Judge Stephen V. Wilson remanded a Ford lemon-law case back to state court, joining the consensus of California district courts that the economic loss rule and the California Supreme Court’s Rattagan v. Uber decision do not categorically bar negligent-repair claims against dealerships.
Judge Donato grants summary judgment for Alameda County and jail medical staff in a pretrial detainee’s § 1983 case alleging denial of pain medication (Gabapentin) and interference with legal mail, holding that providing Cymbalta and a documented treatment course met the objective deliberate-indiffe
Judge Michelle Williams Court denied remand of a personal-injury case against Costco that was removed more than one year after filing, finding plaintiff’s eight-month service delay and five-month discovery delay constituted bad faith under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(c)(1).
Judge Martínez-Olguín dismisses a putative wage-and-hour class action by a public-transit bus driver, holding that his California Labor Code claims are preempted by Section 301 of the LMRA because the CBA between MV Transportation and Teamsters Local 315 triggers the statutory exemptions for unioniz
Judge Martínez-Olguín grants MV Transportation’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in the parallel PAGA action by the same WestCAT bus driver, holding that the Section 301 preemption analysis applies just the same to a PAGA representative action as it does to a class wage-and-hour suit.
Judge Breyer dismisses with prejudice a pro se plaintiff’s second-round constitutional suit attacking the NLRB’s denial of a 2021 labor grievance, holding that there is no waiver of sovereign immunity, no private right of action under the Tenth Amendment, and no Bivens remedy in this novel context.
Judge Sunshine Sykes remanded a FedEx age- and disability-discrimination suit, holding the in-state supervisor was not fraudulently joined: California law excepts discrimination and retaliation from Workers’ Comp Act preemption, and the supervisor’s alleged conduct could plausibly suppor
Magistrate Judge Autumn Spaeth reversed a Social Security disability denial because the ALJ summarized medical evidence without identifying which testimony she found not credible or explaining what evidence contradicted that testimony, failing the clear-and-convincing standard required by Brown-Hunt
Judge Stephen V. Wilson remanded a Chevrolet Colorado lemon-law case, holding GM could not show even the $50,000 Magnuson-Moss amount-in-controversy threshold because actual damages were measured by payments actually made ($37,410.95), the conclusory willfulness allegation did not support adding civ
Judge Lin denies remand in a Song-Beverly suit over a 2019 GMC Sierra, applying the majority Ninth Circuit rule that a vague lemon-law complaint without vehicle-value allegations does not start the 30-day removal clock and finding the amount in controversy easily exceeds $75,000 once the willful-vio