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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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
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 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