Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha ordered serial ADA plaintiff German Perez to show cause why the court should not decline supplemental jurisdiction over his Unruh Act claim under Schutza v. Cuddeback, requiring a declaration on his high-frequency-litigant status under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 425.55.
Magistrate Judge Pedro V. Castillo denied remand of a 2019 GMC Sierra 2500 lemon-law case, holding documented actual damages of $41,341 plus civil penalties (twice actual damages, supported by nine unsuccessful repair attempts) brought the amount in controversy to roughly $124,023 — well over the $7
Judge David O. Carter sua sponte remanded an Amazon employee’s wrongful-termination suit, refusing to credit speculative emotional-distress, punitive, and attorneys’ fees damages — leaving roughly $71,780 in calculated wages and vacation, just under the $75,000 threshold. He again called
Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha dismissed pro se plaintiffs’ fifth duplicative lawsuit alleging a $22 billion mining-royalty price-fixing conspiracy, granted defendants’ motion for § 1927 sanctions for bad-faith ex parte filings (despite two prior warnings), and ordered plaintiffs to show ca
Judge R. Gary Klausner denied a remand motion in a Foot Locker premises-liability case, holding that ‘Employee Sam’ — identified only by first name and physical description — remained a fictitious defendant whose California citizenship must be disregarded under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b)(1).
Judge John F. Walter sua sponte ordered defendants to show cause why a Textron-related case should not be remanded after Alliance Ground International’s filings inconsistently identified it as both ‘Inc.’ and ‘LLC,’ leaving the court unable to verify whether complete di
Judge Sunshine Sykes denied remand of a Chevrolet Silverado lemon-law case where GM documented $67,065.58 in actual damages and plaintiff specifically alleged willfulness based on eight unsuccessful repair attempts, allowing civil penalties to push the amount in controversy to about $128,833 — well
Judge Sunshine Sykes denied remand of a Wayfair wrongful-termination suit, counting $32,302 in past lost wages plus 1:1 ratios for emotional-distress and punitive damages to reach roughly $96,908 — well above the $75,000 diversity threshold. Plaintiff’s mitigation argument was rejected because
Judge David O. Carter sua sponte remanded a Walgreens wrongful-termination case after refusing to credit speculative emotional-distress, punitive, and attorneys’ fees damages — leaving only $24,327 in past lost wages, well below the $75,000 threshold. He used the opinion to call on Congress to
Judge Hernán D. Vera remanded a janitor’s FEHA discrimination and wage-and-hour suit to state court, rejecting the employer’s argument that the plaintiff’s possible undocumented status and the IRCA/Hoffman back-pay defense created federal-question jurisdiction under Grable. The cou