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Daily Summary — 2026-05-04

Daily Summary — 2026-05-04. 6 case(s) published, 10 investigated but skipped, 16 opinion(s) surfaced across 14 court(s) searched.
6Published
10Skipped
16Opinions surfaced
14Courts searched
3Email mentions

Cases Published

Case Court Date Practice areas
People v. Morris — California Supreme Court Says Non-Killer Must Aid the Lethal Act, Not Just the Underlying Felony, to Be Guilty of First-Degree Felony Murder Cal. Supreme Court 2026-05-04 criminal-law, constitutional-law
People v. Berch — 2nd District Holds Felony False Imprisonment by Menace Doesn't Require Force Greater Than Restraint 2DCA Div. 6 2026-05-04 criminal-law
People v. Moss — 2nd District Says Section 1172.75 Resentencing Court Can Reimpose Upper Term Without New Jury Findings on Aggravating Facts 2DCA Div. 8 2026-05-04 criminal-law, constitutional-law
People v. Pineda — 2nd District Holds Codefendant's Perkins-Operation Statements Are Admissible at 1172.6 Hearing as Declarations Against Penal Interest 2DCA Div. 8 2026-05-04 criminal-law, civil-procedure
In re Parker B. — 4th District Says Unqualified WIC Section 782 Dismissal Encompasses Findings, Allowing Sealing of Section 707(b) Juvenile Records 4DCA Div. 1 2026-05-04 criminal-law, family-law
Doerr v. Shinn — Ninth Circuit Amends Rhines Stay-and-Abey Order, Sends Atkins Intellectual-Disability Claim Back to District Court 9th Cir. 2026-05-04 criminal-law, constitutional-law

Cases Investigated but Not Published

  • John Houhoulas v. Cal. Dep't of Transp. Human Res. (23-15546, 9th Cir.) — Pro se employment claim against CalTrans; unpub memo, not for publication, no substantive holding
  • Otuya v. Blanche (24-5221, 9th Cir.) — Unpub memorandum disposition denying immigration petition for review
  • Feller v. Petty (24-5199, 9th Cir.) — Unpub short memo, not substantive enough to warrant summary
  • Cruz Rodriguez v. Blanche (25-2021, 9th Cir.) — Order (not opinion) in immigration appeal
  • Silverton Mountain Guides, LLC v. United States Forest Service (25-1384, 9th Cir.) — Alaska LLC vs. US Forest Service; no California nexus
  • MacAria Martinez Garcia v. Todd Blanche (19-70441, 9th Cir.) — Unpub memo denying immigration petition for review
  • Morales-Lopez v. Blanche (25-3173, 9th Cir.) — Unpub memo denying immigration petition for review
  • Maloney v. United States Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (25-2213, 9th Cir.) — Navajo/Hopi relocation case (Arizona/New Mexico); no California nexus
  • Lopez-Sebastian v. Blanche (25-2998, 9th Cir.) — Unpub memo denying immigration petition for review
  • Lemus v. Clark County School District (25-2699, 9th Cir.) — Clark County School District (Nevada); no California nexus

Courts Searched

Court Source Opinions found Kept after triage Notes
California Supreme Court courts.ca.gov 1 1 P. v. Morris S284751 — felony-murder aider/abettor doctrine
1st District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0
2nd District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 3 3 All published 2DCA opinions kept (Berch, Moss, Pineda)
3rd District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0
4th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 1 1 In re Parker B. (Div. 1) — juvenile records sealing
5th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0
6th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0
Appellate Division (Superior Court) courts.ca.gov 0 0
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals CourtListener (court_id:ca9) 11 1 Doerr v. Shinn (published) kept; 10 unpub memos skipped
U.S. District Court — Central District of California CourtListener (court_id:cacd) 0 0
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of California CourtListener (court_id:caed) 0 0
U.S. District Court — Northern District of California CourtListener (court_id:cand) 0 0
U.S. District Court — Southern District of California CourtListener (court_id:casd) 0 0
U.S. Supreme Court (CA-related) CourtListener (court_id:scotus, name-filter) 0 0

Courts Not Searched Today

  • California Court of Appeal — unpublished/non-citable — Listing page returned 0 rows; will retry tomorrow

Email Newsletter Ingest

Metric Count
Messages processed 6
Newsletter URLs (case-source) 0
Case mentions extracted from newsletter bodies 3

Subscribed sources: LexBlog topic newsletters, Law360, Justia Daily Opinion Summaries (subscriptions confirmed; first daily edition pending)

Sources Consulted

  • courts.ca.gov/opinions/publishedcitable-opinions
  • courts.ca.gov/opinions/unpublishednon-citable-opinions
  • CourtListener API v4 — court_id: ca9, cacd, caed, cand, casd, scotus
  • Newsletter inbox (IMAP, read-only)
  • data/skipped_m_orders.log (M-suffix dedup audit; 0 new entries today)
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