Judge Kenly Kiya Kato ordered ADA plaintiff Darwin Boggs to show cause why his suit against Hunter’s Nursery should not be dismissed for lack of Article III standing, finding his ‘wishes to return’ deterrence allegations were boilerplate and conclusory under Murthy v. Missouri and
Magistrate Judge Karen E. Scott affirmed a Social Security denial, holding the ALJ reasonably interpreted Dr. Abrahimi’s ‘simple work’ opinion as compatible with Level Two reasoning jobs given the plaintiff’s daily activities and part-time work as a hair stylist (a Level Four
Magistrate Judge Stephanie S. Christensen remanded a car-accident case to Los Angeles Superior Court after The Hertz Corporation — the only out-of-state defendant whose removal had created federal jurisdiction — was dismissed, leaving only California citizens and destroying complete diversity.
Judge Hernán D. Vera remanded a music-rights case to Los Angeles Superior Court after Pardis Music dropped its federal copyright infringement claims (which it could not pursue federally because it lacked a registered copyright under 17 U.S.C. § 411(a)), eliminating federal-question jurisdiction.
Judge Chesney grants the County of San Mateo’s motion to dismiss and grants in part the dismissal motion of jail medical contractor Vituity in a § 1983 wrongful-death action over the in-custody fentanyl-withdrawal death of Anthony Harding at the Maguire Correctional Facility, while affording leave t
Judge White grants final approval of a class action settlement against Equity Residential resolving claims that its Standard Late Fee (5% of monthly rent, minimum $50) charged to California tenants from October 29, 2022 through April 30, 2024 was unlawful, awarding $430,000 in attorneys’ fees and a
First District affirms a one-year extension of a mentally disordered offender’s commitment at Coalinga State Hospital, holding the patient forfeited his due-process and equal-protection challenges to the lack of an actuarial risk-assessment tool, and that any instructional error was harmless.
Second District holds that a personal-injury client who ratifies an unauthorized settlement after firing his lawyer must pay the agreed contingency fee, not just quantum meruit, because his ratification was truly voluntary.
Fourth District holds that a party who wins a discrete court petition to appoint a new arbitrator is the prevailing party in that proceeding and is entitled to attorney fees under the underlying contract, even though the parties’ substantive disputes remained pending in arbitration and a paral
Eastern District of California compels a warehouse worker’s individual PAGA claim to arbitration and stays the representative PAGA claim, applying the California Supreme Court’s decision in Adolph v. Uber to find that splitting the action does not violate California law.