9th Circuit rejects appeal by rancher who imprisoned 16 border-crossers

Yuma Sun ^ | February 05, 2011 8:57 PM | HOWARD FISCHER

[sean327]

PHOENIX — Federal appellate judges have refused to overturn the civil verdict against a Cochise County rancher found guilty of illegally imprisoning 16 border crossers.

In a brief and unsigned opinion, the three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by Roger Barnett that the Tucson jury that found him liable should have been told by the trial judge that they could consider his claim of self-defense.

The judges said Arizona law allows someone to use or threaten to use physical force against another when a reasonable person would believe that is necessary to protect against the other party's use or attempted use of physical force.

[sean327]

The stupidity comming out of the 9th Circus never ends.

[BenLurkin]

9th Circuit rejects appeal by rancher who imprisoned detained 16 border-crossers

[sean327]

I wish I had been on that jury. We would still be deliberating. There is no way in hell I would have voted to convict this guy. But unfortunatly Tucson is Arizona’s Berkley, and the jury pool there is very “progressive” and sympathetic to the plight of illegals.

[Carley]

If I am not mistaken, it was Judge Roll, recently murdered by Jared, who gave the illegals standing to bring suit against the rancher.

[opentalk]

Sometimes the Supreme Court simply decides cases and sometimes it seems to have something bigger in mind. In the past two weeks, it has been in scold mode, and its target has been the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Recent decisions amount to a dressing down for 9th Circuit

[jerseyrocks]

Just get a couple of thousand of people to protest in the street and Obama will demand the judge leave the bench. The he!! with elections, we will be ruled by demonstrations.

[OldNewYork]

What happened to the ‘an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’ crowd, when this is a clear injustice?

[FormerACLUmember]

Marxists, like those who dominate the corrupt 9th Circuit, are always total evil b*stards.

[SF_Redux]

guess I get a tad more pissed off than I can keep up with in type

[FlingWingFlyer]

Arizona ranchers. Doing the job the Feds don’t want to do.

[brityank]

In case you hadn't noticed, Holder and Soetoro have renamed it the Just-Us Department!

[USNBandit]

You are correct. I also heard that he was generally a judge that prosecutors liked because, as a former prosecutor, he treated them with favorably.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

They're just words, that's what happened.

[popdonnelly]

This is just insane. And they wonder why people don’t trust the federal government. This guy thought he was doing the right thing, and he gets sued by a bunch of Mexican illegals. And the federal court agrees with the Mexican illegals.

[popdonnelly]

Just doing the job the American government won’t do.

[SouthTexas]

9th Circuit rejects appeal by rancher who imprisoned detained 16 border-crossers illegals