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Judges and Judiciary

Jun. 4, 2018

9th Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta has the ear of high court conservative justices

In a term with an unusually low number of certiorari grants, the justices agreed to review 13 cases from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Three of those garnered dissents from Ikuta and have all been reversed.

9th Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta has the ear of high court conservative justices
Judge Sandra Ikuta of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appears to have the ear of conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices, who have recently reversed three opinions on which she dissented.

Judge Sandra S. Ikuta has the attention of the U.S. Supreme Court this year.

In a term with an unusually low number of certiorari grants, the justices agreed to review 13 cases from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Three of those drew dissents from Ikuta and have all been reversed.

Ikuta did not hold back in her dissents. When the 9th Circuit denied qualified...

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