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Daily Summary — 2026-05-26

Daily Summary — 2026-05-26. 9 case(s) published, 44 investigated but skipped, 32 opinion(s) surfaced across 14 court(s) searched.
9Published
44Skipped
32Opinions surfaced
14Courts searched
9Email mentions

Cases Published

Case Court Date Practice areas
Watson v. Prof. Business Management Corp. — Nonsignatory Cannot Compel Arbitration Based Solely on Boilerplate Agency Allegations 2nd DCA 2026-05-26 civil-procedure, litigation
P. v. Molina — Lifetime Sex Offender Registration for Older Offenders Does Not Violate Equal Protection 6th DCA 2026-05-26 criminal-law, constitutional-law
In re N.S. — Juvenile Court Cannot Commit Minor to Secure Facility When Most Recent Offense Is Not a Qualifying Crime 2nd DCA 2026-05-26 criminal-law, litigation, civil-procedure
People v. Cardenas — Defendants Have the Right to Argue Aggravating Sentencing Factors to a Jury 2nd DCA 2026-05-26 criminal-law, litigation, constitutional-law
Thakur v. Trump — Ninth Circuit Rules Terminating Research Grants Over DEI Viewpoints Likely Violates the First Amendment 9th Cir. 2026-05-26 constitutional-law, administrative-law, litigation
United States v. Johnsen — Hash-Value Matches Can Establish Probable Cause Without Visual Confirmation of Files 9th Cir. 2026-05-26 criminal-law, constitutional-law, litigation
Patel v. City of Los Angeles — Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Motel Owners' Constitutional Challenge to Nuisance Abatement 9th Cir. (C.D. Cal.) 2026-05-26 real-estate-law, constitutional-law, administrative-law
United States v. Chow — Ninth Circuit Rejects 'Shrimp Boy' Chow's Ineffective-Assistance Claims and Affirms Denial of Habeas Relief 9th Cir. (N.D. Cal.) 2026-05-26 criminal-law, litigation, constitutional-law
United States v. Gerrans — Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Habeas Petition Challenging Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, and Obstruction Convictions 9th Cir. (N.D. Cal.) 2026-05-26 criminal-law, litigation

Cases Investigated but Not Published

  • Ruiz-Acosta v. Blanche (25-3456/26-1043, 9th Cir.) — Routine unpublished immigration petition for review
  • Noel v. Blanche (25-4032, 9th Cir.) — Routine unpublished immigration petition for review
  • Qiu v. Blanche (25-3393, 9th Cir.) — Routine unpublished immigration petition for review
  • Francisco Pasqual v. Blanche (25-2866, 9th Cir.) — Routine unpublished immigration petition for review
  • Haghighatpour v. Blanche (25-2623, 9th Cir.) — Routine unpublished immigration petition for review
  • Santiago-Dorrantes v. Blanche (21-1361, 9th Cir.) — Routine unpublished immigration petition for review
  • Tavares-Dos Santos v. Blanche (22-1575, 9th Cir.) — Routine unpublished immigration petition for review
  • Contreras-Lopez v. Blanche (25-544, 9th Cir.) — Routine unpublished immigration petition for review
  • Vaca Prado v. Blanche (25-161, 9th Cir.) — Routine unpublished immigration petition for review
  • Martinez v. City of Phoenix (25-1518, 9th Cir.) — Outside California (Arizona)
  • Brock v. City of Bellingham (25-1070, 9th Cir.) — Outside California (Washington)
  • Hoch v. Gaughan South, LLC (25-1848, 9th Cir.) — Outside California (Nevada)
  • Yomi v. Del Toro (24-7641, 9th Cir.) — Outside California (W.D. Washington)
  • United States v. Ruiz-Hernandez (24-6394, 9th Cir.) — Outside California (W.D. Washington)
  • United States v. Hall (25-2187, 9th Cir.) — Outside California (W.D. Washington)
  • Storey v. amazon.com, Inc. (25-2539, 9th Cir.) — Outside California (W.D. Washington)
  • Cody v. Bisignano (25-3837, 9th Cir.) — Outside California (W.D. Washington)
  • Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission v. Timmer (25-3551, 9th Cir.) — Outside California (Arizona bar admission)
  • Doe v. United States Office of Personnel Management (25-7438, 9th Cir. (N.D. Cal.)) — Procedural TRO jurisdictional dismissal
  • Barry v. City of Los Angeles (25-1038, 9th Cir. (C.D. Cal.)) — Pullman abstention; purely procedural
  • United States v. O'Reilly (25-2323, 9th Cir. (C.D. Cal.)) — Routine supervised release revocation
  • Citizens Against Marketplace etc. v. City of San Ramon (A170988M, 1st DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped, underlying opinion already posted)
  • Shear Development Co., LLC v. Cal. Coastal Com. (S284378M, Supreme Court) — Modification order (auto-skipped, underlying opinion already posted)
  • P. v. Hsiung (A169697M, 1st DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Tulare Medical Center Property etc. Valdivia (F089334M, 5th DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Marriage of Nishida & Kamoda (G064200M, 4th DCA/3) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Cleare et al. v. Super. Ct. (A173289N, 1st DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Aerni v. RR San Dimas, L.P. (B341484M, 2nd DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Dept. of Water Resources Cases (C103207M, 3rd DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • P. v. Tzul (B343256M, 2nd DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Chi v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles (A172237M, 1st DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Marriage of Jenkins (A169217M, 1st DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • The Merchant of Tennis, Inc. v. Superior Ct. (E085766N, 4th DCA/2) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Cleare et al. v. Super. Ct. (A173289M, 1st DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Meiner v. Superior Court (G065769M, 4th DCA/3) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • The Merchant of Tennis, Inc. v. Superior Court (E085766M, 4th DCA/2) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Domestic Partnership of Campos & Munoz (D085584M, 4th DCA/1) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Nichols v. Alghannam (C100433M, 3rd DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Bartholomew v. Parking Concepts, Inc. (A171546M, 1st DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Semaan v. Mosier (G064385M, 4th DCA/3) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Navellier v. Putnam (A172077M, 1st DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • P. v. Dixon (F087625M, 5th DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • Microsoft Corp. v. Super. Ct. (B347381M, 2nd DCA) — Modification order (auto-skipped)
  • P. v. Aguilar (D083172M, 4th DCA/1) — Modification order (auto-skipped)

Courts Searched

Court Source Opinions found Kept after triage Notes
California Supreme Court courts.ca.gov 0 0 No new published opinions today (1 M-order auto-skipped)
1st District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 No new substantive opinions today (7 M-orders auto-skipped)
2nd District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 3 3 Watson (B343093), In re N.S. (B342991), Cardenas (B341680); 3 M-orders auto-skipped
3rd District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 No new opinions today (1 M-order auto-skipped)
4th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 No new opinions today (5 M-orders auto-skipped across divisions)
5th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0 No new opinions today (2 M-orders auto-skipped)
6th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 1 1 P. v. Molina (H053224)
Appellate Division courts.ca.gov 0 0 No opinions found
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals CourtListener API v4 27 5 2 published (Thakur, Johnsen), 3 unpublished CA-related (Patel, Chow, Gerrans); 9 immigration petitions skipped, 9 non-CA skipped, 1 still in queue
U.S. District Court, Central District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0 No opinions found
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0 No opinions found
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0 No opinions found
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0 No opinions found
U.S. Supreme Court (CA-related filter) CourtListener API v4 1 0 Florida v. California — still in queue for next run

Email Newsletter Ingest

Metric Count
Messages processed 65
Newsletter URLs (case-source) 23
Case mentions extracted from newsletter bodies 9

Subscribed sources: CourtListener Alerts, SCOTUSblog Newsletter, Justia Verdict, Justia Onward, LexBlog Digests

Sources Consulted

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