Ronald Murray Gould

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit circuit Appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic) 26 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

United States v. Plouffe
05-30111 · 2006-01-18
Appeal (appellant (defendant Christopher Ray Plouffe)) Denied

“We conclude that Plouffe's 71-month sentence is reasonable, and we will not disturb the discretion of the sentencing court. ... AFFIRMED.”

Powers v. Wells Fargo Bank NA
04-56084 · 2006-03-03
Appeal (appellants (plaintiffs Alfred Powers et al.)) Denied

“Basing our decision on the unambiguous text of the statute, we hold that Section 1964(c) bars RICO actions alleging securities fraud, even when such actions are not class actions.”

Paulson v. City of San Diego
06-55769 · 2007-01-11
Appeal (appellant (City of San Diego)) Moot / procedural

“Accordingly, the May 3, 2006 order is no longer enforceable, and the appeal is DISMISSED as moot. ... we REMAND under 28 U.S.C. 2106 to the district court with instructions to VACATE the May 3, 2006 order to enforce the 1991 injunction.”

Le v. Astrue
06-56804 · 2008-06-24
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Minh Q. Le)) Denied

“Le timely appealed the denial of EAJA fees, and we now affirm.”

Affiliated FM Insurance Co. v. LTK Consulting Services, Inc.
07-35696 · 2010-12-07
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Affiliated FM Insurance Co.)) Granted

“We reverse the district court and remand for further proceedings consistent with the decision of the Washington State Supreme Court. REVERSED AND REMANDED.”

Bojnoordi v. Holder
10-73588 · 2014-07-07
Petition for review (petitioner (Gholamreza Bojnoordi)) Denied

“We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. 1252(a), and we deny the petition for review for the reasons stated below.”

Abbott v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
12-35801 · 2014-10-27
Appeal (appellant (petitioner Shane Aaron Abbott)) Granted in part

“The panel dismissed renewed claims, and, as to new contentions raised after the district court's decision on limited remand, reversed the district court and remanded a case in which Shane Abbott filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to compel the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to allow him into the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP).”

United States v. Augare
14-30131 · 2015-09-09
Appeal (appellant (defendant Delyle Shanny Augare)) Denied

“For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it applied the 'sophisticated means' enhancement to Augare's offense conduct.”

Talaie v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
13-56314 · 2015-12-14
Appeal (appellants (plaintiffs Mohammad Ali Talaie and Rosa W. Talaie)) Denied

“For the reasons that follow, we hold that 15 U.S.C. 1641(g) does not apply retroactively.”

Laborin v. Berryhill
15-15776 · 2017-08-16
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Bernard Laborin)) Granted

“Because the ALJ also did not give clear and convincing reasons for rejecting Laborin's symptom testimony, and for the reasons provided in the concurrently filed memorandum disposition, we reverse and remand.”

Davies v. Benov
15-17256 · 2017-05-17
Appeal (appellant (petitioner Matthew Rowan Davies)) Denied

“Because Davies voluntarily waived his right to bring this challenge through the collateral-attack waiver provision of his plea agreement, we affirm the denial of his habeas corpus petition.”

United States v. Ochoa-Oregel
16-50413 · 2018-08-02
Appeal (appellant (defendant Francisco Ochoa-Oregel)) Granted

“For the reasons stated below, we hold that both the 2008 and 2011 removal orders were fundamentally unfair, and that neither can serve as a predicate removal for purposes of 1326.”

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