Justice Elena KaganJustice Elena Kagan is the circuit justice for the Ninth Circuit. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: District of Alaska.
Counsel in all cases should be prepared to begin argument immediately after court is convened in the event that the panel rearranges the order of cases. Time for Oral Argument - Cases scheduled for oral argument will be assigned 10, 15, 20, or occasionally 30 minutes per side.
This court provides appellate review of cases tried in the United States District Courts within the geographic area of its jurisdiction, which includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is now streaming oral arguments live on the public internet. Links to the live streaming audio (and video for en banc and high-profile arguments) are available on the main page of the Court's public website at: www.ca9.uscourts.gov.
90 days1 Every California judge is familiar with the requirement to issue timely decisions under a constitu- tional provision (Article VI, Section 19) that sets a deadline for judicial decisions: 90 days after the matter is submitted for decision.
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rate of about 40 percent in defendants' appeals of trials. Plaintiffs achieve reversal in about 4 percent of all filed cases ending in trial judgments and suffer affirmance in about 16 percent of such cases. This yields a reversal rate of about 18 percent in plaintiffs' appeals of trials.
The most obvious way in which individual judges are accountable is through the right of the party to the proceedings to appeal any judicial decision, in some cases through several higher courts. In this way the losing party is able to have the decision reviewed by another independent judge or judges.
The most important thing to remember is that the opinion written by the court - the part which actually constitutes the law- does not begin until the section marked "Opinion." Generally, the sections appearing before the "Opinion" are added by the publisher to aid in understanding the decision.
All oral arguments are open to the public, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-seated basis. Before a session begins, visitors who would like to attend oral argument may form a single line on the plaza in front of the building.
Court dockets and some case files are available on the Internet through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records system (PACER), at www.pacer.gov. In addition, nearly every federal court maintains a website with information about court rules and procedures.
An oral argument is an oral presentation attorneys make to the court. It is an opportunity for attorneys to emphasize certain legal points and for the appellate court to ask questions.
An oral argument is an oral presentation attorneys make to the court. It is an opportunity for attorneys to emphasize certain legal points and for the appellate court to ask questions.
The Court holds oral argument in about 70-80 cases each year. The arguments are an opportunity for the Justices to ask questions directly of the attorneys representing the parties to the case, and for the attorneys to highlight arguments that they view as particularly important.
An oral hearing means that you and your representative (if you have one) can attend, or your representative can attend the hearing without you. On the day of the hearing there is likely to be more than one case being heard and each is heard in turn.
fourAccording to these rules, four of the nine Justices must vote to accept a case. Five of the nine Justices must vote in order to grant a stay, e.g., a stay of execution in a death penalty case. Under certain instances, one Justice may grant a stay pending review by the entire Court.