Bob Loeb
@bobloeb.bsky.social
Appellate advocate; partner at @Orrick; former DOJ Civil Appellate; @UChicagoLaw alum. Disclaimers: http://aad.orrick.com/
The predictions market reads the Gorsuch questions as bad for Trump
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The predictions market reads the Gorsuch questions as bad for Trump
Good morning from the @amtrak.com NextGen train.
October 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Good morning from the @amtrak.com NextGen train.
A bit of positive SCOTUS news.
The Court let stand a big win for California death-row inmates. In 2023, a 9th Cir. panel reversed dismissal of Stephen Redd's challenge to a 26-year delay in appointing him state-guaranteed counsel for state habeas proceedings. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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The Court let stand a big win for California death-row inmates. In 2023, a 9th Cir. panel reversed dismissal of Stephen Redd's challenge to a 26-year delay in appointing him state-guaranteed counsel for state habeas proceedings. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A bit of positive SCOTUS news.
The Court let stand a big win for California death-row inmates. In 2023, a 9th Cir. panel reversed dismissal of Stephen Redd's challenge to a 26-year delay in appointing him state-guaranteed counsel for state habeas proceedings. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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The Court let stand a big win for California death-row inmates. In 2023, a 9th Cir. panel reversed dismissal of Stephen Redd's challenge to a 26-year delay in appointing him state-guaranteed counsel for state habeas proceedings. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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True, but they are subject to local rules
September 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
True, but they are subject to local rules
An en banc appellate argument is the most challenging type of argument. Often, there is a hostile faction trying to score points via their questions. Orrick appellate associate Katie Munyan, however, was amazing, handling yesterday's argument with great skill.
www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/video/...
www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/video/...
September 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
An en banc appellate argument is the most challenging type of argument. Often, there is a hostile faction trying to score points via their questions. Orrick appellate associate Katie Munyan, however, was amazing, handling yesterday's argument with great skill.
www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/video/...
www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/video/...
This reminds me about the amicus brief we filed in the SCOTUS travel ban case. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17...
September 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This reminds me about the amicus brief we filed in the SCOTUS travel ban case. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17...
A nice recognition for our team by AmLaw/Law.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A nice recognition for our team by AmLaw/Law.com
A big DC Circuit win for solar energy. On remand from SCOTUS, the court (Pillard, joined by Katsas) upholds FERC’s certification of Broadview’s solar facility, which contains 50MW of battery storage, as a “small power production facility” under PURPA. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A big DC Circuit win for solar energy. On remand from SCOTUS, the court (Pillard, joined by Katsas) upholds FERC’s certification of Broadview’s solar facility, which contains 50MW of battery storage, as a “small power production facility” under PURPA. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
Went with our youngest (finishing up his phd in bioengineering at Duke) to see the Illinois (where I went undergrad)-Duke football game. In a key moment, Duke had a then
-game changing penalty because they had two players on the field with the same number. I had never seen that before.
-game changing penalty because they had two players on the field with the same number. I had never seen that before.
September 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Went with our youngest (finishing up his phd in bioengineering at Duke) to see the Illinois (where I went undergrad)-Duke football game. In a key moment, Duke had a then
-game changing penalty because they had two players on the field with the same number. I had never seen that before.
-game changing penalty because they had two players on the field with the same number. I had never seen that before.
August 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Love being able to read the great @qjurecic.bsky.social and @petridishes.bsky.social in the @theatlantic.com on a regular basis. Here are gift links to their latest articles.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Love being able to read the great @qjurecic.bsky.social and @petridishes.bsky.social in the @theatlantic.com on a regular basis. Here are gift links to their latest articles.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Ryan lives on in my memories and on my baseball mitt.
July 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Ryan lives on in my memories and on my baseball mitt.
A nice win upholding due process in the Second Circuit today (in a case argued by then Orrick appellate associate Don Goodson (who is now the Executive Director of the NYU Institute for Policy Integrity)).
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July 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A nice win upholding due process in the Second Circuit today (in a case argued by then Orrick appellate associate Don Goodson (who is now the Executive Director of the NYU Institute for Policy Integrity)).
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
Interesting DC Circuit (Garcia, J.) footnote discusses pleading stds in discrimination cases and more generally:
media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
June 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Interesting DC Circuit (Garcia, J.) footnote discusses pleading stds in discrimination cases and more generally:
media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
Welcoming the great @petridishes.bsky.social back from her parental leave to the craziness and horrors of today.
Gift article:
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Gift article:
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June 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Welcoming the great @petridishes.bsky.social back from her parental leave to the craziness and horrors of today.
Gift article:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Gift article:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
I guess we will see whether I was right, given the order treating it as a TRO. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I guess we will see whether I was right, given the order treating it as a TRO. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
An interesting 11th Circuit personal jurisdiction opinion
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June 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
An interesting 11th Circuit personal jurisdiction opinion
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We filed a cert. petition today on the legal question of how to treat custodial questioning by child-welfare case workers (who ask questions related to the suspected crime and have a legal duty to report the relevant incriminating statements to the police/prosecutors). (link to follow)
June 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We filed a cert. petition today on the legal question of how to treat custodial questioning by child-welfare case workers (who ask questions related to the suspected crime and have a legal duty to report the relevant incriminating statements to the police/prosecutors). (link to follow)