Eastern District of California preliminarily approves a $303 million class action settlement between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and roughly 7,718 former ‘volunteer coaches’ who alleged the NCAA’s no-pay bylaw was an antitrust violation; the recovery exceeds 100% o
A magistrate judge in the Eastern District of California recommends reversing a Social Security disability denial because the administrative law judge gave no reasons for partly discrediting the claimant’s symptom testimony and never explained what ‘conservative treatment’ meant in
Eastern District of California vacates a Supplemental Security Income denial and remands, holding that the administrative law judge misread the claimant’s testimony about caring for teenage children, two-to-three-hour-per-week volunteering, sweeping with breaks, and driving as inconsistent wit
Eastern District of California preliminarily approves a $9 million settlement of a federal securities class action against Origin Materials, Inc. and its CEO over allegedly misleading statements about the construction timeline of its Origin 1 and Origin 2 manufacturing plants.
Eastern District of California denies a motion to dismiss civil rights claims brought by a man who alleges Stanislaus County deputies broke his arm and deployed a police dog while he was surrendering, holding that the Heck v. Humphrey bar does not foreclose his Fourth Amendment excessive force claim
Eastern District of California denies a pro se commercial truck driver’s request for a temporary restraining order blocking the California DMV from cancelling his commercial driver’s license over his failure to produce proof of citizenship or lawful permanent resident status.
Eastern District of California dismisses Sierra Railroad’s contract and declaratory relief claims against Comcast as time-barred under California’s four-year statute of limitations, holding that promises to ‘try’ to resolve a dispute and a continuing failure to pay do not tol
Eastern District of California grants summary judgment for ConAgra in a long-running employment discrimination case, holding that a Civil Rights Department complaint with only conclusory check-box allegations does not exhaust administrative remedies under California’s Fair Employment and Housi
Eastern District of California vacates a Supplemental Security Income denial and remands for further administrative proceedings, holding that the Social Security Administration’s administrative law judge failed to adequately evaluate the supportability of a treating physician’s opinions
Eastern District of California rejects the federal government’s argument that the entry fiction doctrine and the older Barrera-Echavarria decision foreclose due process protections for noncitizens paroled into the country, ordering immediate release.