Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How Do We Know What We Know? Data, Methods, and Initial Findings
- 3 The Rise of Two Courts with Differentiated Functions
- 4 Interstitial Policy Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals
- 5 Institutional Growth and Innovation: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Immigration
- 6 Continuity Amid Change: The Federal Courts' Commitment to Due Process
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix A Further Elaboration of Case Selection Methods
- Appendix B Further Elaboration on the Search for Modes of Legal Reasoning
- Appendix C Numerical Codes for Modes of Legal Reasoning
- Appendix D Interview Questions
- Index
Appendix D - Interview Questions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How Do We Know What We Know? Data, Methods, and Initial Findings
- 3 The Rise of Two Courts with Differentiated Functions
- 4 Interstitial Policy Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals
- 5 Institutional Growth and Innovation: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Immigration
- 6 Continuity Amid Change: The Federal Courts' Commitment to Due Process
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix A Further Elaboration of Case Selection Methods
- Appendix B Further Elaboration on the Search for Modes of Legal Reasoning
- Appendix C Numerical Codes for Modes of Legal Reasoning
- Appendix D Interview Questions
- Index
Summary
This is the set of questions I used in the interviews with the Ninth Circuit judges. I used the same set of questions to interview the staff, but focused those interviews on having the staff describe the process and procedures by which immigration appeals are processed in the Ninth Circuit. The interviews with the judges did not cover the questions in exactly the same order nor did each of the judges provide sustained answers to the same questions. Nevertheless, the questions below provide a picture of the content covered in all of the interviews. The interviews ranged from 45 minutes to 1.5 hours in length.
I am interested in understanding how the immigration appeals to this court have affected the Ninth Circuit as an institution and you as a judge individually.
Has the increase in the immigration appeals affected the way you perform your job? If so, how? If not, why not?
What adjustments, if any, has the court had to make to accommodate the immigration appeals?
Has the mix of cases at this court affected the way you do your job?
Has your job changed from the time you were first appointed to the court until now? If so, how?
Have you noticed any changes in the Ninth Circuit from the time you arrived on the court until now?
The immigration appeals surging into the Ninth Circuit have reportedly been a source of stress on the court.
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- The Immigration Battle in American Courts , pp. 247 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010