enough to carry the Government's burden here to prove the thirteen years of continuous presence in the United States necessary to support the enhancements applied to Petitioner Miguel Valle's sentence. We therefore vacate and remand to the district court for resentencing.”

“We disagree and affirm Mayea's conviction.”

“Because the district court held the opposite, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.”

“Following a bench trial, the district court held that the Yakama Reservation includes a 121,465.69-acre tract ('Tract D') that partially overlaps with Klickitat County. We affirm.”

“The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court's decision remanding plaintiff's case to the Social Security Administration ... The panel held that the GPO applied to plaintiff's spousal benefits, but that a remand to the agency was needed to determine whether SSA was entitled to recoupment for overpayment of benefits paid without the offset.”