Newly-appointed U.S. Circuit Judge Anthony D. Johnstone, a former University of Montana law school professor, heard oral arguments for two Montana cases on Friday.
A federal judge in San Diego, California is under investigation after handcuffing a 13-year-old girl and putting her in the jury box in an attempt to scare her straight.
The Ninth Circuit vacated on Tuesday a split panel's decision that a California law banning private immigration detention facilities and other private prisons does not pass legal muster because it would impede the federal government's immigration enforcement, saying it will hold an en banc hearing.