Carlos T. Bea

Senior Circuit Judge
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
CA Northern - San Francisco

Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President George W. Bush, 2003; judge, San Francisco County Superior Court, , 1990-2003; principal, Carlos Bea Law Corporation, San Francisco, 1975-90; associate and partner, Dunne, Dunne & Phelps, San Francisco 1959-75.

Stanford Law School, 1958

Title	Court	Published
Old World Gentleman	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (San Francisco)	Apr. 23, 2019
Bringing an Immigrant's View to the 9th Circuit	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals	Nov. 11, 2008

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Court

Published

Old World Gentleman

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (San Francisco)

Apr. 23, 2019

Bringing an Immigrant's View to the 9th Circuit

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Nov. 11, 2008

Case	Category	Published
Miller v. Sawant author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 22, 2024
U.S. v. Trumbull concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 22, 2024
Gonzales & Gonzales Bonds & Insurance Agency Inc. v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security author	Administrative Agencies	Jul. 18, 2024
Jajati v. U.S. Customs & Border Protection author	Administrative Agencies	May 22, 2024
U.S. v. Duarte author	Constitutional Law	May 9, 2024
Sikousis Legacy, Inc., V. B-Gas Limited et al author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 25, 2024
Apache Stronghold v. U.S. dissenting	Constitutional Law	Mar. 1, 2024
Ehart, Jr. v. Lahaina Divers, Inc. author	Maritime Law	Feb. 8, 2024
Hebrard v. Nofziger author	Prisoners' Rights	Jan. 11, 2024
Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 9, 2024
U.S. v. Esqueda author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 12, 2023
Idaho Conservation League v. Bonneville Power Administration dissenting	Civil Procedure	Oct. 16, 2023
U.S. v. Barlow dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 4, 2023
Teter v. Lopez author	Constitutional Law	Aug. 7, 2023
Boshears v. PeopleConnect, Inc. author	Arbitration	Aug. 3, 2023
Hymas v. U.S. Dept. of Interior author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 12, 2023
Amended Opinion: Hernandez Avilez v. Garland concurring	Immigration	Jun. 6, 2023
GP Vincent II v. The Estate of Beard concurring	Environmental Law	May 17, 2023
Amended Opinion: San Diego County Credit Union v. Citizens Equity First Credit Union author	Intellectual Property	Apr. 21, 2023
Glazer Capital Management, L.P., et al v. Forescout Technologies, Inc., et al author	Securities	Mar. 16, 2023
Murguia v. Langdon author	Civil Rights	Mar. 14, 2023
Katie Van v. LLR, Inc., et al author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 13, 2023
San Diego County Credit Union v. Citizens Equity First Credit Union author	Intellectual Property	Feb. 10, 2023
Tiffany Hill v. Xerox Business Services, LLC author	Arbitration	Feb. 3, 2023
Grier v. Finjan Holdings author	Securities	Jan. 20, 2023
Unicolors Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz L.P. author	Copyright	Nov. 10, 2022
Galvez v. Jaddou author	Immigration	Nov. 3, 2022
Michaels v. Davis concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 18, 2022
San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper v. Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District dissenting	Environmental Law	Sep. 23, 2022
U.S. v. Rodriguez author	Immigration	Sep. 23, 2022
Hernandez Avilez v. Garland dissenting	Immigration	Sep. 8, 2022
Aguilar v. Walgreen author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 7, 2022
U.S. v. Guerrero concurring	Constitutional Law	Sep. 2, 2022
CoreCivic, Inc. v. Candide Group, LLC dissenting	Anti-SLAPP	Aug. 30, 2022
U.S. v. Carter author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 17, 2022
City and County of San Francisco v. Garland dissenting	Constitutional Law	Jul. 29, 2022
Apache Stronghold v. U.S. author	Civil Rights	Jun. 24, 2022
Moskowitz v. American Savings Bank author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 10, 2022
Applied Underwriters, Inc. v. Lara author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 10, 2022
Hughes v. Rodriguez author	Qualified Immunity	Apr. 22, 2022
Alpha Venture Capital Partners v. Pourhassan author	Corporations	Apr. 11, 2022
Laidlaw's Harley Davidson Sales v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue author	Tax	Mar. 28, 2022
U.S. v. Wells dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 23, 2022
Hoffman v. Preston dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 1, 2022
Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. vacated and remanded	Copyright	Feb. 25, 2022
B.R. v. Garland author	Immigration	Feb. 24, 2022
Moran v. The Screening Pros author	Consumer Law	Feb. 9, 2022
U.S. v. Mendoza author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 9, 2022
Grondal v. U.S. author	Native American Affairs	Jan. 3, 2022
Alcaraz-Enriquez v. Garland author	Immigration	Dec. 15, 2021
Southwest Fair Housing Council v. Maricopa Domestic Water author	Civil Rights	Nov. 15, 2021
U.S. v. Schaefer author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 17, 2021
Alcaraz-Enriquez v. Garland author	Immigration	Sep. 17, 2021
Southwest Fair Housing Council v. Maricopa Domestic Water Improvement District author	Civil Rights	Aug. 24, 2021
Maner v. Dignity Health author	Employment Discrimination	Aug. 23, 2021
Bahr v. Regan author	Environmental Law	Jul. 29, 2021
B.R. v. Garland author	Immigration	Jul. 13, 2021
Setty v. Shrinivas Sugandhalaya dissenting	Arbitration	Jul. 8, 2021
U.S. v. Lopez author	Evidence	Jul. 7, 2021
Deschutes River Alliance v. Portland General Electric dissenting	Native American Affairs	Jun. 24, 2021
United States v. Charley author	Evidence	Jun. 14, 2021
Amended Opinion: Salisbury v. City of Santa Monica author	Civil Rights	Jun. 8, 2021
Salisbury v. City of Santa Monica author	Civil Rights	Apr. 19, 2021
Rustico v. Intuitive Surgical author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 7, 2021
Macedo Templos v. Wilkinson concurring	Immigration	Feb. 10, 2021
Pasadena Republican Club v. Western Justice Center author	Civil Rights	Jan. 26, 2021
Setty v. Shrinivas Sugandhalaya dissenting	Arbitration	Jan. 21, 2021
Christian v. Thomas author	Prisoners' Rights	Dec. 15, 2020
In re Taggart author	Bankruptcy	Nov. 25, 2020
Unicolors v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz author	Copyright	Jun. 1, 2020
U.S. v. Yang author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 5, 2020
Smith v. Davis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 23, 2020
Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco dissenting	Constitutional Law	Mar. 18, 2020
McAdory v. DNF Associates dissenting	Consumer Law	Mar. 10, 2020
Amended Opinion: Kirkpatrick v. Chappell author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 14, 2020
Painters and Allied Trades District Council 82 v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 4, 2019
U.S. v. Burke author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 3, 2019
U.S. v. Gobert author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 27, 2019
U.S. v. Dailey author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 5, 2019
U.S. v. Garcia-Morales dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 1, 2019
U.S. v. Chi author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 3, 2019
Doğan v. Barak author	International Law	Aug. 5, 2019
Skokomish Tribe v. Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe author	Native American Affairs	Jun. 27, 2019
Kirkpatrick v. Chappell author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 14, 2019
Taggart v. Lorenzen vacated and remanded	Bankruptcy	Jun. 4, 2019
Amended Opinion: Fahmy v. Jay-Z author	Copyright	Nov. 2, 2018
Ioane v. Noll concurring	Constitutional Law	Sep. 11, 2018
Arandell Corp. v. Centerpoint Energy Services, Inc. author	Antitrust	Aug. 7, 2018
California v. Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel author	Gaming	Aug. 3, 2018
Vos v. City of Newport Beach dissenting	Constitutional Law	Jun. 12, 2018
Fahmy v. Jay-Z author	Copyright	Jun. 1, 2018
Cachil Dehe Band v. Zinke author	Native American Affairs	May 3, 2018
In re Taggart author	Bankruptcy	Apr. 24, 2018
Naruto v. Slater author	Copyright	Apr. 24, 2018
San Francisco Apartment Association v. City and County of San Francisco author	Constitutional Law	Feb. 9, 2018
U.S. ex rel. Max Bennett v. Biotronik Inc. author	statutory_interpretation	Dec. 4, 2017
Huhmann v. Federal Express Corp. author	Labor Law	Nov. 3, 2017
Midbrook Flowerbulbs Holland B.V. v. Holland America Bulb Farms Inc. author	International Law	Oct. 26, 2017
Lair v. Motl dissenting	Civil Rights	Oct. 24, 2017
Morales v. Fry dissenting	Civil Rights	Oct. 17, 2017
Teixeira v. County of Alameda dissenting	Constitutional Law	Oct. 11, 2017
U.S. v. Slade author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 11, 2017
Chavez-Garcia v. Sessions author	Immigration	Sep. 22, 2017
U.S. Faagai author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 8, 2017
Murray v. Southern Route Maritime SA dissenting	Labor Law	Sep. 1, 2017
U.S. v. Robinson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 28, 2017
Sanjaa v. Sessions author	Immigration	Jul. 24, 2017
Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation author	International Law	Jul. 11, 2017
U.S. v. Chavez-Cuevas author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 11, 2017

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Lillian Tan v. Ed Donnelly	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 4, 2003
Leydecker v. Choi' Oh	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 26, 2002
Confidential	Environmental Law	judge	Oct. 29, 2002
Confidential	Real Property	judge	Apr. 22, 2000
Janis Hoffman, et al. v. Abex Corporation	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	May 15, 1999
Paul Truehart v. Fleetwood Trailers of California, Inc. and Dan Gamel, Inc.	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	May 1, 1999
Arkadiy Gradoboyev v. State of California, Officers Robert Kays; Pamela Hall; James Askew; Carl Brown	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Oct. 11, 1997
Rakvalsky v. Rubinstein	Personal Injury	judge	Sep. 13, 1997
Gina Hearn v. Majestic Floors, et al.	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	May 17, 1997
BHC Group 115 v. Owens Corning and Asbestos Corporation Limited	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	May 3, 1997
Alfredo L. Lopiz v. City and County of San Francisco	Personal Injury (Vehicular)	judge	Sep. 14, 1996
Rick Bartalini v. Winterland Concessions, Inc., et al.	Employment Law	judge	Apr. 13, 1996
California Service Station, et al. v. American Home Assurance Company, et al.	Insurance	judge	Mar. 23, 1996
Kransco v. American Empire Surplus Lines, Inc., Company, et al.	Breach of Contract	judge	Jun. 3, 1995
Edward and Grace Freeman v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company	Breach of Contract	judge	Jan. 14, 1995
Jose and Abigail Avalos v. Jose Parra	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Jun. 11, 1994
Dianne Eastman v. U.C. Regents, et al.	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	May 28, 1994
Environmental Defense Fund v. Parks Corporation	Environmental Law	judge	Apr. 23, 1994
Robert Lapachet v. The Harbor Tug and Barge Company dba The Red and White Fleet	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Oct. 23, 1993
Jean Ishibashi v. American Friends Service Committee, et al.	Employment Law	judge	Oct. 23, 1993

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Lillian Tan v. Ed Donnelly	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 4, 2003
Leydecker v. Choi' Oh	Personal Injury	judge	Nov. 26, 2002
Confidential	Environmental Law	judge	Oct. 29, 2002
Confidential	Real Property	judge	Apr. 22, 2000
Janis Hoffman, et al. v. Abex Corporation	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	May 15, 1999
Paul Truehart v. Fleetwood Trailers of California, Inc. and Dan Gamel, Inc.	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	May 1, 1999
Arkadiy Gradoboyev v. State of California, Officers Robert Kays; Pamela Hall; James Askew; Carl Brown	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Oct. 11, 1997
Rakvalsky v. Rubinstein	Personal Injury	judge	Sep. 13, 1997
Gina Hearn v. Majestic Floors, et al.	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	May 17, 1997
BHC Group 115 v. Owens Corning and Asbestos Corporation Limited	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	May 3, 1997
Alfredo L. Lopiz v. City and County of San Francisco	Personal Injury (Vehicular)	judge	Sep. 14, 1996
Rick Bartalini v. Winterland Concessions, Inc., et al.	Employment Law	judge	Apr. 13, 1996
California Service Station, et al. v. American Home Assurance Company, et al.	Insurance	judge	Mar. 23, 1996
Kransco v. American Empire Surplus Lines, Inc., Company, et al.	Breach of Contract	judge	Jun. 3, 1995
Edward and Grace Freeman v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company	Breach of Contract	judge	Jan. 14, 1995
Jose and Abigail Avalos v. Jose Parra	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Jun. 11, 1994
Dianne Eastman v. U.C. Regents, et al.	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	May 28, 1994
Environmental Defense Fund v. Parks Corporation	Environmental Law	judge	Apr. 23, 1994
Robert Lapachet v. The Harbor Tug and Barge Company dba The Red and White Fleet	Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)	judge	Oct. 23, 1993
Jean Ishibashi v. American Friends Service Committee, et al.	Employment Law	judge	Oct. 23, 1993

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