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Daily Summary — 2026-05-12

Daily Summary — 2026-05-12. 3 case(s) published, 36 investigated but skipped, 34 opinion(s) surfaced across 14 court(s) searched.
3Published
36Skipped
34Opinions surfaced
14Courts searched
3Email mentions

Cases Published

Case Court Date Practice areas
Dawadi v. Adhikari — Check Annotations Do Not Revive a Time-Barred Debt CA4/1 2026-05-12 litigation, collections-creditor-rights, civil-procedure
United States v. Sanchez — Ninth Circuit Adopts ‘Heavy Presumption of Prejudice’ Standard When Racially Biased Juror Is Removed Mid-Deliberation 9th Cir. 2026-05-12 criminal-law, constitutional-law, litigation
Porio v. Barbari — Ninth Circuit Revives Monell Claim Against Orange County Over Stroke Misidentified as DUI 9th Cir. 2026-05-12 litigation, civil-procedure, healthcare-law

Cases Investigated but Not Published

  • Wong v. Charles Schwab & Co. (24-5037, 9th Cir.) — Procedural pro se Rule 60(b)(4) motion denial, minimal substance
  • Wenger v. Warren (24-7194, 9th Cir.) — Procedural pro se Rooker-Feldman dismissal
  • Van Huisen v. Covello (25-1024, 9th Cir.) — Very short (1757 chars), prison case
  • Tarbutton v. USA (24-4657, 9th Cir.) — Procedural pro se, Heck-barred
  • Lopez v. Ramsey (24-6946, 9th Cir.) — Pro se suit against judges/attorneys, procedural
  • Kamoku v. Bisignano (24-662, 9th Cir.) — Social Security case from Hawaii, not California
  • Delacruz v. Tanimura & Antle (24-7293, 9th Cir.) — Pro se employment dismissal, procedural
  • Crowe v. Averill (25-1400, 9th Cir.) — Military case from Hawaii, not California
  • Bazzill v. County of Yavapai (25-1098, 9th Cir.) — Arizona case, not California
  • Bailey v. Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (24-2798, 9th Cir.) — Oregon case, not California
  • Zito v. Summit Staffing, Inc. (25-5328, 9th Cir.) — Illinois case, not California
  • Zito v. Sullivan (25-1406, 9th Cir.) — Nevada case, not California
  • Zito v. State of Nevada (25-1837, 9th Cir.) — Nevada case, not California
  • United States v. Merritte (25-7003, 9th Cir.) — Nevada case, not California
  • P. v. Hsiung (A169697M, CA1/5) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Tulare Medical Center Property etc. Valdivia (F089334M, CA5) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Marriage of Nishida & Kamoda (G064200M, CA4/3) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Cleare et al. v. Super. Ct. (A173289N, CA1/2) — Modification order (N-suffix dedup)
  • Aerni v. RR San Dimas, L.P. (B341484M, CA2) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Dept. of Water Resources Cases (C103207M, CA3) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • P. v. Tzul (B343256M, CA2/7) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Chi v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles (A172237M, CA1/5) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Marriage of Jenkins (A169217M, CA1/4) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • The Merchant of Tennis, Inc. v. Superior Ct. (E085766N, CA4/2) — Modification order (N-suffix dedup)
  • Cleare et al. v. Super. Ct. (A173289M, CA1/2) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Meiner v. Superior Court (G065769M, CA4/3) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • The Merchant of Tennis, Inc. v. Superior Court (E085766M, CA4/2) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Domestic Partnership of Campos & Munoz (D085584M, CA4/1) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Nichols v. Alghannam (C100433M, CA3) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Bartholomew v. Parking Concepts, Inc. (A171546M, CA1/5) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Semaan v. Mosier (G064385M, CA4/3) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Navellier v. Putnam (A172077M, CA1/5) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • P. v. Dixon (F087625M, CA5) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Microsoft Corp. v. Super. Ct. (B347381M, CA2/4) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • P. v. Aguilar (D083172M, CA4/1) — Modification order (M-suffix dedup)
  • Marriage of Starr (A172153M, CA1/4) — 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 232-row statewide published listing; no new Supreme Court opinions in window
1st District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 Part of 232-row statewide listing; 6 M-orders deduped
2nd District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 Part of 232-row statewide listing; 3 M-orders deduped
3rd District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 Part of 232-row statewide listing; 2 M-orders deduped
4th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 1 1 Dawadi v. Adhikari (D086131) certified for publication 5/12; 6 M-orders deduped
5th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 Part of 232-row statewide listing; 2 M-orders deduped
6th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 Part of 232-row statewide listing; no new opinions
Appellate Division (Superior Court) courts.ca.gov 0 0 Part of 232-row statewide listing; no new opinions
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals CourtListener API v4 33 2 16 new to queue; 2 posted (1 published, 1 unpub memo); 14 skipped (non-CA or procedural)
U.S. District Court, Central District of California CourtListener API v4 0 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
U.S. Supreme Court (CA filter) CourtListener API v4 0 0 No California-related opinions

Email Newsletter Ingest

Metric Count
Messages processed 38
Newsletter URLs (case-source) 395
Case mentions extracted from newsletter bodies 3

Subscribed sources: CourtListener Alerts, Justia Case Alerts, SCOTUSblog, Law360, Patently-O, JURIST, JD Supra, Thomson Reuters Daily Docket, Reuters Legal, LexBlog, Free Law Project

Sources Consulted

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