9th Circut Civil Rights Appeals
The firm has a longstanding tradition of accepting appellate cases referred by the Ninth Circuit pro bono panel. Since 2003, the firm has reversed summary judgments in three different prisoner civil rights appeals, all which resulted in reported opinions that have advanced the rights of prisoners: Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108 (9th Cir.), cert. denied 124 S. Ct. 50 (2003); Bruce v. Ylst, 351 F.3d 1283, 1288 (9th Cir. 2003); and Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918 (9th Cir. 2004). (Pro bono)