Sandra Segal Ikuta

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit circuit Retired 2025 · served 2006–2025 Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican) 28 signed orders read

Judge Ikuta 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.

United States v. Baldrich
05-50394 · 2006-12-27
Appeal (appellant (defendant Mario Baldrich)) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

Veltmann-Barragan v. Holder
11-56370 · 2013-06-19
Appeal (appellant (petitioner Irma Veltmann-Barragan)) Moot / procedural

“Because Veltmann is not in custody for purposes of § 2241, the district court lacked jurisdiction to consider her habeas petition. We therefore vacate its order denying Veltmann’s petition and dismiss this case. VACATED AND DISMISSED.”

DM Residential Fund II, LLC v. First Tennessee Bank National Ass'n
14-15208 · 2015-12-30
Appeal (appellant (DM Residential Fund II, LLC)) Denied

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

United States v. Acevedo-De La Cruz
15-10418 · 2017-01-05
Appeal (appellant (defendant Genaro Acevedo-De La Cruz)) Denied

“we affirm.”

Whidbee v. Pierce County
14-36094 · 2017-05-26
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Clifton Whidbee)) Denied

“We affirm. The period of time during which Whidbee could commence these claims expired under a state statute of limitations before defendants removed the action to federal court, and the federal rules allowing additional time to effect service of process ... do not extend or revive a state statute of limitations.”

Wang v. Sessions
14-72469 · 2017-07-03
Petition for review (petitioner (Yali Wang)) Denied

“Because the IJ’s adverse credibility determination was supported by substantial evidence, and because the IJ had no obligation to give Wang an opportunity to provide additional evidence, we deny the petition.”

United States v. Aldana
16-50372 · 2017-12-29
Appeal (appellants (defendants Rafael Aldana and Julio Cesar Suarez)) Denied

“We conclude that a place “designated by immigration officers” for purposes of § 1325(a)(1) refers to a specific immigration facility, not an entire geographic area, and therefore affirm the district court.”

Kristensen v. Credit Payment Services Inc.
16-15823 · 2018-01-10
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Flemming Kristensen)) Denied

“We therefore affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment.”

United States v. Rivero
17-10114 · 2018-05-02
Appeal (appellant (defendant Gabriel Rivero)) Denied

“We conclude that the district court did not err in overruling those objections, because § 554 does not require the government to prove that the defendant knew the nature of the “merchandise, article, or object” that the defendant was exporting contrary to law.”

In re Lee (Lee v. Field)
15-17451 · 2018-05-07
Appeal (appellant (debtor Adam Lee)) Denied

“We hold that the trustee’s adversary complaint contesting the basis for Lee’s exemptions qualified as an objection to those exemptions under Rule 4003. We therefore affirm.”

Newirth v. Aegis Senior Communities, LLC
17-17227 · 2019-07-24
Appeal (appellant (defendant Aegis Senior Communities, LLC)) Denied

“Because Aegis knew of its right to compel arbitration, but made an intentional decision not to compel arbitration in order to take advantage of the judicial forum, and because the plaintiffs incurred costs as a direct result, the district court did not err in concluding that Aegis waived its right to arbitrate. Therefore, we affirm.”

United States v. Phattey
18-35998 · 2019-12-05
Appeal (appellant (defendant Phoday Phattey)) Denied

“Affirming the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the government, the panel held that the five-year statute of limitations set out by 28 U.S.C. § 2462 ... does not apply to denaturalization proceedings.”

A historical record

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