Morgan B. Christen

Circuit Judge
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Alaska - Anchorage

Law clerk, Alaska Superior Court, 1986-7; private practice, Anchorage, AK, 1987-2002, Alaska Superior Court Judge, 2002-5; Alaska Superior Court Presiding Judge, 2005-9; Alaska Supreme Court, 2009-11; nominated to 9th US Circuit, May 2011, confirmed December 2011.

Golden Gate University School of Law, J.D., 1986

Title	Court	Published
Morgan Brenda Christen	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Anchorage, Alaska)	May 16, 2013

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Morgan Brenda Christen

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Anchorage, Alaska)

May 16, 2013

Case	Category	Published
U.S. ex rel. Jones v. Biotronik, Inc. author	Torts	Sep. 10, 2025
Galvez v. Bisignano author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 10, 2025
In Re Subpoena Internet Subscribers author	Intellectual Property	Aug. 15, 2025
Engilis v. Monsanto Company author	Evidence	Aug. 12, 2025
Cheairs v. City of Seattle author	Constitutional Law	Aug. 1, 2025
Nadon v. Bisignano author	Administrative Agencies	Jul. 25, 2025
Johnson v. U.S. author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 3, 2025
Amended Opinion: Roe v. Critchfield author	Constitutional Law	May 23, 2025
U.S. v. Greene author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 23, 2025
Wildearth Guardians v. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services author	Environmental Law	Apr. 21, 2025
Regino v. Staley author	Constitutional Law	Apr. 4, 2025
Roe v. Critchfield author	Constitutional Law	Mar. 20, 2025
Project Veritas v. Schmidt author	Constitutional Law	Jan. 7, 2025
U.S. v. DeFrance concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 30, 2024
Waidla v. Davis concurring	Habeas Corpus	Dec. 23, 2024
U.S. v. Patterson concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 1, 2024
Corbett v. Transportation Security Administration author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 10, 2024
In re: Lovering Tubbs Trust v. Hoffman author	Bankruptcy	Sep. 9, 2024
Doe v. Horne author	Civil Rights	Sep. 9, 2024
Montera v. Premier Nutrition Corp. author	Consumer Law	Aug. 6, 2024
Sridej v. Blinken author	International Law	Jul. 23, 2024
Gonzales & Gonzales Bonds & Insurance Agency Inc. v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security dissenting	Administrative Agencies	Jul. 18, 2024
Smith v. Garland author	Immigration	Jun. 3, 2024
Bafford v. Administrative Committee of the Northrop Grumman Pension Plan author	Employment Law	May 9, 2024
Lewis v. Andes author	Prisoners' Rights	Mar. 12, 2024
U.S. v. Orozco-Orozco author	Immigration	Mar. 12, 2024
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Alahmedalabdaloklah author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 28, 2024
Sabbe v. Washington County Board of Commissioners author	Civil Rights	Oct. 18, 2023
Smith v. Agdeppa dissenting	Immunity	Aug. 30, 2023
U.S. v. Taylor author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 25, 2023
Hecox v. Little dissenting	Constitutional Law	Aug. 17, 2023
Nacarino v. Kashi Co. author	Consumer Law	Aug. 14, 2023
U.S. v. Alahmedalabdaloklah author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 9, 2023
Doe I v. Cisco Systems, Inc. dissenting	International Law	Jul. 7, 2023
Project Veritas v. Schmidt dissenting	Constitutional Law	Jul. 5, 2023
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Orozco-Barron dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 3, 2023
Dickey v. Davis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 31, 2023
Duke v. Gastelo author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 5, 2023
Katie Van v. LLR, Inc., et al concurring	Civil Procedure	Mar. 13, 2023
Smith v. Agdeppa author	Qualified Immunity	Dec. 30, 2022
Amended Opinion: Hoyos v. Davis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 17, 2022
Amended Opinion: 350 Montana v. Haaland author	Environmental Law	Oct. 14, 2022
Patsalis v. Shinn dissenting	Constitutional Law	Sep. 6, 2022
Hoyos v. Davis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 2, 2022
Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District Board of Education dissenting	Constitutional Law	Aug. 29, 2022
U.S. v. Willy dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 26, 2022
Ross Dress for Less, Inc. v. Makarios-Oregon, LLC author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 8, 2022
Seidner v. De Vries concurring	Qualified Immunity	Jun. 30, 2022
U.S. v. Begay author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 6, 2022
Stewart v. Aranas concurring	Prisoners' Rights	May 5, 2022
U.S. v. House concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 18, 2022
350 Montana v. Haaland author	Environmental Law	Apr. 5, 2022
U.S. v. Ponce author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 12, 2022
Fried v. Wynn Las Vegas author	Employment Discrimination	Nov. 19, 2021
Fordley v. Lizarraga author	Prisoners' Rights	Nov. 11, 2021
U.S. v. Prasad concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 9, 2021
Mudpie Inc. v. Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America author	Insurance	Oct. 4, 2021
CLMS Management Services v. Amwins Brokerage of Georgia author	Arbitration	Aug. 13, 2021
Maie v. Garland author	Immigration	Aug. 3, 2021
Mauia v. Petrochem Insulation author	Labor Law	Jul. 21, 2021
Lil' Man in the Boat v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco author	Civil Rights	Jul. 16, 2021
Gonzalez v. Google author	Cyber Law	Jun. 23, 2021
Kalispel Tribe of Indians v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior author	Native American Affairs	Jun. 2, 2021
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District concurring	Civil Rights	Mar. 19, 2021
Transportation Division of the Intl. Assoc. - SMART v. Federal Railroad Administration concurring	Administrative Agencies	Feb. 24, 2021
Whitaker v. Tesla Motors author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 26, 2021
Scalia v. State of Alaska dissenting	statutory_interpretation	Jan. 19, 2021
U.S. v. Bruce author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 13, 2021
Amended Opinion: Smith v. Baker author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 22, 2020
Urbina v. National Business Factors author	statutory_interpretation	Nov. 6, 2020
Grigsby v. BofI Holding author	Securities	Nov. 4, 2020
Ramos v. Wolf dissenting	Administrative Agencies	Sep. 15, 2020
Diaz-Reynoso v. Barr author	Immigration	Aug. 10, 2020
CitiMortgage v. Corte Madera Homeowners Association author	Real Property	Jun. 22, 2020
Smith v. Baker author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 22, 2020
In re Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation author	Attorneys	May 18, 2020
Mitchell v. U.S. concurring	Evidence	May 1, 2020
In re Point Center Financial Inc. dissenting	Bankruptcy	Apr. 30, 2020
McAdory v. DNF Associates author	Consumer Law	Mar. 10, 2020
Rizo v. Yovino author	Employment Discrimination	Feb. 28, 2020
Bearchild v. Cobban author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 17, 2020
Willis v. City of Seattle dissenting	Civil Procedure	Dec. 2, 2019
Pit River Tribe v. Bureau of Land Management author	statutory_interpretation	Sep. 20, 2019
The Koala v. Khosla author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 25, 2019
U.S. v. Briones author	Juveniles	Jul. 10, 2019
Hoffmann v. Pulido author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 9, 2019
Edge v. City of Everett author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 5, 2019
Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton vacated and remanded	Labor Law	Jun. 11, 2019
Franks Landing Indian Community v. National Indian Gaming Commission author	Native American Affairs	Mar. 13, 2019
U.S. v. Door author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 13, 2019
Miller v. Inslee author	Constitutional Law	Feb. 27, 2019
American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco concurring	Constitutional Law	Feb. 1, 2019
Frost v. BNSF author	Labor Law	Jan. 31, 2019
Independent Living Center v. Kent concurring	Civil Procedure	Nov. 26, 2018
Fikre v. FBI author	Constitutional Law	Sep. 21, 2018
U.S. v. Fomichev author	Evidence	Aug. 9, 2018
U.S. v. Obendorf author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 10, 2018
Fuqua v. Ryan author	Prisoners' Rights	May 21, 2018
Varjabedian v. Emulex concurring	Securities	Apr. 23, 2018
Amended Opinion: TDY Holdings LLC v. United States author	Environmental Law	Mar. 21, 2018
Thompson v. Copeland dissenting	Qualified Immunity	Mar. 14, 2018
U.S. v. Aguilar Diaz author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 12, 2018
Amended Opinion: TDY Holdings LLC v. United States author	Environmental Law	Mar. 8, 2018
Newton v. Parker Drilling Management Services author	Labor Law	Feb. 6, 2018
Duggan v. CIR author	Tax	Jan. 16, 2018
U.S. v. Diaz author	Evidence	Dec. 7, 2017
Eichenberger v. ESPN Inc. concurring	Civil Procedure	Nov. 30, 2017
United States v. Molinar concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 30, 2017
Aspen Skiing Company v. Cherrett (In re Cherrett) author	Bankruptcy	Oct. 17, 2017
Sanders v. Cullen author	Prisoners' Rights	Oct. 16, 2017
TDY Holdings LLC v. United States author	Environmental Law	Oct. 5, 2017
U.S. v. Doe author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 13, 2017
King v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois author	Health Care	Sep. 11, 2017
Sanchez v. Sessions concurring	Immigration	Aug. 31, 2017
Lehman v. Nelson author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 17, 2017
Snyder & Associates Acquisitions LLC v. United States author	Administrative Agencies	Jun. 19, 2017

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