August 9, 2021

This report is provided for case identification and background information only and does not reflect the views of the court. When a case is heard or reheard en banc, the en banc court assumes jurisdiction over the entire case, see 28 U.S.C. § 46(c), regardless of the issue or issues that may have caused any member of the Court to vote to hear the case en banc. Summerlin v. Stewart, 309 F.3d 1193 (9th Cir. 2002).  In those cases where the parties have filed petitions for rehearing en banc and responses, you can access the pdfs by clicking the case title.

 

Olean Wholesale Grocery Co-op v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC, No. 19-56514

Three-Judge Panel Opinion:  993 F.3d 774 (9th Cir. 2021)

Order Taking Case En Banc:  2021 WL 3355496 (9th Cir. Aug. 3, 2021) 

Date of Order Taking Case En Banc:  August 3, 2021

Status:   Not yet calendared

Members of En Banc Court:  Not yet available

Subject Matter:  Appeal from the district court’s order certifying three classes in a multi-district antitrust case alleging a price-fixing conspiracy by producers of packaged tuna.

Holding: Not yet decided

 

Tomczyk v. Garland, No. 16-72926

Three-Judge Panel Opinion:  987 F.3d 815 (9th Cir. 2021)

Order Taking Case En Banc:  2 F.4th 793 997 (9th Cir. 2021) 

Date of Order Taking Case En Banc:  July 6, 2021

Status:   To be calendared week of September 20, 2021

Members of En Banc Court:  Not yet available

Subject Matter:  Petition for review of an order of the Department of Homeland Security reinstating Gary Tomczyk's prior order of removal.

Holding: Not yet decided

 

Alam v. Garland, No. 19-72744

Three-Judge Panel Opinion:  837 F. App'x 424 (9th Cir. 2020)

Order Taking Case En Banc:  997 F.3d 1260 (9th Cir. 2021) 

Date of Order Taking Case En Banc:  June 3, 2021

Status:   To be submitted on briefs

Members of En Banc Court:  Not yet available

Subject Matter:  Petition for review brought by a Bangladeshi citizen from a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeald denying, on adverse credibiity grounds, applications for asylum and withholding of removal. 

Holding: Not yet decided

 

D.D. v. Los Angeles Unified School District, No. 19-55810 

Three-Judge Panel Opinion:  984 F.3d 773 (9th Cir. 2020)

Order Taking Case En Banc:  995 F.3d 670 (9th Cir. 2021) 

Date of Order Taking Case En Banc:  May 6, 2021

Status:   Argued and submitted June 24, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time

Members of En Banc Court:  THOMAS, Chief Judge, and GOULD, PAEZ, BERZON, RAWLINSON, NGUYEN, HURWITZ, COLLINS, LEE, FORREST, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges

Subject Matter:  Appeal from the district court’s dismissal of an action brought by a student under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

Holding: Not yet decided

 

City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo & Company, No. 19-15169

Three-Judge Panel Opinion:  972 F.3d 1112 (9th Cir. 2020)

Order Taking Case En Banc:  993 F.3d 1077 (9th Cir. 2021) 

Date of Order Taking Case En Banc:  April 20, 2021

Status:   Argued and submitted June 23, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time

Members of En Banc Court:  THOMAS, Chief Judge, and McKEOWN, WARDLAW, PAEZ, CALLAHAN, IKUTA, NGUYEN, HURWITZ, R. NELSON, BADE, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges

Subject Matter:  Appeal from the district court’s partial grant and partial denial of a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim in an action brought under the Fair Housing Act by the City of Oakland, alleging that Wells Fargo & Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., engaged in discriminatory lending practices by issuing predatory loans to Black and Latino residents.

Holding: Not yet decided

 

Duncan v. Bonta, No. 19-55376 

Three-Judge Panel Opinion:  970 F.3d 1133 (9th Cir. 2020)

Order Taking Case En Banc:  988 F.3d 1209 (9th Cir. 2021) 

Date of Order Taking Case En Banc:  February 25, 2021

Status:   Argued and submitted June 22, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time

Members of En Banc Court:  THOMAS, Chief Judge, and GRABER, PAEZ, BERZON, IKUTA, MURGUIA, WATFORD, HURWITZ, R. NELSON, BUMATAY, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges
 
Subject Matter:  Appeal from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs in an action challenging California Government Code § 31310, which bans possession of large-capacity magazines ("LCMs") that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition.

Holding: Not yet decided

 

Rojas v. FAA, No. 17-55036 

Three-Judge Panel Opinion:  927 F.3d 1046 (9th Cir. 2019)

Order Taking Case En Banc:  948 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 2020) 

Date of Order Taking Case En Banc:  January 30, 2020  

En Banc Opinion:  989 F.3d 666 (9th Cir. 2021)

Date of En Banc Opinion:  March 2, 2021

Members of En Banc Court:  Chief Judge Thomas, Judges Graber, Wardlaw, Rawlinson, Callahan, M. Smith, Ikuta, Watford, Hurwitz, Collins, and Bumatay 

Subject Matter:   Appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the Federal Aviation Administration in a case concerning a Freedom of Information Act request.

Holding: The en banc court affirmed in part and vacated in part the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") in a plaintiff’s Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") action seeking FAA agency records.

 

Lorenzo-Lopez v. Garland, No. 15-72406 

Three-Judge Panel Opinion:  925 F.3d 396 (9th Cir. 2019)

Order Taking Case En Banc:  948 F.3d 989 (9th Cir. 2020)

Date of Order Taking Case En Banc:  January 23, 2020 

En Banc Opinion:  2021 WL 2325134 (9th Cir. June 8, 2021)

Date of En Banc Opinion:  June 8, 2021

Members of En Banc Court:  THOMAS, Chief Judge, and BERZON, RAWLINSON, CHRISTEN, WATFORD, BENNETT, MILLER, BADE, COLLINS, FORREST, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges

Subject Matter:   Petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissal of petitioner's appeal from an Immigration Judge's denial of cancellation of removal for failure to meet the residence requirement.

Holding:  The en banc court stayed en banc proceedings and submission of this case pending the issuance of an opinion by the United States Supreme Court in Niz-Chavez v. Barr, No. 19-863.  Following the Supreme Court's issuanece of its opinon, Niz-Chavez v. Garland, 141 S. Ct. 1474 (2021), the en banc court granted the petition for review and remanded the case to the Board of Immigration Appeals fro reconsideration in light of Niz-Chavez.

  

Young v. State of Hawaii, No. 12-17808

Three-Judge Panel Opinion: 896 F.3d 1044 (9th Cir. 2018)

Order Taking Case En Banc:  915 F.3d 681 (9th Cir. 2019)

Date of Order Taking Case En Banc:  February 8, 2019 

En Banc Opinion:  2021 WL 1114180 (9th Cir. March 24, 2021)

Date of En Banc Opinion:  March 24, 2021

Members of En Banc Court:   Chief Judge Thomas, Judges O’Scannlain, McKeown, Wardlaw, W. Fletcher, Clifton, Bybee, Callahan, Ikuta, Friedland, and R. Nelson 
 
 Subject Matter:   Appeal from the district court's dismissal of plaintiff’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that the County of Hawaii's denial of his application for a handgun license violated his Second Amendment right to carry a loaded firearm in public for self-defense.

Holding: The en banc court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of an action challenging Hawai‘i’s firearm licensing law, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes § 134-9(a), which requires that residents seeking a license to openly carry a firearm in public must demonstrate “the urgency or the need” to carry a firearm, must be of good moral character, and must be “engaged in the protection of life and property