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  1. Gilbert B. Martinez v. Eddie Ylst, Superintendent, California Medical Facility South
    Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991)cited by 11,516
  2. Lopez v. Smith
    Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2000)cited by 10,351
  3. J. Wilkerson v. B. Wheeler
    J. Wilkerson v. B. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834 (9th Cir. 2014)cited by 7,762
  4. Michael Henry Ferdik v. Joe Bonzelet, Sheriff
    Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258 (9th Cir. 1992)cited by 7,466
  5. Karen Garrison v. Carolyn W. Colvin
    Garrison v. Colvin, 759 F.3d 995 (9th Cir. 2014)cited by 6,631
  6. Jena Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Department Al Olsen, Police Chief, Individually and as a Police Agent
    Jena Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep't Al Olsen, Police Chief, 901 F.2d 696 (9th Cir. 1990)cited by 6,226
  7. Lavonne BAXTER v. Louis SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services
    Lavonne BAXTER v. Sullivan, 923 F.2d 1391 (9th Cir. 1991)cited by 6,057
  8. Molina v. Astrue
    Molina v. Astrue, 674 F.3d 1104 (9th Cir. 2012)cited by 5,677
  9. United States v. Jose Francisco Reyna-Tapia, AKA Jose Reyna
    United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2003)cited by 5,566
  10. Maureen Thomas v. Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
    Thomas v. Barnhart, 278 F.3d 947 (9th Cir. 2002)cited by 5,221
  11. Frank D. Gaus v. Miles, Inc., an Indiana Corporation
    Gaus v. Miles, Inc., 980 F.2d 564 (9th Cir. 1992)cited by 5,052
  12. Tackett v. Apfel
    Tackett v. Apfel, 180 F.3d 1094 (9th Cir. 1999)cited by 4,990
  13. Michael Lacey v. Joseph Arpaio
    Lacey v. Arpaio, 693 F.3d 896 (9th Cir. 2012)cited by 4,980
  14. Deborah L. Burch v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
    Burch v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 400 F.3d 676 (9th Cir. 2005)cited by 4,849
  15. Ann J. Malone v. United States Postal Service, an Agency of the United States
    Malone v. United States Postal Serv., an Agency of the United States, 833 F.2d 128 (9th Cir. 1987)cited by 4,476
  16. Smolen v. Chater
    Smolen v. Chater, 80 F.3d 1273 (9th Cir. 1996)cited by 4,345
  17. Orn v. Astrue
    Orn v. Astrue, 495 F.3d 625 (9th Cir. 2007)cited by 4,311
  18. Hebbe v. Pliler
    Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338 (9th Cir. 2010)cited by 4,294
  19. Dairl Johnson Claudine Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc.
    Dairl Johnson Claudine Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1992)cited by 4,171
  20. Tommasetti v. Astrue
    Tommasetti v. Astrue, 533 F.3d 1035 (9th Cir. 2008)cited by 4,155
  21. David P. Pagtalunan v. George Galaza, Warden Thomas Maddock, Acting Director, California Department of Corrections
    Pagtalunan v. Galaza, 291 F.3d 639 (9th Cir. 2002)cited by 4,113
  22. Lester v. Chater
    Lester v. Chater, 81 F.3d 821 (9th Cir. 1995)cited by 4,023
  23. Johnson v. Duffy
    Johnson v. Duffy, 588 F.2d 740 (9th Cir. 1978)cited by 3,958
  24. Henderson v. Duncan
    Henderson v. Duncan, 779 F.2d 1421 (9th Cir. 1986)cited by 3,835
  25. Raymond E. ANDREWS v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services
    Andrews v. Shalala, 53 F.3d 1035 (9th Cir. 1995)cited by 3,831
  26. Lingenfelter v. Astrue
    Lingenfelter v. Astrue, 504 F.3d 1028 (9th Cir. 2007)cited by 3,712
  27. Alphonso Thompson v. The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, a Public Corporation
    Alphonso Thompson v. The Hous. Auth. of the City of Los Angeles, a Pub. Corp., 782 F.2d 829 (9th Cir. 1986)cited by 3,698
  28. Treichler v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
    Treichler v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 775 F.3d 1090 (9th Cir. 2014)cited by 3,630
  29. Starr v. Baca
    Starr v. Baca, 652 F.3d 1202 (9th Cir. 2011)cited by 3,611
  30. Carmickle v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration
    Carmickle v. Comm'r, 533 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2008)cited by 3,599
  31. Jana M. Bayliss v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, Social Security Administration
    Bayliss v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin., 427 F.3d 1211 (9th Cir. 2005)cited by 3,552
  32. Taylor v. List
    Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040 (9th Cir. 1989)cited by 3,527
  33. Gregory Carey v. John E. King
    Carey v. King, 856 F.2d 1439 (9th Cir. 1988)cited by 3,494
  34. Moss v. U.S. Secret Service
    Moss v. U.S. Secret Serv., 572 F.3d 962 (9th Cir. 2009)cited by 3,424
  35. James L. Batson, Sr. v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
    Batson v. Comm'r of the Soc. Sec. Admin., 359 F.3d 1190 (9th Cir. 2004)cited by 3,255
  36. Reddick v. Chater
    Reddick v. Chater, 157 F.3d 715 (9th Cir. 1998)cited by 3,225
  37. Harry Franklin v. Ms. Murphy and Hoyt Cupp
    Franklin v. Murphy & Hoyt Cupp, 745 F.2d 1221 (9th Cir. 1984)cited by 3,215
  38. Padgett v. Wright
    Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983 (9th Cir. 2009)cited by 3,113
  39. Mary M. MAGALLANES v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services
    Magallanes v. Bowen, 881 F.2d 747 (9th Cir. 1989)cited by 3,092
  40. Turner v. Duncan
    Turner v. Duncan, 158 F.3d 449 (9th Cir. 1998)cited by 2,954
  41. Gordon Stout v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration
    Stout v. Comm'r, 454 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2006)cited by 2,941
  42. Hal Roach Studios, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. Richard Feiner and Company, Inc., a New York Corporation
    Hal Roach Studios, Inc. v. Feiner, 896 F.2d 1542 (9th Cir. 1990)cited by 2,932
  43. Toguchi v. Soon Hwang Chung
    Toguchi v. Soon Hwang Chung, 391 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir. 2004)cited by 2,922
  44. Cyrus Ghazali v. John Moran, Sheriff Clark County Commissioners
    Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52 (9th Cir. 1995)cited by 2,893
  45. Patricia Scott Anderson v. Air West, Incorporated
    Anderson v. Air West, Inc., 542 F.2d 522 (9th Cir. 1976)cited by 2,823
  46. Kim Brown-Hunter v. Carolyn W. Colvin
    Brown-Hunter v. Colvin, 806 F.3d 487 (9th Cir. 2015)cited by 2,821
  47. Bray v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
    Bray v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 554 F.3d 1219 (9th Cir. 2009)cited by 2,773
  48. Jasim Ghanim v. Carolyn W. Colvin
    Jasim Ghanim v. Colvin, 763 F.3d 1154 (9th Cir. 2014)cited by 2,755
  49. Baltazar Hernandez Barron Margarita Hernandez Ramirez v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
    Baltazar Hernandez Barron Margarita Hernandez Ramirez v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674 (9th Cir. 2004)cited by 2,740
  50. Robbins v. Social Security Administration
    Robbins v. Soc. Sec. Admin., 466 F.3d 880 (9th Cir. 2006)cited by 2,702
  51. Alliance for Wild Rockies v. Cottrell
    Alliance for Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, 632 F.3d 1127 (9th Cir. 2011)cited by 2,679
  52. Lee A. Rand v. James Rowland Nadim Khoury, M.D., William Bunnell Roy Lee Johnson Leo R. Estes
    Rand v. James Rowland Nadim Khoury, M.D., William Bunnell Roy Lee Johnson Leo R. Estes, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998)cited by 2,671
  53. Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu
    Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006)cited by 2,632
  54. Jamal Ali Farah v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
    Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153 (9th Cir. 2003)cited by 2,604
  55. Gary R. Eitel v. William D. McCool
    Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470 (9th Cir. 1986)cited by 2,603
  56. Trevizo v. Berryhill
    Trevizo v. Berryhill, 871 F.3d 664 (9th Cir. 2017)cited by 2,571
  57. Valentine v. Commissioner Social Security Administration
    Valentine v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin., 574 F.3d 685 (9th Cir. 2009)cited by 2,563
  58. Eminence Capital, Llc, and Jay Spechler v. Aspeon, Inc. Richard P. Stack
    Eminence Capital, Llc v. Aspeon, Inc., 316 F.3d 1048 (9th Cir. 2003)cited by 2,553
  59. Andrews v. Cervantes
    Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir. 2007)cited by 2,531
  60. David Poe Wood v. Vernon G. Housewright, George Sumner
    Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332 (9th Cir. 1990)cited by 2,519
  61. Lee v. City Of Los Angeles
    Lee v. City Of Los Angeles, 250 F.3d 668 (9th Cir. 2001)cited by 2,456
  62. Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC
    Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC, 809 F.3d 1092 (9th Cir. 2016)cited by 2,450
  63. Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors
    Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors, 266 F.3d 979 (9th Cir. 2001)cited by 2,437
  64. United States v. Donald Lawrence Ritchie, Heather Horner
    United States v. Ritchie, 342 F.3d 903 (9th Cir. 2003)cited by 2,422
  65. Raymond Watison v. Mary Carter
    Watison v. Carter, 668 F.3d 1108 (9th Cir. 2012)cited by 2,420
  66. Rafael Navarro v. Sherman Block
    Navarro v. Block, 250 F.3d 729 (9th Cir. 2001)cited by 2,410
  67. Phenylpropanolamine (Ppa) Products Liability Litigation, Shantell Allen, on Behalf of Allen, Vera v. Bayer Corporation, Leon Anderson, Jr. v
    Phenylpropanolamine (Ppa) Prods. Liab. Litig., Shantell Allen v. Bayer Corp., Leon Anderson, Jr. v, 460 F.3d 1217 (9th Cir. 2006)cited by 2,407
  68. Cato v. United States
    Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103 (9th Cir. 1995)cited by 2,373
  69. Jonathon Castro v. County of Los Angeles
    Castro v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 833 F.3d 1060 (9th Cir. 2016)cited by 2,353
  70. Jack FAIR v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States
    Fair v. Bowen, 885 F.2d 597 (9th Cir. 1989)cited by 2,312
  71. Mullis v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada
    Mullis v. United States Bankr. Court for the Dist. of Nev., 828 F.2d 1385 (9th Cir. 1987)cited by 2,236
  72. Wilhelm v. Rotman
    Wilhelm v. Rotman, 680 F.3d 1113 (9th Cir. 2012)cited by 2,225
  73. Juan Albino v. Lee Baca
    Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir. 2014)cited by 2,207
  74. Shobna Chandar Lata v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
    Shobna Chandar Lata v. Immigration & Naturalization Serv., 204 F.3d 1241 (9th Cir. 2000)cited by 2,200
  75. Bunnell v. Sullivan
    Bunnell v. Sullivan, 947 F.2d 341 (9th Cir. 1991)cited by 2,195
  76. Hells Canyon Preservation Council v. U.S. Forest Service
    Hells Canyon Preservation Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683 (9th Cir. 2005)cited by 2,194
  77. Debbra Hill v. Michael Astrue
    Debbra Hill v. Astrue, 698 F.3d 1153 (9th Cir. 2012)cited by 2,191
  78. Kathryn C. Rollins v. Larry G. Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Administration
    Rollins v. Massanari, 261 F.3d 853 (9th Cir. 2001)cited by 2,178
  79. T.W. Electrical Service, Inc. v. Pacific Electrical Contractors Association
    T.W. Elec. Serv., Inc. v. Pac. Elec. Contractors Ass'n, 809 F.2d 626 (9th Cir. 1987)cited by 2,177
  80. Leslie Woods v. Kilolo Kijakazi
    Woods v. Kilolo Kijakazi, 32 F.4th 785 (9th Cir. 2022)cited by 2,172
  81. Anne J. Holohan v. Larry G. Massanari, Acting Commissionerof Ssa
    Holohan v. Massanari, 246 F.3d 1195 (9th Cir. 2001)cited by 2,157
  82. Lee v. City of Los Angeles
    Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 250 F.3d 668 (9th Cir. 2001)cited by 2,151
  83. United States v. Carty
    United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984 (9th Cir. 2008)cited by 2,127
  84. Pintos v. PACIFIC CREDITORS ASS'N
    Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass'N, 605 F.3d 665 (9th Cir. 2010)cited by 2,118
  85. Rhodes v. Robinson
    Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559 (9th Cir. 2005)cited by 2,110
  86. Frederick C. Wilborn v. Antonio Escalderon and Ruth Rushen
    Wilborn v. Escalderon, 789 F.2d 1328 (9th Cir. 1986)cited by 2,104
  87. Debbie Foltz, Consumer Action United Policyholders Texas Watch and Tierney Adamson Kevin Snead Daniel P. Johnson . v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation California Institute of Medical Research & Technology, Inc., a Foreign Corporation Dba Comprehensive Medical Review Ralph Householder Steven Becker v. April Jean Ho Jim Mathis
    Debbie Foltz, Consumer Action United Policyholders Tex. Watch & Tierney Adamson Kevin Snead Daniel P. Johnson . v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., an Ill. Corp. Cal. Inst. of Med. Research & Tech., Inc., a Foreign Corp. Dba Comprehensive Med. Review Ralph Householder Steven Becker v. April Jean Ho Jim Mathis, 331 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2003)cited by 2,100
  88. Samuel Martinez-Serrano v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
    Martinez-Serrano v. Immigration & Naturalization Serv., 94 F.3d 1256 (9th Cir. 1996)cited by 2,095
  89. United States v. Hinkson
    United States v. Hinkson, 585 F.3d 1247 (9th Cir. 2009)cited by 2,084
  90. John C. McGuckin v. Dr. Smith John C. Medlen, Dr.
    McGuckin v. Smith John C. Medlen, Dr., 974 F.2d 1050 (9th Cir. 1992)cited by 2,081
  91. Palmer v. Valdez
    Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965 (9th Cir. 2009)cited by 2,066
  92. Joseph Jackson, II v. State of Arizona (Unknown) Terry, Deputy Acting Warden (Unknown) Avenenti, Deputy Warden
    Jackson v. State of Ariz. (Unknown) Terry, Deputy Acting Warden (Unknown) Avenenti, Deputy, 885 F.2d 639 (9th Cir. 1989)cited by 2,052
  93. Rafael Arroyo, Jr. v. Carmen Rosas
    Arroyo v. Rosas, 19 F.4th 1202 (9th Cir. 2021)cited by 2,024
  94. Vernon C. Weygandt v. Donald Look, Superintendent, and the Attorney General for the State of Washington
    Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952 (9th Cir. 1983)cited by 2,023
  95. Lance Jett v. M. Penner, D. Peterson, and Cheryl K. Pliler, Warden
    Jett v. M. Penner, D. Peterson, & Cheryl K. Pliler, 439 F.3d 1091 (9th Cir. 2006)cited by 2,020
  96. Sammy Lee Terrell v. R.D. Brewer, Warden Jon Morales Christopher C. Phillips
    Terrell v. R.D. Brewer, Warden Jon Morales Christopher C. Phillips, 935 F.2d 1015 (9th Cir. 1991)cited by 2,014
  97. Bradley Lewis v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
    Lewis v. Apfel, 236 F.3d 503 (9th Cir. 2001)cited by 1,995
  98. Safe Air for Everyone v. Meyer
    Safe Air for Everyone v. Meyer, 373 F.3d 1035 (9th Cir. 2004)cited by 1,993
  99. Manzarek v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
    Manzarek v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins., 519 F.3d 1025 (9th Cir. 2008)cited by 1,977
  100. Donald Robin BARREN v. Tom HARRINGTON
    Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193 (9th Cir. 1998)cited by 1,902

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