Oral Arguments, Briefs and Dispo Memos
Students Ryan Snyder and Michelle Cornell Davis, supervised by Scott Klausner and Paula M. Mitchell, represented Leonard Lawson in a successful appeal in a Bivens suit filed against federal agents for alleged unreasonable conduct during execution of a search warrant.
Ryan Snyder and Michelle Cornell Davis pictured in front of the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, supervised by Scott Klausner.
Link to Lawson’s Briefs: Lawson Opening Brief; Lawson Reply Brief
Recording of oral argument: Ninth Circuit Video - Leonard A. Lawson, Jr. v. Jeffery Gregg
Disposition Memo: Leonard A. Lawson, Jr. v. Jeffery Gregg
Paula M. Mitchell, Suzie Vardanyan, Mary-Christine Sungaila, Weston Rowland, Dan Seabolt, and Marco A. Pulido. Prof. Sungaila is a partner at Haynes Boone and Marco is an associate at Haynes Boone.
Students Suzie Vardanyan, Weston Rowland and Dan Seabolt, supervised by Prof. Paula M. Mitchell, Mary-Christine Sungaila of Haynes Boone, and Marco A. Pulido of Haynes Boone, represented Jose Fierro in an appeal in a successful civil rights suit filed against corrections officer defendants for failing to protect him from a security threat group, while in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections.
Link to Fierro’s Brief: Brief Jose Fierro v. Keith Smith, et al
Recording of oral argument: Ninth Circuit Video - Jose Fierro v. Keith Smith, et al.
Disposition Memo: Jose Fierro v. Keith Smith, et al.
Paula M. Mitchell, Bulmaro Huante, Jennifer Cooper and Kasey Curtis, of Reed Smith LLP.
Students Bulmaro Huante and Jennifer Cooper, supervised by Prof. Paula M. Mitchell and Kasey Curtis, of Reed Smith LLP, represented Shiraz Lakhani in an appeal from a Tax Court decision concerning an issue of first impression: whether the money a professional gambler pays to the party taking the bet (the “takeout”) can be deducted as an ordinary business expense.
Link to Lakhani’s Briefs: Lakhani Opening Brief
Recording of oral argument: Ninth Circuit Video - Shiraz Lakhani v. CIR
Martin Estrada (Partner at Munger Tolles & Olson), Dean Michael Waterstone, Ariel Beverly, Norvik Azarian, and Paula M. Mitchell.
Students Ariel Beverly and Norvik Azarian, supervised by Prof. Paula M. Mitchell and Martin Estrada of Munger Tolles & Olson, represented Shelly Ioane in an appeal in a civil rights suit alleging that Ms. Ioane’s right to bodily privacy was violated when a federal agent who was executing a search warrant in her home ordered Ms. Ioane to disrobe and then refused to leave the bathroom and continued to observe her use the bathroom.
Link to Ioane’s Brief: Ioane Brief
Audio recording of oral argument: Ninth Circuit Video - Shelly Ioane v. Jean Noll