Sandra S. Ikuta

Circuit Judge
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
CA Central - Pasadena

Appointed to the 9th Circuit by President George W. Bush, 2006; deputy secretary and general counsel, California Resources Agency, 2004-06; partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1997-2004; associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1990-97; law clerk, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 1989-1990; law clerk, 9th U.s. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski, 1988-89

UCLA Law School, 1988

Title	Court	Published
Principled Dissent	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena)	Oct. 2, 2018
A Different Voice	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena)	Sep. 16, 2009

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Court

Published

Principled Dissent

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena)

Oct. 2, 2018

A Different Voice

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena)

Sep. 16, 2009

Case	Category	Published
U.S. v. Valdivias-Soto dissenting	Immigration	Aug. 9, 2024
Ratha v. Rubicon Resources LLC author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 31, 2024
Jane Doe v. Fitzgerald author	Torts	May 24, 2024
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Haaland author	Environmental Law	May 23, 2024
Douglas Pell v. Amy Nunez author	Attorneys	Apr. 30, 2024
Amended Opinion: U.S. Wholesale Outlet & Distribution v. Innovation Ventures, LLC author	Antitrust	Dec. 22, 2023
Elden v. Nirvana LLC author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 21, 2023
U.S. v. Montoya author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 13, 2023
Brown v. Atchley concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 3, 2023
U.S. v. Hougen dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 1, 2023
Nora Phillips v. U. S. Customs and Border Protection author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 21, 2023
U.S. Wholesale Outlet & Distribution V. Innovation Ventures, LLC author	Antitrust	Jul. 20, 2023
Progressive Democrats, et al. v. Rob Bonta concurring	Constitutional Law	Jul. 19, 2023
Enterprise Management Limited, Inc. et al v. Construx Software Builders, Inc. et al author	Copyright	Jul. 17, 2023
Project Veritas v. Schmidt author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 5, 2023
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Orozco-Barron author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 3, 2023
Seaplane Adventures LLC v. County of Marin concurring	Civil Rights	Jun. 26, 2023
Lee v. Fisher author	Securities	Jun. 1, 2023
U.S. v. Paulson dissenting	Tax	May 17, 2023
Wischmann v. Kijakazi author	Administrative Agencies	May 17, 2023
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross affirmed	Constitutional Law	May 11, 2023
Hollins v. Walmart, Inc. author	Consumer Law	May 11, 2023
Upper Skagit v. Sauk-Suiattle author	Native American Affairs	May 1, 2023
Ayanian v. Garland author	Immigration	Apr. 4, 2023
Murguia v. Langdon dissenting	Civil Rights	Mar. 14, 2023
Sullivan v. University of Washington author	Civil Rights	Feb. 17, 2023
Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta author	Arbitration	Feb. 15, 2023
Diaz-Rodriguez v. Garland author	Immigration	Dec. 8, 2022
Hooks v. Nexstar Broadcasting author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 5, 2022
Amended Opinion: Perez-Camacho v. Garland author	Immigration	Dec. 2, 2022
Amended Opinion: Bravo-Bravo v. Garland author	Immigration	Dec. 2, 2022
Chennette v. Porch.com, Inc. dissenting	Consumer Law	Oct. 12, 2022
Singh v. Garland dissenting	Immigration	Sep. 14, 2022
Hoyos v. Davis concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 2, 2022
In re PG&E Corp. dissenting	Bankruptcy	Aug. 29, 2022
Wolf v. Life Insurance Co. of North America concurring	Civil Procedure	Aug. 25, 2022
Flower World v. Sacks author	Employment Law	Aug. 11, 2022
Perez-Camacho v. Garland author	Immigration	Aug. 1, 2022
Martinez Alquijay v. Garland author	Immigration	Jul. 27, 2022
Bravo-Bravo v. Garland author	Immigration	Jul. 18, 2022
Allen v. Kijakazi author	Administrative Agencies	May 25, 2022
U.S. v. Allen author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 17, 2022
Amended Opinion: In re National Security Letter author	Constitutional Law	May 12, 2022
U.S. v. Begay dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 6, 2022
Amended Opinion: Riley's American Heritage Farms v. Elsasser author	Civil Rights	May 2, 2022
Boquist v. Courtney author	Constitutional Law	Apr. 22, 2022
County of San Mateo v. Chevron author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 20, 2022
Olean Wholesale Grocery v. Bumble Bee Foods author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 11, 2022
Riley's American Heritage Farms v. Elsasser author	Civil Rights	Mar. 18, 2022
Stevens v. Davis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 15, 2022
Advanced Integrative Medical Science Institute v. Garland author	Civil Procedure	Feb. 1, 2022
Western States Office Fund v. Welfare & Pension Administration Service author	Employment Law	Feb. 1, 2022
Childs v. San Diego Family Housing LLC author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 18, 2022
Columbia Export Terminal v. International Longshore and Warehouse Union dissenting	Labor Law	Jan. 6, 2022
Perry v. Hollingsworth dissenting	Constitutional Law	Nov. 19, 2021
Usubakunov v. Garland dissenting	Immigration	Nov. 2, 2021
Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta dissenting	Arbitration	Sep. 16, 2021
Chavez v. Robinson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 9, 2021
Reyes Afanador v. Garland author	Immigration	Aug. 30, 2021
U.S. v. Wilson concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 12, 2021
U.S. v. Gomez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 29, 2021
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 29, 2021
Orellana v. Mayorkas author	Immigration	Jul. 29, 2021
Columbia Export Terminal v. International Longshore and Warehouse Union dissenting	Labor Law	Jun. 29, 2021
Zamorano v. Garland author	Immigration	Jun. 28, 2021
Estate of Finnigan v. U.S. dissenting	Real Property	Jun. 22, 2021
Meland v. Weber author	Constitutional Law	Jun. 22, 2021
In re Alphabet Inc. Securities Litigation author	Securities	Jun. 17, 2021
Hansen v. LMB Mortgage Services, Inc. author	Arbitration	Jun. 14, 2021
Vazquez Romero v. Garland author	Immigration	Jun. 1, 2021
Witherow v. Baker author	Constitutional Law	May 19, 2021
California Trucking Association v. Bonta author	Constitutional Law	Apr. 29, 2021
Silva v. Garland author	Immigration	Mar. 31, 2021
U.S. v. Boyd dissenting	Tax	Mar. 25, 2021
U.S. Bank v. White Horse Estates Homeowners Associates dissenting	Real Property	Feb. 9, 2021
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Collazo author	statutory_interpretation	Jan. 15, 2021
U.S. v. Lozoya dissenting	statutory_interpretation	Dec. 4, 2020
U.S. v. Collazo author	statutory_interpretation	Dec. 3, 2020
Ortega-Lopez v. Barr author	Immigration	Oct. 21, 2020
Yim v. Barr author	Immigration	Aug. 26, 2020
U.S. v. Obaid dissenting	Civil Procedure	Aug. 25, 2020
AMA Multimedia v. Wanat concurring	Civil Procedure	Aug. 18, 2020
Amended Opinion: City of Oakland v. BP PLC author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 13, 2020
Davidson v. O'Reilly Auto Enterprises author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 4, 2020
Silva v. Barr author	Immigration	Jul. 13, 2020
U.S. v. Kelley author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 16, 2020
In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation author	Environmental Law	Jun. 3, 2020
County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp. author	Civil Procedure	May 27, 2020
City of Oakland v. BP PLC author	Civil Procedure	May 27, 2020
Mitchell v. U.S. author	Evidence	May 1, 2020
LN Management v. JPMorgan Chase Bank concurring	Civil Procedure	Apr. 27, 2020
May v. Ryan concurring	Prisoners' Rights	Mar. 30, 2020
Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin dissenting	Copyright	Mar. 10, 2020
Ross v. Williams dissenting	Civil Procedure	Feb. 25, 2020
State of California v. Azar author	Administrative Agencies	Feb. 25, 2020
Ford v. Saul author	Government	Feb. 21, 2020
Roberts v. City of Fairbanks dissenting	Civil Rights	Jan. 23, 2020
U.S. v. Soto-Barraza author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 21, 2020
Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt author	Constitutional Law	Dec. 31, 2019
Stimpson v. Midland Credit Management author	Consumer Law	Dec. 19, 2019
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Tulalip Tribes dissenting	Native American Affairs	Dec. 19, 2019
U.S. v. Phattey author	Immigration	Dec. 6, 2019
City of Los Angeles v. Barr author	Government	Nov. 1, 2019
Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration author	Administrative Agencies	Oct. 23, 2019
Senne v. Kansas City Royals Baseball dissenting	Labor Law	Aug. 19, 2019
In re NFL Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation author	Antitrust	Aug. 14, 2019
Patel v. Facebook author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 9, 2019
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Perez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 26, 2019
Tauscher v. Phoenix Board of Realtors author	Disability Discrimination	Jul. 26, 2019
Newirth v. Aegis Senior Communities author	Arbitration	Jul. 25, 2019
U.S. v. Myers author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 23, 2019
U.S. v. Mixon author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 23, 2019
Marinelarena v. Sessions dissenting	Immigration	Jul. 19, 2019
City of Los Angeles v. William Barr author	Government	Jul. 15, 2019
U.S. v. Perez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 12, 2019
In Re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation dissenting	Civil Procedure	Jun. 7, 2019
Perez v. City of Roseville author	Constitutional Law	May 22, 2019
Redlin v. U.S. author	Torts	Apr. 24, 2019
Xue Lu v. United States author	Government	Apr. 18, 2019
U.S. v. Hill author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 8, 2019
American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco concurring	Constitutional Law	Feb. 1, 2019
Curtis v. Irwin Industries author	Labor Law	Jan. 28, 2019
Foster v. Hellawell dissenting	Civil Rights	Nov. 21, 2018
Rookaird v. BNSF Railway Co. dissenting	Government	Nov. 9, 2018
Knox v. Brnovich author	Constitutional Law	Nov. 1, 2018
Marks v. Crunch San Diego author	statutory_interpretation	Sep. 21, 2018
Marsh v. J. Alexander's dissenting	Labor Law	Sep. 19, 2018
BNSF v. CDTFA dissenting	Constitutional Law	Sep. 14, 2018
DNC v. Reagan author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 13, 2018
In re Pangang Group Co., Ltd. author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 23, 2018
Sun v. Advanced China Healthcare author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 23, 2018
Fritsch v. Swift Transportation author	Labor Law	Aug. 9, 2018
Alaska Airlines v. Schurke dissenting	Labor Law	Aug. 2, 2018
Tunac v. U.S. author	Torts	Jul. 31, 2018
U.S. v. Turner author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 30, 2018
In re Adam Lee author	Bankruptcy	May 8, 2018
U.S. v. Rivero author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 3, 2018
Friends of the Santa Clara River v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers author	Environmental Law	Apr. 10, 2018
Keates v. Koile author	Civil Rights	Mar. 7, 2018
U.S. v. Evans dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 1, 2018
G.W. Palmer & Co. v. AgriCap Financial dissenting	statutory_interpretation	Feb. 23, 2018
Johnson v. Gill author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 21, 2018
Yith v. Nielsen author	Immigration	Feb. 8, 2018
In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 24, 2018
CallerID4U v. MCI Communications Services author	Utilities	Jan. 23, 2018
Kristensen v. Credit Payment Services Inc. author	Consumer Law	Jan. 11, 2018
U.S. v. Aldana author	Immigration	Jan. 2, 2018
American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 20, 2017
U.S. v. Martinez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 18, 2017
Atwood v. Ryan author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 14, 2017
Marsh v. J. Alexander's LLC author	Labor Law	Sep. 7, 2017
U.S. v. Torres author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 7, 2017
Andrews v. Davis author	Prisoners' Rights	Aug. 2, 2017
In re National Security Letter author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 18, 2017
Wang v. Sessions author	Immigration	Jul. 5, 2017

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