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9th Circuit rejects appeal by rancher who imprisoned 16 border-crossers
Yuma Sun ^ | February 05, 2011 8:57 PM | HOWARD FISCHER

Posted on 02/06/2011 8:26:09 AM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at yumasun.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; arizona; border; borderjumpers; immigration
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The stupidity comming out of the 9th Circus never ends.
1 posted on 02/06/2011 8:26:12 AM PST by sean327
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9th Circuit rejects appeal by rancher who imprisoned detained 16 border-crossers
3 posted on 02/06/2011 8:35:25 AM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: 95B30

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.


4 posted on 02/06/2011 8:35:36 AM PST by sean327 (God created all men equal, then some become Marines!)
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If I am not mistaken, it was Judge Roll, recently murdered by Jared, who gave the illegals standing to bring suit against the rancher.


5 posted on 02/06/2011 8:37:21 AM PST by Carley (ARAB STREET NO DIFFERENT THAN AMERICA'S LEFT)
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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

6 posted on 02/06/2011 8:40:11 AM PST by opentalk
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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.


9 posted on 02/06/2011 8:42:45 AM PST by jerseyrocks
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What happened to the ‘an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’ crowd, when this is a clear injustice?


10 posted on 02/06/2011 8:50:36 AM PST by OldNewYork (social justice isn't justice; it's just socialism)
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Marxists, like those who dominate the corrupt 9th Circuit, are always total evil b*stards.


12 posted on 02/06/2011 8:52:48 AM PST by FormerACLUmember (Character is defined by how we treat those who society says have no value.)
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guess I get a tad more pissed off than I can keep up with in type


13 posted on 02/06/2011 8:55:07 AM PST by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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To: sean327

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


14 posted on 02/06/2011 8:56:51 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Happy 100th Birthday President Reagan. America misses you.)
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In case you hadn't noticed, Holder and Soetoro have renamed it the Just-Us Department!
15 posted on 02/06/2011 8:57:32 AM PST by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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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.


16 posted on 02/06/2011 8:57:57 AM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: OldNewYork
They're just words, that's what happened.


17 posted on 02/06/2011 8:59:28 AM PST by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge, MA grad student. Any potential conservative Christian FReepmail-FRiends out there?)
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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.


18 posted on 02/06/2011 9:02:55 AM PST by popdonnelly (If Obama improves education, who'll vote for him?)
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Just doing the job the American government won’t do.


19 posted on 02/06/2011 9:05:40 AM PST by popdonnelly (If Obama improves education, who'll vote for him?)
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9th Circuit rejects appeal by rancher who imprisoned detained 16 border-crossers illegals
20 posted on 02/06/2011 9:06:06 AM PST by SouthTexas (Is it time for tea yet?)
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