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Daily Summary — 2026-05-13

Daily Summary — 2026-05-13. 2 case(s) published, 41 investigated but skipped, 37 opinion(s) surfaced across 14 court(s) searched.
2Published
41Skipped
37Opinions surfaced
14Courts searched
16Email mentions

Cases Published

Case Court Date Practice areas
Gibbs v. County of Humboldt — County Liable for Failing to Enroll Employee in CalPERS and Losing Personnel Records CA 1st DCA 2026-05-13 labor-employment-law, litigation, administrative-law
Yurok Tribe v. EPA — Ninth Circuit Orders EPA to Strengthen Regulation of Toxic Flame Retardant DecaBDE 9th Circuit 2026-05-13 environmental-law, administrative-law

Cases Investigated but Not Published

  • Washington v. Bessent (23-3693, 9th Circuit) — No California nexus (D. Oregon employment discrimination)
  • Stellar v. Mohave County Sheriff's Dept. (23-1967, 9th Circuit) — No California nexus (D. Arizona excessive force)
  • United States v. Pilisuk (24-6239, 9th Circuit) — No California nexus (W.D. Washington criminal)
  • United States v. Celnik (24-2545, 9th Circuit) — No California nexus (D. Arizona criminal)
  • Menchu v. Multnomah County Health Dept. (24-5902, 9th Circuit) — No California nexus (D. Oregon employment)
  • Campbell v. Nevada Dept. of Corrections (23-2705, 9th Circuit) — No California nexus (D. Nevada prisoner)
  • Adeyinka v. Urban Alchemy (26-1073, 9th Circuit) — No California nexus (D. Oregon housing)
  • Velasquez-Lopez v. Blanche (21-403, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished immigration memo; routine BIA review
  • Sanchez Cacho v. Blanche (25-2132, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished immigration memo; routine asylum denial
  • Fredrick v. Blanche (25-4037, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished immigration memo; CAT grant but no CA law
  • Bocanegra Garcia v. Blanche (25-3911, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished immigration memo; routine asylum denial
  • Ayra Castaneda v. Blanche (24-7794, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished immigration memo; routine motion to reopen denial
  • Singh v. Blanche (25-4944, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished immigration memo; routine motion to reopen denial
  • United States v. Perez (23-1265, 9th Circuit) — Boilerplate 2-paragraph affirmance citing Duarte (S.D. Cal.)
  • United States v. Maglio (25-6657, 9th Circuit) — Anders brief, no substantive analysis (E.D. Cal.)
  • United States v. Chavarria (25-4407, 9th Circuit) — Anders brief with appeal waiver (C.D. Cal.)
  • United States v. Rojo (23-598, 9th Circuit) — Boilerplate 2-paragraph affirmance citing Duarte (S.D. Cal.)
  • Quaid v. Granet (25-270, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished memo; applies well-settled CA litigation privilege (C.D. Cal.)
  • Auten v. Newsom (23-3704, 9th Circuit) — Routine Heck-barred prisoner suit, unpublished (C.D. Cal.)
  • P. v. Hsiung (A169697M, CA 1st DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup; underlying opinion already posted)
  • Tulare Medical Center Property etc. Valdivia (F089334M, CA 5th DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Marriage of Nishida & Kamoda (G064200M, CA 4th DCA/3) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Cleare et al. v. Super. Ct. (A173289N, CA 1st DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Aerni v. RR San Dimas, L.P. (B341484M, CA 2nd DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Dept. of Water Resources Cases (C103207M, CA 3rd DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • P. v. Tzul (B343256M, CA 2nd DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Chi v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles (A172237M, CA 1st DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Marriage of Jenkins (A169217M, CA 1st DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • The Merchant of Tennis, Inc. v. Superior Ct. (E085766N, CA 4th DCA/2) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Cleare et al. v. Super. Ct. (A173289M, CA 1st DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Meiner v. Superior Court (G065769M, CA 4th DCA/3) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • The Merchant of Tennis, Inc. v. Superior Court (E085766M, CA 4th DCA/2) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Domestic Partnership of Campos & Munoz (D085584M, CA 4th DCA/1) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Nichols v. Alghannam (C100433M, CA 3rd DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Bartholomew v. Parking Concepts, Inc. (A171546M, CA 1st DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Semaan v. Mosier (G064385M, CA 4th DCA/3) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Navellier v. Putnam (A172077M, CA 1st DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • P. v. Dixon (F087625M, CA 5th DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Microsoft Corp. v. Super. Ct. (B347381M, CA 2nd DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • P. v. Aguilar (D083172M, CA 4th DCA/1) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Marriage of Starr (A172153M, CA 1st DCA) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)

Courts Searched

Court Source Opinions found Kept after triage Notes
California Supreme Court courts.ca.gov 0 0 Part of 233-row published listing scan; no new Supreme Court opinions
1st District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 1 1 Gibbs v. County of Humboldt (published); plus 7 M-order skips
2nd District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 3 M-order skips (Aerni, Tzul, Microsoft)
3rd District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 2 M-order skips (Water Resources, Nichols)
4th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 6 M-order skips across Divisions 1-3
5th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 2 M-order skips (Tulare Medical, Dixon)
6th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0
Appellate Division, Superior Court courts.ca.gov 0 0
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals CourtListener API v4 36 1 1 published opinion kept (Yurok Tribe v. EPA); 19 unpublished memos skipped (7 non-CA, 6 immigration, 4 CA criminal/procedural, 2 CA civil routine)
U.S. District Court, Central District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0 Initial API request timed out; retry returned 0
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0 Initial API request timed out; retry returned 0
U.S. Supreme Court (CA-related) CourtListener API v4 0 0

Email Newsletter Ingest

Metric Count
Messages processed 45
Newsletter URLs (case-source) 410
Case mentions extracted from newsletter bodies 16

Subscribed sources: CourtListener Alerts, Justia Case Alerts, Justia Verdict, SCOTUSblog, Law360, JD Supra, Patently-O Daily Review, Thomson Reuters Daily Docket, LexBlog Network Digests, JURIST Daily Digest

Sources Consulted

  • courts.ca.gov (published + unpublished opinion listings)
  • CourtListener API v4 — court_id: ca9, cacd, caed, cand, casd, scotus
  • Newsletter inbox (IMAP, read-only)
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