The court denied a self-represented dentist’s emergency motion to block his landlord from terminating a 21-year tenancy and pursuing state unlawful-detainer proceedings, finding that his § 1983 and ADA claims could not satisfy the most-important Winter factor — likelihood of success on the mer
The court denied without prejudice a Russian asylum-seeker’s habeas petition challenging his immigration detention, ruling that after the Board of Immigration Appeals denied his appeal his detention is governed by the 90-day post-removal-order period in 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a) and a habeas challeng
After a bench trial in a consumer class action against an online skincare seller, the magistrate judge concluded that the seller’s customer-management software vendor was not liable on aiding-and-abetting or conspiracy theories under California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act because the p
After holding an evidentiary hearing, the court denied a federal prisoner’s motion to vacate his sentence for ineffective assistance of counsel, ruling that even though his lawyer miscalculated the sentencing guidelines before trial, the petitioner could not show prejudice because he had alrea
The court remanded a quiet-title and declaratory-relief action concerning San Diego real property to state court under the forum-defendant rule, ruling that the California-based defendants could not remove the case to federal court even though diversity existed and rejecting the defendants’ wa
After remand led to an award of $247,681 in past-due Social Security benefits over eight years, the magistrate judge approved $37,920 in attorney’s fees representing 15.3% of the past-due benefits, finding the resulting $1,700-per-hour effective rate reasonable in light of counsel’s risk
Adopting the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, the court struck Smith Interface Technologies’ indirect infringement contentions against Apple without leave to amend, finding the contentions failed to provide the specific factual identification required by the Southern Distric
The court ordered the immediate release of a Honduran national who had been on an immigration Order of Supervision since 1999 and detained at his routine annual check-in without notice of revocation or the regulatory interview, ruling that ICE’s failure to follow its own procedures violated du