Proponents have long argued that the circuit covers too much territory and too many people and its docket is unmanageable; ...

The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday let stand a nearly $200,000 contempt ... Donato rejected the motion to disqualify Orrick in June 2017. U.S. Circuit Judges Paul Watford, Johnnie Rawlinson and Michelle ...

President Donald Trump appointed 10 judges to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in his first term. It oversees western states, including liberal California.

Defense lawyers contend that the 9th Circuit must either reverse the convictions ... bribery or honest services fraud,” attorney Paul Watford stated. “The government’s prosecution of Dr ...

A panel of 11 judges in the 9th Circuit issued a unanimous ruling Friday dismissing James Huntsman's lawsuit seeking the ...

Their Ninth Circuit petition highlights research Sisley has conducted ... of the constraints from having this be a Schedule I drug.” U.S. Circuit Judge Paul Watford, a Barack Obama appointee, ...