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As of September 30, 2010, FDSDI had 267 open appellate cases. Over the past fiscal year, FDSDI opened 136 appellate cases and closed 152. During that year, the Ninth Court of Appeals entered approximately 90 appellate decisions in FDSDI cases (FDSDI had 2 cases in the D.C. Circuit). FDSDI gained relief on behalf of its clients in 11 of them. Fourteen of the decisions were published, and FDSDI prevailed in four of those.
The published reversals included significant opinions. FDSDI prevailed in the decision in United States v. Liera, F.3d (9th Cir. 2009), which was the first post-Corley published decision suppressing statements under 18 U.S.C. § 3501. FDSDI prevailed in sentencing appeals in United States v. Espinoza-Morales, 621 F.3d 1141 (9th Cir. 2010), and United States v. Munoz-Camarena, 621 F.3d 967 (9th Cir. 2010). In United States v. Farias, 618 F.3d 1049 (9th Cir. 2010), FDSDI prevailed in a Faretta claim.
FDSDI's petition for a writ of certiorari was granted in Flores-Villar v. United States, No. 09-5801, and the Ninth Circuit reheard United States v. Aguila-Montes de Oca, 594 F.3d 1080 (9th Cir. 2010), en banc. Both cases remain pending.