Daily Summary — 2026-06-29
Daily Summary — 2026-06-29. 4 case(s) published, 25 investigated but skipped, 27 opinion(s) surfaced across 14 court(s) searched.
4Published
25Skipped
27Opinions surfaced
14Courts searched
23Email mentions
Cases Published
| Case | Court | Date | Practice areas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doe 1 v. McGrath Kavinoky LLP — Undisclosed Conflict Voids Law Firm Arbitration Agreement | 2nd Dist. CA | 2026-06-29 | litigation, civil-procedure |
| Garst v. Tehama County Flood Control District — Countywide Groundwater Registration Charge Is an Unconstitutional Tax | 3rd Dist. CA | 2026-06-29 | environmental-law, tax-non-estate, administrative-law |
| People v. Brown — Childhood Trauma Mitigator Requires Causal Link to Offense Before Lower-Term Presumption Applies | 4th Dist. CA, Div. 2 | 2026-06-29 | criminal-law |
| Cannon v. United States — Government Cannot Keep Cash Stolen by Its Own Agent After Recovering It in Restitution | 9th Circuit | 2026-06-29 | criminal-law, civil-procedure |
Cases Investigated but Not Published
- Antonio Doyle v. Terry Royal (20-99013, 9th Circuit) — Published order denying en banc rehearing in Nevada death-penalty habeas case — no California nexus
- Berlant v. United States Election Assistance Commission (25-64, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished memorandum — District of Oregon below, not California
- Xiang Cao v. Todd Blanche (20-71822, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — routine immigration BIA petition denial
- United States v. Smith (26-105, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — Western District of Washington below, not California
- United States v. Ryan (25-7060, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished memorandum — short, no novel legal issue identified
- Turner v. State of Oregon (25-5311, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — Oregon state defendant, not California
- Seydi Lopez Cardona v. Todd Blanche (21-70010, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — routine immigration BIA petition denial
- Rivas Garcia v. Blanche (21-1262, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — routine immigration BIA petition denial
- Perez Hernandez v. Blanche (25-4029, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — routine immigration BIA petition denial, <2K chars
- Pedro Ramirez-Gaspar v. Todd Blanche (20-73381, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — routine immigration BIA petition denial
- Pascual Cristobal v. Blanche (25-5051, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — routine immigration BIA petition denial, <2K chars
- Ligeri v. amazon.com Services, LLC (25-6933, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished memorandum — California (CD CA) but too short for substantive summary
- Ligeri v. Parker (25-6355, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished memorandum — California but too short for substantive summary
- Essenfeld v. Cao (25-5700, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished memorandum — too short for substantive summary
- Duran Morales v. Blanche (24-5018, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — routine immigration BIA petition denial
- Brown v. City and County of San Francisco (26-563, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished memorandum — California but too short for substantive summary
- Blanca Soto v. Todd Blanche (21-70295, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — routine immigration BIA petition denial
- Benson v. Linville (26-2321, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished memorandum — California (Orange County CHP) but too short for substantive summary
- Antoque v. Hawaii Community Correctional Center (25-468, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — Hawaii correctional facility, not California
- United States v. Bigbeaver (25-5656, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — District of Montana below, not California
- Rodriguez-Noguera v. Blanche (25-1201, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — routine immigration BIA petition denial
- United States v. Cheng (25-7258, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — District of Oregon below, not California
- United States v. McBraun (24-7309, 9th Circuit) — Unpublished — District of Hawaii below, not California
- Marriage of Capos (M-suffix modification order) (C104120M, 3rd Dist. CA) — M-suffix dedup: modification order for already-posted opinion
- (22 additional M-suffix modification orders) (B339641M + 21 others, Various CA appellate courts) — M-suffix dedup: modification orders for already-posted opinions — auto-skipped by collector
Courts Searched
| Court | Source | Opinions found | Kept after triage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Supreme Court | courts.ca.gov | 0 | 0 | Included in courts.ca.gov aggregated 226-row published scan; no new SC opinions in window |
| CA Court of Appeal, 1st District | courts.ca.gov | 0 | 0 | Included in courts.ca.gov aggregated scan; no new published opinions in window |
| CA Court of Appeal, 2nd District | courts.ca.gov | 1 | 1 | B343201 (Doe 1 v. McGrath Kavinoky LLP) — published, summarized |
| CA Court of Appeal, 3rd District | courts.ca.gov | 1 | 1 | C103356 (Garst v. Tehama County Flood Control) — published, summarized |
| CA Court of Appeal, 4th District | courts.ca.gov | 1 | 1 | E084894 (People v. Brown) — published, summarized |
| CA Court of Appeal, 5th District | courts.ca.gov | 0 | 0 | Included in courts.ca.gov aggregated scan; no new opinions in window |
| CA Court of Appeal, 6th District | courts.ca.gov | 0 | 0 | Included in courts.ca.gov aggregated scan; no new opinions in window |
| Appellate Division, Superior Court | courts.ca.gov | 0 | 0 | Included in courts.ca.gov aggregated scan; no new opinions in window |
| Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals | CourtListener API v4 — court_id: ca9 | 24 | 1 | 24 total rows; 1 published opinion summarized (Cannon v. US); 23 skipped (routine immigration denials, non-CA districts, unpublished short memoranda) |
| U.S. District Court, Central District of California | CourtListener API v4 — court_id: cacd | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California | CourtListener API v4 — court_id: caed | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. District Court, Northern District of California | CourtListener API v4 — court_id: cand | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. District Court, Southern District of California | CourtListener API v4 — court_id: casd | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Supreme Court (California-related filter) | CourtListener API v4 — court_id: scotus | 0 | 0 | No SCOTUS opinions with California nexus in window |
Email Newsletter Ingest
| Metric | Count |
|---|---|
| Messages processed | 96 |
| Newsletter URLs (case-source) | 22 |
| Case mentions extracted from newsletter bodies | 23 |
Subscribed sources: CourtListener case alerts, SCOTUSblog newsletter, Justia Onward blog digest, California AG press releases
Sources Consulted
- courts.ca.gov — published and unpublished opinions listing (window: 2026-06-28)
- CourtListener API v4 — court_id: ca9, cacd, caed, cand, casd, scotus
- Newsletter inbox (IMAP, read-only)