United States v. Perez-Valencia, No. 12-50063 (Trott with O'Scannlain and Clifton) ---

The Ninth Circuit remanded this case for the limited purpose of developing a more robust record on the question whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 2516, an elected district attorney properly delegated his authority to authorize wiretap applications presented to state courts to an assistant.

The decision is here:


http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2013/07/16/12-50063.pdf


Cannedy v. Adams, No. 09-56902 (O'Scannlain, dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc) ---

Another shot across the bough in the Ninth Circuit's continuing struggle to apply summary state habeas denials by California courts in federal habeas cases.


The opinion is here:

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2013/07/15/09-56902%20web%20revised.pdf