Marsha S. Berzon

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

Appointed to 9th Circuit by President Bill Clinton, confirmed in 2000; associate general counsel, AFL-CIO, 1990-2000; partner, Altshuler Berzon Nussbaum Berzon & Rubin, 1978-2000; attorney, Woll & Mayer, Washington, D.C., 1975-1977; law clerk for Associate Justice William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court, 1974-1975; law clerk for Circuit Judge James R. Browning, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1973-1974.

UC Berkeley Boalt Hall, 1973

Title	Court	Published
With Obama, Circuit Judge's Star Rises Again	9th U.S. Circuit Court (San Francisco)	Dec. 3, 2008

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Court

Published

With Obama, Circuit Judge's Star Rises Again

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

Dec. 3, 2008

Case	Category	Published
Garnier v. O'Connor-Ratcliff author	Constitutional Law	May 14, 2025
DeFrancesco v. Robbins concurring	Qualified Immunity	May 7, 2025
AirDoctor LLC v. Xiamen Qichuang Trade Co. Ltd. concurring	Remedies	Apr. 11, 2025
Duncan v. Bonta concurring	Constitutional Law	Mar. 20, 2025
Jensen v. Brown author	Constitutional Law	Mar. 10, 2025
Litekyan v. U.S. Dept. of the Airforce author	Environmental Law	Feb. 13, 2025
Advanced Integrative Medical Science Institute v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration author	Administrative Agencies	Feb. 13, 2025
Montana Wildlife Federation v. Haaland author	Environmental Law	Jan. 17, 2025
Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation author	Government	Dec. 20, 2024
U.S. v. Hackett dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 18, 2024
Hawaii Disability Rights Center v. Kishimoto author	Disability Discrimination	Nov. 26, 2024
U.S. v. Le dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 22, 2024
Houston v. County of Maricopa author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 5, 2024
Cox v. CoinMarketCap Opco, LLC author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 12, 2024
Cadena v. Customer Connexx LLC author	Employment Law	Jul. 10, 2024
Marks v. Davis dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 9, 2024
U.S. v. Atherton author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 2, 2024
U.S. v. Stackhouse author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 27, 2024
Morris v. W. Hayden Estates First Add. author	Civil Rights	Jun. 17, 2024
U.S. v. De Leon Guerrero concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 26, 2023
Waid v. County of Lyon dissenting	Qualified Immunity	Nov. 21, 2023
Redd v. Guerrero author	Prisoners' Rights	Oct. 20, 2023
Sabbe v. Washington County Board of Commissioners dissenting	Civil Rights	Oct. 18, 2023
York v. U.S. dissenting	Tax	Aug. 11, 2023
Progressive Democrats, et al. v. Rob Bonta author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 19, 2023
Santopietro v. Howell author		Jul. 18, 2023
Doe I v. Cisco Systems, Inc. author	International Law	Jul. 7, 2023
Amended Opinion: Hernandez Avilez v. Garland concurring	Immigration	Jun. 6, 2023
Porter v. Martinez dissenting	Constitutional Law	Apr. 7, 2023
Ray v. Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Social Services dissenting	Employment Law	Nov. 4, 2022
Lopez v. Garland author	Immigration	Oct. 21, 2022
Michaels v. Davis dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 18, 2022
U.S. v. Higuera dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 13, 2022
Mendoza v. Strickler dissenting	Constitutional Law	Oct. 12, 2022
Hernandez Avilez v. Garland concurring	Immigration	Sep. 8, 2022
Myles v. U.S. author	Immunity	Sep. 2, 2022
Garnier v. O'Connor-Ratcliff author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 27, 2022
Hamilton v. Wal-Mart Stores author	Employment Law	Jun. 30, 2022
Apache Stronghold v. U.S. dissenting	Civil Rights	Jun. 24, 2022
Brach v. Newsom dissenting	Government	Jun. 15, 2022
Marquez-Reyes v. Garland dissenting	Immigration	Jun. 14, 2022
Burri Law PA v. Skurla author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 3, 2022
Fikre v. FBI author	Constitutional Law	May 31, 2022
HiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 19, 2022
Laidlaw's Harley Davidson Sales v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue dissenting	Tax	Mar. 28, 2022
Amended Opinion: Ballou v. McElvain author	Civil Rights	Mar. 25, 2022
FBI v. Fazaga reversed	Government	Mar. 7, 2022
Armstrong v. Reynolds author	Employment Law	Jan. 14, 2022
Walcott v. Garland concurring	Immigration	Dec. 23, 2021
Duncan v. Bonta concurring	Constitutional Law	Dec. 2, 2021
U.S. v. Franklin concurring	Evidence	Nov. 24, 2021
D.D. v. Los Angeles Unified School District dissenting	Disability Discrimination	Nov. 22, 2021
Fraihat v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement dissenting	Immigration	Oct. 21, 2021
Platt v. Moore author	Civil Rights	Oct. 5, 2021
Ballou v. McElvain author	Civil Rights	Sep. 29, 2021
U.S. v. Wilson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 22, 2021
Hodges v. Comcast dissenting	Arbitration	Sep. 13, 2021
Chavez v. Robinson concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 9, 2021
Maie v. Garland concurring	Immigration	Aug. 3, 2021
Lemos v. County of Sonoma dissenting	Civil Rights	Jul. 19, 2021
Flores v. Garland author	Immigration	Jul. 1, 2021
Gonzalez v. Google concurring	Cyber Law	Jun. 23, 2021
U.S. v. Parlor dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 22, 2021
Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises v. Bonta concurring	Native American Affairs	Jun. 17, 2021
U.S. v. Cooley vacated and remanded	Native American Affairs	Jun. 2, 2021
Witherow v. Baker dissenting	Constitutional Law	May 19, 2021
Sansing v. Ryan dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 18, 2021
2-Bar Ranch Limited Partnership v. U.S. Forest Service author	Administrative Agencies	May 7, 2021
Silva v. Garland concurring	Immigration	Mar. 31, 2021
Green v. Mercy Housing author	Civil Rights	Mar. 22, 2021
U.S. v. Olson concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 23, 2021
Clarke v. AMN Services author	Labor Law	Feb. 9, 2021
Moser v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. dissenting	Civil Rights	Jan. 13, 2021
Flores v. Rosen author	Immigration	Dec. 30, 2020
Corbello v. Valli author	Copyright	Sep. 9, 2020
U.S. v. Moalin author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 3, 2020
Grimm v. City of Portland author	Civil Rights	Aug. 24, 2020
Silva v. Barr concurring	Immigration	Jul. 13, 2020
United States v. Magdirila concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 24, 2020
Staten v. Davis dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 19, 2020
Blixseth v. Credit Suisse author	Bankruptcy	Jun. 12, 2020
Smith v. Davis dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 23, 2020
Herrera v. Zumiez Inc. concurring	Employment Law	Mar. 20, 2020
Infante v. Martel author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 16, 2020
Al Otro Lado v. Wolf author	Immigration	Mar. 6, 2020
Lopez-Aguilar v. Barr author	Immigration	Jan. 29, 2020
Jauregui-Cardenas v. Barr concurring	Immigration	Jan. 14, 2020
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Green author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 8, 2019
U.S. v. Becerra author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 24, 2019
First Amendment Coalition v. Ryan dissenting	Constitutional Law	Sep. 18, 2019
U.S. v. Schopp author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 17, 2019
Ramirez v. Ryan dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 12, 2019
U.S. v. Campbell dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 12, 2019
HiQ Labs v. LinkedIn Corp. author	Cyber Law	Sep. 10, 2019
U.S. v. Green author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 22, 2019
Flores v. Barr author	Immigration	Aug. 16, 2019
U.S. v. Hernandez-Martinez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 14, 2019
National Association for Gun Rights v. Mangan author	Constitutional Law	Aug. 13, 2019
Davis v. Guam author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 30, 2019
Anderson v. Ghaly author	Administrative Agencies	Jul. 19, 2019
Civil Beat Law Center v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention author	Administrative Agencies	Jul. 11, 2019
Perez Cruz v. Barr author	Immigration	Jun. 14, 2019
Gouveia v. Espinda author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 13, 2019
Center for Biological Diversity v. USFS author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 3, 2019
BOKF, NA v. Estes author	Securities	May 3, 2019
U.S. v. Rodriguez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 25, 2019
Lopez-Aguilar v. Barr dissenting	Immigration	Apr. 24, 2019
Amended Opinion: Martin v. City of Boise author	Constitutional Law	Apr. 2, 2019
U.S. v. Jauregui author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 25, 2019
U.S. v. Cooley author	Native American Affairs	Mar. 22, 2019
Fazaga v. Walls author	Constitutional Law	Mar. 1, 2019
Horton v. City of Santa Maria author	Qualified Immunity	Feb. 4, 2019
U.S. CFTC v. Crombie author	Civil Procedure	Feb. 4, 2019
U.S. v. Depue author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 15, 2019
U.S. v. Landeros author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 14, 2019
LL Liquor v. State of Montana author	Civil Rights	Dec. 31, 2018
Durnford v. MusclePharm author	Consumer Law	Oct. 15, 2018
U.S. v. Franklin author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 14, 2018
Campbell v. City of Los Angeles author	Labor Law	Sep. 14, 2018
Harris v. County of Orange author	Contracts	Sep. 6, 2018
Martin v. City of Boise author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 5, 2018
Lucero v. Holland author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 4, 2018
U.S. v. Bankston author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 24, 2018
Rangel v. PLS Check Cashers of California, Inc. author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 17, 2018
Ameded Opinion: Stevens v. Corelogic author	Copyright	Aug. 7, 2018
Alaska Airlines v. Schurke author	Labor Law	Aug. 2, 2018
In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Litigation author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 10, 2018
In re Volkswagen Litigation author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 5, 2018
Stevens v. Corelogic author	Copyright	Jun. 21, 2018
Campos-Hernandez v. Sessions author	Immigration	May 3, 2018
Casino Pauma v. NLRB author	Native American Affairs	Apr. 27, 2018
Amended Opinion: Shaibi v. Berryhill author	Administrative Agencies	Mar. 2, 2018
American Civil Liberties Union v. U.S. Department of Justice author	Public Records Act	Jan. 19, 2018
Galilea v. AGSC Marine Insurance Co. author	Maritime Law	Jan. 17, 2018
Calderon-Rodriguez v. Sessions author	Immigration	Jan. 4, 2018
Nat'l Mining Ass'n v. Zinke author	Administrative Agencies	Dec. 13, 2017
Navajo Nation v. Dept. of the Interior author	Native American Affairs	Dec. 5, 2017
Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company author	Environmental Law	Nov. 3, 2017
Micha v. Sun Life Assurance of Canada Inc. concurring	Employment Law	Nov. 1, 2017
Teixeira v. County of Alameda author	Constitutional Law	Oct. 11, 2017
DRK Photo v. McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC concurring	Copyright	Sep. 13, 2017
First Amendment Coalition v. United States Dept. of Justice concurring	Government	Aug. 28, 2017
Moonin v. Tice author	Civil Rights	Aug. 23, 2017
Shaibi v. Berryhill author	Administrative Agencies	Aug. 23, 2017
BNYM v. Watt author	Bankruptcy	Aug. 17, 2017
Visciotti v. Martel author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 7, 2017
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action v. United States Dept. of the Navy author	Environmental Law	Jun. 28, 2017

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