Mark J. Bennett

Circuit Judge
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hawaii - Honolulu

Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President Donald Trump, 2018; director, Starn, O'Toole Marcus & Fisher, 2011-18; attorney general, Hawaii, 2003-10; of counsel, partner, McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon, 1990-2002; assistant U.S. attorney, District of Hawaii, 1982-89; assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1980-82; clerk, U.S. District Court Judge Samuel P. King, Hawaii, 1979-80

Cornell Law School

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9th Circuit Judge Mark J. Bennett known for wit, integrity, intelligence	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals	Jan. 26, 2022

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9th Circuit Judge Mark J. Bennett known for wit, integrity, intelligence

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jan. 26, 2022

Case	Category	Published
Tohono O'Odham Nation v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior author	Civil Procedure	May 27, 2025
Amended Opinion: Pizzuto v. Tewalt author	Prisoners' Rights	May 14, 2025
U.S. v. Gonzalez-Loera author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 28, 2025
Pizzuto v. Tewalt author	Prisoners' Rights	Mar. 24, 2025
Schrader Cellar LLC v. Roach author	Contracts	Feb. 21, 2025
Nwauzor v. The GEO Group, Inc. dissenting	Government	Jan. 16, 2025
Project Veritas v. Schmidt concurring	Constitutional Law	Jan. 7, 2025
Moving Oxnard Forward Inc. v. Ascension dissenting	Constitutional Law	Dec. 20, 2024
U.S. v. Nasri dissenting	Civil Procedure	Oct. 29, 2024
Casun Invest, A.G. v. Ponder dissenting	Civil Procedure	Oct. 15, 2024
Bennett v. Isagenix International, LLC dissenting	Contracts	Oct. 1, 2024
Mooney v. Fife author	Employment Law	Sep. 30, 2024
League of California Cities v. Federal Communications Commission dissenting	Administrative Agencies	Sep. 13, 2024
U.S. v. Avendano-Soto author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 12, 2024
U.S. v. Brewster author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 12, 2024
Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles dissenting	Constitutional Law	Sep. 9, 2024
Ronderos v. USF Reddaway Inc. dissenting	Arbitration	Aug. 22, 2024
U.S. v. Chichande author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 15, 2024
Leon Perez v. Garland author	Immigration	Jun. 28, 2024
Keebaugh v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. author	Arbitration	Apr. 26, 2024
Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot v. State of Montana author	Environmental Law	Apr. 23, 2024
Fli-Lo Falcon LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. author	Arbitration	Apr. 10, 2024
U.S. v. Motley author	Evidence	Dec. 29, 2023
Creech v. Tewalt author	Constitutional Law	Oct. 16, 2023
Habelt v. iRhythm Technologies, Inc. dissenting	Civil Procedure	Oct. 11, 2023
Moore v. Garnand author	Immunity	Sep. 29, 2023
Wallingford v. Bonta author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 21, 2023
Hermosillo v. Garland dissenting	Immigration	Sep. 14, 2023
Ernest Bock, LLC v. Steelman author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 3, 2023
U.S. v. Walker author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 30, 2023
Amended Opinion: Umana-Escobar v. Garland author	Immigration	May 23, 2023
Kennedy Jr. v. Warren concurring	Constitutional Law	May 4, 2023
Mayes v. Biden author	Government	Apr. 19, 2023
Silk v. Bond author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 10, 2023
Chong Yim v. City of Seattle concurring	Constitutional Law	Mar. 21, 2023
Umana-Escobar v. Garland author	Immigration	Mar. 17, 2023
Forrest v. Spizzirri author	Arbitration	Mar. 16, 2023
U.S. v. Farias-Contreras dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 15, 2023
D.O. v. Escondido Union School District author	Education	Jan. 31, 2023
Antonio v. Garland author	Immigration	Jan. 26, 2023
Opara v. Yellen author	Employment Discrimination	Jan. 17, 2023
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe v. City of Seattle concurring	Civil Procedure	Jan. 3, 2023
SoCal Recovery LLC v. City of Costa Mesa author	Disability Discrimination	Jan. 3, 2023
Tingley v. Ferguson concurring	Civil Rights	Sep. 6, 2022
Chavez v. Brnovich author	Constitutional Law	Aug. 1, 2022
Knapke v. PeopleConnect author	Arbitration	Jun. 29, 2022
Vaz v. Neal author	Administrative Agencies	May 10, 2022
B&G Foods North America v. Embry author	Civil Rights	Mar. 18, 2022
California Chamber of Commerce v. Council for Education and Research on Toxics author	Civil Rights	Mar. 18, 2022
SNJ Limited v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue author	Tax	Mar. 11, 2022
U.S. v. Saini author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 25, 2022
Columbia Export Terminal v. International Longshore and Warehouse Union dissenting	Labor Law	Jan. 6, 2022
Bogle v. Garland author	Immigration	Dec. 30, 2021
U.S. v. Rizo-Rizo author	Immigration	Nov. 1, 2021
Cohen v. ConAgra Brands, Inc. author	Consumer Law	Oct. 27, 2021
Dietrich v. The Boeing Company author	Civil Procedure	Oct. 4, 2021
Melnik v. Dzurenda dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 28, 2021
Alam v. Garland concurring	Immigration	Sep. 9, 2021
Garcia v. City of Los Angeles dissenting	Civil Rights	Sep. 3, 2021
Gov't of Guam v. Guerrero dissenting	Tax	Sep. 1, 2021
U.S. v. Gonzalez-Valencia author	Immigration	Jul. 21, 2021
Bogle v. Garland author	Immigration	Jun. 24, 2021
Wong v. Flynn-Kerper author	Remedies	Jun. 8, 2021
Franklin v. Community Regional Medical Center author	Arbitration	May 24, 2021
U.S. v. Gibson author	Constitutional Law	May 21, 2021
Pizzuto v. Tewalt author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 14, 2021
California Trucking Association v. Bonta dissenting	Constitutional Law	Apr. 29, 2021
U.S. v. Boyd author	Tax	Mar. 25, 2021
Howard v. HMK Holdings author	Civil Rights	Feb. 24, 2021
U.S. v. Gonzalez-Valencia author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 16, 2021
Desire LLC v. Manna Textiles author	statutory_interpretation	Feb. 3, 2021
Hooper v. Shinn author	Prisoners' Rights	Jan. 11, 2021
U.S. v. Harris author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 30, 2020
Hotop v. City of San Jose concurring	Civil Rights	Dec. 8, 2020
U.S. v. Lozoya author	statutory_interpretation	Dec. 4, 2020
3500 Sepulveda LLC v. RREEF America REIT II author	Real Property	Nov. 23, 2020
Ventura v. Rutledge author	Civil Rights	Oct. 23, 2020
Revitch v. DIRECTV LLC dissenting	Arbitration	Oct. 1, 2020
Lam v. Acosta dissenting	Civil Rights	Sep. 28, 2020
Amended Opinion: Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles author	Civil Rights	Sep. 14, 2020
U.S. v. Valencia-Lopez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 20, 2020
Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles author	Civil Rights	Jul. 23, 2020
United States v. Voris author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 8, 2020
U.S. v. Baldon author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 22, 2020
Winter v. Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center author	Torts	Mar. 24, 2020
Johnson v. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 3, 2019
Royal Wulff Ventures v. Primero Mining dissenting	International Law	Sep. 18, 2019
Ray v. County of Los Angeles author	Labor Law	Aug. 23, 2019
U.S. v. Briones dissenting	Juveniles	Jul. 10, 2019
In The Matter of 8SPEED8, Inc. dissenting	Bankruptcy	Apr. 30, 2019
United States v. Johnson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 10, 2019
James Steinle v. City and County of San Francisco author	Immunity	Mar. 26, 2019
Fowler v. Guerin dissenting		Mar. 14, 2019
Wadler v. Bio-Rad Laboratories author	Labor Law	Feb. 27, 2019
Rayamajhi v. Whitaker concurring	Immigration	Jan. 16, 2019

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