The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday instructed the District Court of the Central District of California to order the FBI to destroy records relating to an inventory search of the contents of safe deposit boxes at a private facility and to remove images of documents from its computer system, holding that Fourth Amendment rights of the box-holders were violated.

(Subscription required) "She doesn't have that been-there-done-that attitude and has good knowledge of the law," Unger said in a phone conversation. "Although it could be overwhelming seeing some of the darkness that goes around, she is able to look at every case fresh. She's just a wonderful human being and a wonderful judge," he added. "Always been fair to both sides and polite too."

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday reversed a man’s conviction for distributing fentanyl resulting in death because text messages between the defendant and the victim were improperly admitted into evidence in violation of the hearsay rule.

The First District Court of Appeal held yesterday that the rule that court permission must be secured before recording a lis pendens for the second time on the same property applies even though the recording takes place in a subsequent lawsuit.