William A. Fletcher

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

U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1970-1972; law clerk, Hon. Stanley A. Weigel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1975-76; law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-77; professor of law, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1977-98; confirmed October 1998

Yale Law School, J.D., 1975

Title	Court	Published
William A. Fletcher	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals	Jun. 25, 2012

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William A. Fletcher

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jun. 25, 2012

Case	Category	Published
City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency reversed and remanded	Environmental Law	Mar. 4, 2025
Johnson v. Myers author	Qualified Immunity	Mar. 3, 2025
Lui v. DeJoy author	Employment Law	Feb. 26, 2025
Doerr v. Shinn author	Habeas Corpus	Jan. 29, 2025
Nevin v. Colvin author	Administrative Agencies	Jan. 22, 2025
Nwauzor v. The GEO Group, Inc. author	Government	Jan. 16, 2025
Planned Parenthood v. Labrador author	Constitutional Law	Dec. 4, 2024
Heckman v. Live Nation Entertainment Inc. author	Arbitration	Oct. 28, 2024
Martell v. Cole author	Civil Rights	Sep. 23, 2024
Colin-Villavicencio v. Garland dissenting	Immigration	Jul. 23, 2024
Garding v. Montana Dept. of Corrections dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 28, 2024
McBurnie v. RAC Acceptance East LLC author	Arbitration	Mar. 14, 2024
Johnson v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC author	Arbitration	Feb. 12, 2024
Long v. Sugai author	Prisoners' Rights	Feb. 5, 2024
Holt v. County of Orange author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 26, 2024
Western Towboat Co. v. Vigor Marine LLC author	Maritime Law	Oct. 31, 2023
Brown v. State of Arizona author	Education	Sep. 25, 2023
Marquez v. Rodriguez concurring	Civil Rights	Sep. 6, 2023
E. Ohman J:Or Fonder AB v. Nvidia Corp. author	Securities	Aug. 28, 2023
Huntsman v. Corporation of the President author	Constitutional Law	Aug. 7, 2023
City and County of San Francisco v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency author	Environmental Law	Jul. 31, 2023
Washington v. Kijakazi concurring	Judges	Jul. 5, 2023
Aargon Agency Inc. v. O'Laughlin author	Consumer Law	Jun. 15, 2023
U.S. v. PetroSaudi Oil Services author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 13, 2023
Amended Opinion: Creech v. Richardson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 6, 2023
Amended Opinion: Metlakatla Indian Community v. Dunleavy author	Native American Affairs	Jan. 31, 2023
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe v. City of Seattle concurring	Civil Procedure	Jan. 3, 2023
Hooks v. Nexstar Broadcasting dissenting	Civil Procedure	Dec. 5, 2022
U.S. v. Kirst author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 22, 2022
Chennette v. Porch.com, Inc. author	Consumer Law	Oct. 12, 2022
Metlakatla Indian Community v. Dunleavy author	Native American Affairs	Sep. 8, 2022
Cohen v. Apple author	Consumer Law	Aug. 26, 2022
U.S. v. Anderson dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 25, 2022
Ballinas-Lucero v. Garland author	Immigration	Aug. 15, 2022
White v. Kijakazi author	Administrative Agencies	Aug. 8, 2022
Creech v. Richardson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 20, 2022
Tulelake Irrigation District v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service author	Environmental Law	Jul. 18, 2022
Audubon Society of Portland v. Haaland author	Environmental Law	Jul. 18, 2022
Butcher v. Knudsen dissenting	Constitutional Law	Jul. 6, 2022
Egbert v. Boule reversed	Constitutional Law	Jun. 8, 2022
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service author	Environmental Law	May 13, 2022
In Re Rejuvi Laboratory, Inc. author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 4, 2022
Brown v. State of Arizona dissenting	Constitutional Law	Jan. 26, 2022
Amended Opinion: Plancarte Sauceda v. Garland author	Immigration	Jan. 18, 2022
Food & Water Watch v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency author	Water Rights	Dec. 17, 2021
Perry v. Hollingsworth author	Constitutional Law	Nov. 19, 2021
Montana Green Party v. Jacobsen author	Constitutional Law	Nov. 9, 2021
Lawson v. Grubhub author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 21, 2021
Brice v. Haynes Investments dissenting	Arbitration	Sep. 17, 2021
Food & Water Watch v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency author	Environmental Law	Sep. 17, 2021
Cooper v. Newsom author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 17, 2021
Thunder Studios v. Kazal author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 16, 2021
Sisley v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration author	Administrative Agencies	Aug. 31, 2021
Plancarte Sauceda v. Garland author	Immigration	Aug. 23, 2021
Sisto v. U.S. author	Torts	Aug. 5, 2021
Bailey v. MacFarland author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 29, 2021
United States v. Valdez-Lopez concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 19, 2021
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee reversed and remanded	Civil Rights	Jul. 2, 2021
Deschutes River Alliance v. Portland General Electric author	Native American Affairs	Jun. 24, 2021
Ford v. Peery author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 9, 2021
Nieves Martinez v. U.S. dissenting	Torts	May 12, 2021
Bolin v. Baker author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 27, 2021
Amended Opinion: East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr author	Immigration	Apr. 9, 2021
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Bautista author	statutory_interpretation	Mar. 1, 2021
Ahearn v. Saul author	Administrative Agencies	Feb. 18, 2021
Tomczyk v. Wilkinson author	Immigration	Feb. 4, 2021
Estate of Anderson v. Marsh dissenting	Civil Rights	Jan. 19, 2021
Shinn v. Kayer petition granted	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 15, 2020
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Bautista author	statutory_interpretation	Dec. 14, 2020
U.S. v. Collazo dissenting	statutory_interpretation	Dec. 3, 2020
Amended Opinion: Vega-Anguiano v. Barr author	Immigration	Nov. 25, 2020
U.S. v. Bautista author	statutory_interpretation	Nov. 24, 2020
Boule v. Egbert author	Civil Rights	Nov. 23, 2020
Ford v. Peery author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 29, 2020
Cates v. Stroud author	Civil Rights	Sep. 28, 2020
J.R. v. Barr author	Immigration	Sep. 14, 2020
Jamul Action Committee v. Simermeyer author	Native American Affairs	Sep. 9, 2020
Global Commodities Trading Group v. Beneficio De Arroz Choloma author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 27, 2020
Balbuena v. Sullivan concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 18, 2020
Davila v. Barr author	Immigration	Aug. 10, 2020
Environmental Protection Information Center v. Carlson author	Environmental Law	Aug. 4, 2020
In re Grand Jury Investigation, USAO No. 2018R01761 author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 28, 2020
Scafidi v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. author	Civil Rights	Jul. 24, 2020
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr author	Immigration	Jul. 7, 2020
National Family Farm Coalition v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency author	Environmental Law	Jun. 5, 2020
Wilk v. Neven author	Civil Rights	Apr. 24, 2020
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf author	Immigration	Mar. 6, 2020
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Company author	Native American Affairs	Mar. 5, 2020
U.S. v. Jones author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 5, 2020
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf author	Immigration	Mar. 2, 2020
Allen v. Ives author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 25, 2020
The Democratic National Committee v. Hobbs author	Civil Rights	Jan. 28, 2020
Tuuamalemalo v. Greene concurring	Civil Rights	Dec. 26, 2019
U.S. v. Harrington author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 26, 2019
Pedro Perez Perez v. Chad Wolf author	Immigration	Nov. 25, 2019
Vega-Anguiano v. Barr author	Immigration	Nov. 20, 2019
FMC Corp. v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes author	Native American Affairs	Nov. 18, 2019
Pizzella v. Seward Ship's Drydock author	Administrative Agencies	Sep. 12, 2019
U.S. v. Lillard author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 29, 2019
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. USDA author	Administrative Agencies	Aug. 13, 2019
Flores-Vega v. Barr author	Immigration	Aug. 5, 2019
Gemini Technologies Inc. v. Smith & Wesson Corp. author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 25, 2019
Samayoa v. Davis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 5, 2019
CTIA v. City of Berkeley author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 3, 2019
Blair v. Rent-A-Center author	Arbitration	Jul. 1, 2019
Tschida v. Motl author	Constitutional Law	May 30, 2019
Apple, Inc. v. Pepper affirmed	Antitrust	May 14, 2019
Kayer v. Ryan author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 14, 2019
Mayall v. USA Water Polo author	Torts	Nov. 29, 2018
Menendez v. Whitaker author	Immigration	Nov. 9, 2018
BNSF v. CDTFA author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 14, 2018
Diaz-Jimenez v. Sessions author	Immigration	Aug. 31, 2018
Gila River Indian Community v. U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs author	Veterans' Affairs	Aug. 16, 2018
Echavarria v. Filson author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 26, 2018
True Health Chiropractic v. McKesson author	Consumer Law	Jul. 18, 2018
U.S. v. Buenrostro author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 16, 2018
Tamplin v. Muniz author	Prisoners' Rights	Jul. 9, 2018
Rodriguez v. Cruz author	Civil Rights	May 31, 2018
GranCare v. Thrower author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 27, 2018
King v. County of Los Angeles author	Civil Rights	Mar. 13, 2018
Olympic Forest Coalition v. Coast Seafoods author	statutory_interpretation	Mar. 12, 2018
Patterson v. Van Arsdel author	Civil Rights	Feb. 26, 2018
Native Ecosystems Council v. Marten author	Environmental Law	Feb. 23, 2018
Frudden v. Pilling author	Civil Rights	Dec. 12, 2017
United States v. Molinar dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 30, 2017
Center for Biological Diversity v. Zinke author	Administrative Agencies	Aug. 29, 2017
U.S. V. Brito author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 23, 2017
Villa v. Maricopa County author	Civil Rights	Aug. 3, 2017
In re Quality Systems Inc. Securities Litigation author	Securities	Jul. 31, 2017
U.S. v. Padilla-Diaz author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 6, 2017
Petrocelli v. Baker author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 6, 2017

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