The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied yesterday two petitions for rehearing of a motion for sentence reduction requested by former businessman Bert Douglas Montgomery, who was handed a 20-year prison sentence in 2003 for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the...

SAN FRANCISCO—The 2019 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest, an essay and video competition for high school students sponsored by federal courts of the western United States, has been extended. The new deadline for entries is 11:59pm Pacific Time on Monday, April 8, 2019. For more...

SAN FRANCISCO—Just a few weeks remain for young people in the western United States and Pacific islands to enter the 2019 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest, an essay and video competition offering substantial cash prizes and an opportunity to meet eminent jurists and legal...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the federal court’s order that dismissed the lawsuit of the now-defunct Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and its officials over the denial of its petitions for CW-1...