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Edward M. Chen

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Senior District Judge
USDC Northern District of California
Phillip Burton Federal Building & US Courthouse
Department/Division: 5 Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 17th

450 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco , CA 94102
(415) 522-4173



Appointed to the Northern District Court by President Barack Obama, May 9, 2011; U.S. magistrate judge, Northern District, 2001-11; staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, 1985-2001; attorney, Coblentz, Cahen, McCabe & Breyer, 1982-85; law clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James R. Browning, 1982-82; attorney, Asian Law Caucus, 1980-81; law clerk, U.S. District judge Charles Renfrew, Northern District of California, 1979-80

University of Berkeley School of Law, 1976



Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Exercising Vigilance Northern District of California (San Francisco) Jul. 3, 2019
Edward M. Chen Northern District (San Francisco) Nov. 2, 2011

Rulings
Case Category Published
Sodha v. Golubowski
vacated in whole or part
 Securities Sep. 2, 2025
National TPS Alliance v. Noem
affirmed
 Immigration Aug. 29, 2025
U.S. v. Abouammo
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 4, 2024
Stein v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
reversed in part
 Government Sep. 24, 2024
BillFloat, Inc. v. Collins Cash Inc.
affirmed
 Evidence Jul. 1, 2024
Coronavirus Reporter v. Apple, Inc.
affirmed
 Antitrust Nov. 3, 2023
Habelt v. iRhythm Technologies, Inc.
dismissed
 Civil Procedure Oct. 11, 2023
Airlines for America v. City and County of San Francisco
reversed and remanded
 Municipal Law Aug. 29, 2023
Grier v. Finjan Holdings
affirmed
 Securities Jan. 20, 2023
Gearing v. City of Half Moon Bay
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Dec. 8, 2022
In re: Sandra J. Tillman
author
 Bankruptcy Nov. 18, 2022
Where Do We Go Berkeley v. California Dept. of Transportation
vacated and remanded
 Disability Discrimination May 2, 2022
HiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Apr. 19, 2022
Amended Opinion: Martinez-Gonzalez v. Elkhorn Packing RULING BY
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Feb. 15, 2022
Martinez-Gonzalez v. Elkhorn Packing
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Nov. 4, 2021
City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo & Co.
affirmed in part
 Civil Rights Sep. 29, 2021
Capriole v. Uber Technologies
affirmed
 Arbitration Aug. 3, 2021
Gonzalez v. Google
affirmed
 Cyber Law Jun. 23, 2021
Hernandez-Galand v. Garland
author
 Immigration May 13, 2021
John Doe v. CVS Pharmacy
vacated in whole or part
 Health Care Dec. 10, 2020
McShannock v. JP Morgan Chase Bank
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Sep. 23, 2020
Ramos v. Wolf
vacated and remanded
 Administrative Agencies Sep. 15, 2020
City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo & Co.
affirmed in part
 Civil Rights Aug. 27, 2020
U.S. v. U.S. ex rel Thrower
dismissed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 5, 2020
Environmental Protection Information Center v. Carlson
reversed and remanded
 Environmental Law Aug. 4, 2020
Center for Biological Diversity v. Esper
affirmed
 Environmental Law May 7, 2020
U.S. v. Dominguez
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 8, 2020
State of California v. Azar
vacated and remanded
 Administrative Agencies Feb. 25, 2020
HiQ Labs v. LinkedIn Corp.
affirmed
 Cyber Law Sep. 10, 2019
Janjua v. Neufeld
affirmed
 Immigration Aug. 12, 2019
American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco
reversed and remanded
 Constitutional Law Feb. 1, 2019
Stevens v. Jiffy Lube Int'l
affirmed
 Arbitration Dec. 28, 2018
O'Connor v. Uber
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Sep. 26, 2018
Asante v. California Dept. of Health Care Services
reversed
 Constitutional Law Apr. 3, 2018
Federal Trade Commission v. AT&T Mobility
affirmed
 statutory_interpretation Feb. 27, 2018
Corral v. Select Portfolio Servicing
reversed
 Civil Procedure Dec. 28, 2017
Roberts v. AT&T Mobility LLC
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Dec. 12, 2017
U.S. v. Murillo-Alvarado
concurring
 Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 5, 2017
American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco
reversed and remanded
 Constitutional Law Sep. 20, 2017
Center for Biological Diversity v. Mattis
reversed and remanded
 Environmental Law Aug. 22, 2017
U.S. ex rel. Campie v. Gilead Sciences Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Government Jul. 10, 2017

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Robbie Powelson v. Sausalito Police Department et al. Constitutional Law judge Oct. 10, 2025
Moonbug Entertainment Limited et al v. Babybus (Fujian) Network Technology Co., Ltd Intellectual Property judge Sep. 26, 2025
Raul Siqueiros, et al. v. General Motors LLC Consumer Law judge Aug. 29, 2025
Markwhan Kitcher-Tucker, Deceased, by and through his Co-Successors in Interest, Latoya Starks and Sanvada Kitcher, LaToya Starks, individually; Sanvada Kitcher, individually v. City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, in his individual and official capacities; Jail Captain Stephen Tilton, Loren Roth, M.D., Tianyi Zhang, M.D., and Does 1-20, individually, jointly and severally Civil Rights judge May 30, 2025
Cat Brooks and Rasheed Shabazz, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Thomson Reuters Corporation Torts judge Apr. 4, 2025
Guardant Health v. Natera, Inc. Antitrust judge Jan. 10, 2025
Adrianna Jarrett and Mary Ngethe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. [24]7.ai, Inc. Employment Law judge Oct. 25, 2024
United States of America, The State of Illinois, Alabama Department of Environmental Management v. Swinerton Builders f/d/b/a Swinerton Renewable Energy and d/b/a Swinerton Builders Corporation, and Swinerton Builders Inc. Environmental Law judge Oct. 4, 2024
Francisco Valle v. Paolo Morgado, et al. Civil Rights judge Feb. 16, 2024
Joe S. Yearby, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. American National Insurance Company Insurance judge Feb. 9, 2024
In re: HIV Antitrust Litigation Antitrust judge Jan. 19, 2024
Karen Burzdak v. Universal Screen Arts Inc. Consumer Law judge Nov. 10, 2023
Shahid Buttar for Congress Committee, Shahid Buttar, an individual v. Hearst Communications Inc., and Does 1 through 5 Torts judge Sep. 1, 2023
Wayne Tseng v. PeopleConnect Inc. Contracts judge Aug. 11, 2023
Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. The Narayan Travelstead Professional Law Corporation, et al. Employment Law judge Jul. 7, 2023
George Barich, et al. v. City of Cotati, et al. Constitutional Law judge Jun. 2, 2023
Omar Bibi v. Daniel & Yeager LLC, et al. Contracts judge May 26, 2023
Susan Lloyd v. Facebook Inc., et al. Civil Rights judge May 26, 2023
Evangelia Remoundos, John Biegger, and Anne Biegger, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Lendus LLC Consumer Law judge May 12, 2023
Ali Al-Ahmed v. Twitter Inc., et al. Contracts judge Apr. 14, 2023
United States of America, ex rel. Gwen Thrower v. Academy Mortgage Corporation Torts judge Mar. 24, 2023
Dali Wireless Inc. v. Corning Optical Communications LLC Intellectual Property judge Mar. 10, 2023
Poppi Metaxas v. Gateway Bank, F.S.B., et al. Employment Law judge Mar. 10, 2023
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District v. National Union Fire Insurance Company, et al. Contracts judge Mar. 3, 2023
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia Inc., et al. Contracts judge Jan. 27, 2023
Apple Inc. v. Simon Lancaster Intellectual Property judge Jan. 27, 2023
Asetek Danmark A/S v. Coolit Systems Inc. Intellectual Property judge Jan. 13, 2023
Bungie Inc., Ubisoft Entertainment, Ubisoft Inc. v. Andrew Thorpe aka Krypto, Jonathan Agueda aka Overpowered, Wesam Mohammed aka Grizzy, Ahmad Mohammed, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Intellectual Property judge Jan. 13, 2023
Doordash Inc., Grubhub Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco Constitutional Law judge Dec. 23, 2022
Danielle Carr, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Zosano Pharma Corporation, Steven Lo, John P. Walker Konstantinos Alataris Securities judge Dec. 23, 2022
P.G. v. Alameda Unified School District Education Law judge Dec. 9, 2022
Fullview Inc. v. Polycom Inc. Intellectual Property judge Dec. 2, 2022
Raul Siqueiro, et al. v. General Motors LLC Consumer Law judge Nov. 25, 2022
Isabella Savini Merante v. American Institute for Foreign Study Inc. Employment Law judge Nov. 18, 2022
Jonathan Davis and Roei Azar, on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Yelp Inc., Jeremy Stoppelman, Lanny Baker, Jed Nachman Securities judge Oct. 21, 2022
Samir Sairam, et al. v. Mercy Retirement and Care Center, et al. Torts judge Oct. 14, 2022
Rivka Steinberg v. Icelandic Provisions Inc. Consumer Law judge Oct. 14, 2022
Adrienne Sepaniek King v. Facebook Inc. Torts judge Oct. 14, 2022
Mark Habelt, et al. v. iRhythm Technologies Inc., et al. Securities judge Oct. 7, 2022
Sausalito/Marin County Chapter of the California Homeless Union, on behalf of itself and those of it represents; Robbie Powelson; Sheri I. Riley; Arthur Bruce; Melanie Muasou; Sunny Jean Yow; Naomi Montemayor; Mark Jeff; Mike North; Jackie Cutler and Michael Arnold on behalf of themselves and similarly situated homeless persons v. City of Sausalito; Mayor Jill James Hoffman; Police Chief John Rohrbacher; City Manager Marcia Raines; Dept. of Public Works Supervisor Kent Basso, individually and in their representative official capacities Constitutional Law judge Sep. 16, 2022
Mali W. Williams v. R. Conway, et al. Civil Rights judge Sep. 16, 2022
Christopher James, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Uber Technologies Inc. Employment Law judge Sep. 16, 2022
Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Alameda Health System, et al. Labor Law judge Aug. 26, 2022
Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation v. Seth Samuels, et al. Insurance judge Aug. 19, 2022
Shane Shannon v. Peter Buttigieg Employment Law judge Aug. 5, 2022
Steve Morales, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Civil Rights judge Jul. 15, 2022
Future Motion Inc. v. JW Batteries LLC Intellectual Property judge Jul. 8, 2022
Thomas M. Reilly v. Apple Inc. Business Law judge Jun. 24, 2022
Maria C. Luna v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Employment Law judge Jun. 17, 2022
Gerardo Hernandez v. Caliber Bodyworks LLC, et al. Civil Rights judge May 13, 2022
Airlines for America v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement Employment Law judge Apr. 29, 2022
In re: Hanna Andersson and Salesforce.com Data Breach Litigation Consumer Law judge Apr. 22, 2022
Colleen Huber v. Joseph Biden, Jr., in his official capacity as President of the United States of America; Twitter, Inc.; Jack Dorsey, in his official capacity as Chief Executive Officer of Twitter and in his individual capacity; and John Doe(s), in their official capacity as officials in the White House and in their individual capacities Constitutional Law judge Apr. 8, 2022
City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo & Co., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Banking judge Apr. 1, 2022
Diana Wilson, individually and as co-successor-in-interest to decedent Tyrell Wilson and Marvin Wilson, individually and as co-successor-in-interest to decedent Tyrell Wilson v. Town of Danville; Allan Shields, individually and in his capacity as Chief of Police for the Town of Danville; Andrew Hall, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer for the Town of Danville, individually and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Mar. 25, 2022
Nicholas R. Ingrao, Derivatively on Behalf of Yelp Inc. v. Jeremy Stoppelman, Charles "Lanny" Baker and Joseph R. "Jed" Nachman Securities judge Feb. 25, 2022
Intel Corporation, Apple Inc. v. Fortress Investment Group LLC; Fortress Credit Co. LLC; Uniloc 2017 LLC; Uniloc USA Inc.; Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.R.L.; VLSI Technology LLC; INVT SPE LLC; Inventergy Global Inc.; DDS Technology Management Inc.; IXI IP LLC: Seven Networks LLC Antitrust judge Jan. 28, 2022
EDAG Engineering GmbH v. Byton North America Corporation Contracts judge Dec. 30, 2021
Sinco Technologies PTE Ltd. v. Sinco Electronics (Dongguan) Co. Ltd.; Xingke Electronics (Dongguan) Co. Ltd.; Ng Cher Yong aka Cy Ng; Liew Yew Soon aka Mark Liew Intellectual Property judge Dec. 10, 2021
Marcie Hamilton v. Juul Labs, Inc. Employment Law judge Dec. 3, 2021
DCR Workforce Inc. v. Coupa Software Inc. Contracts judge Nov. 12, 2021
In re Finjan Holdings Inc. Securities Litigation Securities judge Oct. 1, 2021
The Women's Student Union v. U.S. Department of Education Education Law judge Sep. 24, 2021
Marcus A. Roberts, Kenneth A. Chewey, and Ashley M. Chewey, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. AT&T Mobility LLC Consumer Law judge Sep. 10, 2021
Andy Martin v. City of San Jose, Alexandre Vieira-Ribeiro, individually and in his official capacity as a City of San Jose Police Officer, and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Sep. 3, 2021
Samuel Love v. FYI MC LLC, et al. Civil Rights judge Aug. 13, 2021
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Environmental Law judge Jul. 9, 2021
Robert Bankwitz, an individual; William Jacobo, an individual, on behalf of themselves and other persons similarly situated v. Ecolab Inc., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Jun. 18, 2021
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Target Corp. Employment Law judge May 21, 2021
Marcus A. Roberts, Kenneth A. Chewey, and Ashley M. Chewey, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. AT&T Mobility LLC Consumer Law judge Mar. 19, 2021
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization v. Andrew Wheeler Environmental Law judge Jan. 22, 2021
Sean D. Randall v. Change.Org Inc. Contracts judge Jan. 15, 2021
Anthony Silveria v. Robert Wilkie Employment Law judge Dec. 24, 2020
Terrance Gill v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America Insurance judge Dec. 24, 2020
San Francisco Baykeeper v. United States Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; Rear Admiral Peter W. Gautier in his official capacity as the Commander of the Eleventh Coast Guard District Environmental Law judge Nov. 13, 2020
CTIA - The Wireless Association v. City of Berkeley, et al. Constitutional Law judge Nov. 6, 2020
Elizabeth Cooper v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Contracts judge Oct. 30, 2020
Timothy P. v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge Oct. 2, 2020
Wilbert Noble v. Darrel G. Adams, et al. Constitutional Law judge Sep. 4, 2020
Tiffany Cross, Shalonda Adams, Crystal Anthony, Arron Lee Mathews, Acacia McNeal and Darlene Francine Rouse v. City and County of San Francisco, Darren Nocetti, Jason Cherniss, and John Does 1 through 50, in their individual capacities Civil Rights judge Jul. 17, 2020
Harold Jones, et al. v. CertifiedSafety Inc. Employment Law judge Jun. 12, 2020
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Target Corporation Employment Law judge Jun. 5, 2020
Brian and Alison Sheahan, as husband and wife; Douglas Pope, an individual; Neil and Sandra Wylie, as husband and wife, et al. v. State Farm General Insurance Company; Verisk Analytics Inc.; Insurance Services Office Inc.; and Xactware Solutions Inc., and Does 1 to 100 Antitrust judge May 29, 2020
Maria Asela Caces-Tiamson v. Equifax Personal Injury judge May 15, 2020
Phillip Toretto, Daniel C. King v. Mediant Communications Inc. Contracts judge May 1, 2020
Gary D. Conness v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge Jan. 31, 2020
Federal Trade Commission v. AT&T Mobility LLC Consumer Law judge Jan. 31, 2020
Ashley Cromwell v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Employment Law judge Jan. 17, 2020
John Shek v. David Burchard Bankruptcy judge Jul. 12, 2019
Douglas O'Connor, et al. v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al. Employment Law judge May 17, 2019
Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co. Ltd., et al. v. Lunera Lighting Inc. Contracts judge Apr. 26, 2019
Gina McLeod, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Bank of America, N.A. and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive Labor Law judge Apr. 19, 2019
Rustico Siazon v. The Hertz Corporation Employment Law judge Apr. 19, 2019
Opticurrent LLC v. Power Integrations Inc. Intellectual Property judge Apr. 5, 2019
Renee Young, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Transnational Foods Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Mar. 29, 2019
In re Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep Ecodiesel Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation Consumer Law judge Mar. 8, 2019
Joseph L. Schofield, on behalf of himself, all others similarly situated v. Delta Air Lines Inc., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Consumer Law judge Feb. 22, 2019
Ronald Sgarlata, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. PayPal Holdings Inc., Daniel H. Schulman, John D. Rainey Jr., Hamed Shahbazi Securities judge Feb. 8, 2019
Mehier Taamneh, Lawrence Taamneh, Dimana Taamneh, Sara Taamneh v. Twitter Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc. Constitutional Law judge Feb. 8, 2019
John Doe One, John Doe Two, John Doe Three, John Doe Four, and John Doe Five on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. CVS Pharmacy Inc.; Caremark LLC; Caremark California Specialty Pharmacy LLC; National Railroad Passenger Corporation dba Amtrak; Lowe's Companies Inc; Time Warner Inc., and Does 1 - 10, inclusive Employment Law judge Jan. 25, 2019
District Council 16 Northern California Health and Welfare Trust Fund, et al. v. Western Addition Drywall Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Jan. 4, 2019
Jose Galindo, Sandra Hernandez v. City of San Mateo, a municipal corporation, San Mateo Police Department Officers Faysal Abi-Chahine, individually, and Derrick Jarvis, also known as Derrik Jarvis, individually, and Does 1 to 100, jointly and severally Constitutional Law judge Dec. 8, 2017
In Re Uber FCRA Litigation Consumer Law judge Aug. 4, 2017
Mary Swearingen and Robert Figy, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Healthy Beverage LLC, The Healthy Beverage Company Consumer Law judge Jun. 23, 2017
Confidential Employment Law judge Jan. 28, 2006
Pauline Velez v. James G. Roche, Secretary, U.S. Air Force Employment Law judge Jun. 22, 2004
Title Court Published
Exercising Vigilance Northern District of California (San Francisco) Jul. 3, 2019
Edward M. Chen Northern District (San Francisco) Nov. 2, 2011
Case Category Published
Sodha v. Golubowski
vacated in whole or part
 Securities Sep. 2, 2025
National TPS Alliance v. Noem
affirmed
 Immigration Aug. 29, 2025
U.S. v. Abouammo
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 4, 2024
Stein v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
reversed in part
 Government Sep. 24, 2024
BillFloat, Inc. v. Collins Cash Inc.
affirmed
 Evidence Jul. 1, 2024
Coronavirus Reporter v. Apple, Inc.
affirmed
 Antitrust Nov. 3, 2023
Habelt v. iRhythm Technologies, Inc.
dismissed
 Civil Procedure Oct. 11, 2023
Airlines for America v. City and County of San Francisco
reversed and remanded
 Municipal Law Aug. 29, 2023
Grier v. Finjan Holdings
affirmed
 Securities Jan. 20, 2023
Gearing v. City of Half Moon Bay
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Dec. 8, 2022
In re: Sandra J. Tillman
author
 Bankruptcy Nov. 18, 2022
Where Do We Go Berkeley v. California Dept. of Transportation
vacated and remanded
 Disability Discrimination May 2, 2022
HiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Apr. 19, 2022
Amended Opinion: Martinez-Gonzalez v. Elkhorn Packing RULING BY
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Feb. 15, 2022
Martinez-Gonzalez v. Elkhorn Packing
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Nov. 4, 2021
City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo & Co.
affirmed in part
 Civil Rights Sep. 29, 2021
Capriole v. Uber Technologies
affirmed
 Arbitration Aug. 3, 2021
Gonzalez v. Google
affirmed
 Cyber Law Jun. 23, 2021
Hernandez-Galand v. Garland
author
 Immigration May 13, 2021
John Doe v. CVS Pharmacy
vacated in whole or part
 Health Care Dec. 10, 2020
McShannock v. JP Morgan Chase Bank
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Sep. 23, 2020
Ramos v. Wolf
vacated and remanded
 Administrative Agencies Sep. 15, 2020
City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo & Co.
affirmed in part
 Civil Rights Aug. 27, 2020
U.S. v. U.S. ex rel Thrower
dismissed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 5, 2020
Environmental Protection Information Center v. Carlson
reversed and remanded
 Environmental Law Aug. 4, 2020
Center for Biological Diversity v. Esper
affirmed
 Environmental Law May 7, 2020
U.S. v. Dominguez
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 8, 2020
State of California v. Azar
vacated and remanded
 Administrative Agencies Feb. 25, 2020
HiQ Labs v. LinkedIn Corp.
affirmed
 Cyber Law Sep. 10, 2019
Janjua v. Neufeld
affirmed
 Immigration Aug. 12, 2019
American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco
reversed and remanded
 Constitutional Law Feb. 1, 2019
Stevens v. Jiffy Lube Int'l
affirmed
 Arbitration Dec. 28, 2018
O'Connor v. Uber
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Sep. 26, 2018
Asante v. California Dept. of Health Care Services
reversed
 Constitutional Law Apr. 3, 2018
Federal Trade Commission v. AT&T Mobility
affirmed
 statutory_interpretation Feb. 27, 2018
Corral v. Select Portfolio Servicing
reversed
 Civil Procedure Dec. 28, 2017
Roberts v. AT&T Mobility LLC
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Dec. 12, 2017
U.S. v. Murillo-Alvarado
concurring
 Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 5, 2017
American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco
reversed and remanded
 Constitutional Law Sep. 20, 2017
Center for Biological Diversity v. Mattis
reversed and remanded
 Environmental Law Aug. 22, 2017
U.S. ex rel. Campie v. Gilead Sciences Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Government Jul. 10, 2017
Case Name Topic Role Published
Robbie Powelson v. Sausalito Police Department et al. Constitutional Law judge Oct. 10, 2025
Moonbug Entertainment Limited et al v. Babybus (Fujian) Network Technology Co., Ltd Intellectual Property judge Sep. 26, 2025
Raul Siqueiros, et al. v. General Motors LLC Consumer Law judge Aug. 29, 2025
Markwhan Kitcher-Tucker, Deceased, by and through his Co-Successors in Interest, Latoya Starks and Sanvada Kitcher, LaToya Starks, individually; Sanvada Kitcher, individually v. City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, in his individual and official capacities; Jail Captain Stephen Tilton, Loren Roth, M.D., Tianyi Zhang, M.D., and Does 1-20, individually, jointly and severally Civil Rights judge May 30, 2025
Cat Brooks and Rasheed Shabazz, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Thomson Reuters Corporation Torts judge Apr. 4, 2025
Guardant Health v. Natera, Inc. Antitrust judge Jan. 10, 2025
Adrianna Jarrett and Mary Ngethe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. [24]7.ai, Inc. Employment Law judge Oct. 25, 2024
United States of America, The State of Illinois, Alabama Department of Environmental Management v. Swinerton Builders f/d/b/a Swinerton Renewable Energy and d/b/a Swinerton Builders Corporation, and Swinerton Builders Inc. Environmental Law judge Oct. 4, 2024
Francisco Valle v. Paolo Morgado, et al. Civil Rights judge Feb. 16, 2024
Joe S. Yearby, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. American National Insurance Company Insurance judge Feb. 9, 2024
In re: HIV Antitrust Litigation Antitrust judge Jan. 19, 2024
Karen Burzdak v. Universal Screen Arts Inc. Consumer Law judge Nov. 10, 2023
Shahid Buttar for Congress Committee, Shahid Buttar, an individual v. Hearst Communications Inc., and Does 1 through 5 Torts judge Sep. 1, 2023
Wayne Tseng v. PeopleConnect Inc. Contracts judge Aug. 11, 2023
Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. The Narayan Travelstead Professional Law Corporation, et al. Employment Law judge Jul. 7, 2023
George Barich, et al. v. City of Cotati, et al. Constitutional Law judge Jun. 2, 2023
Omar Bibi v. Daniel & Yeager LLC, et al. Contracts judge May 26, 2023
Susan Lloyd v. Facebook Inc., et al. Civil Rights judge May 26, 2023
Evangelia Remoundos, John Biegger, and Anne Biegger, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Lendus LLC Consumer Law judge May 12, 2023
Ali Al-Ahmed v. Twitter Inc., et al. Contracts judge Apr. 14, 2023
United States of America, ex rel. Gwen Thrower v. Academy Mortgage Corporation Torts judge Mar. 24, 2023
Dali Wireless Inc. v. Corning Optical Communications LLC Intellectual Property judge Mar. 10, 2023
Poppi Metaxas v. Gateway Bank, F.S.B., et al. Employment Law judge Mar. 10, 2023
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District v. National Union Fire Insurance Company, et al. Contracts judge Mar. 3, 2023
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia Inc., et al. Contracts judge Jan. 27, 2023
Apple Inc. v. Simon Lancaster Intellectual Property judge Jan. 27, 2023
Asetek Danmark A/S v. Coolit Systems Inc. Intellectual Property judge Jan. 13, 2023
Bungie Inc., Ubisoft Entertainment, Ubisoft Inc. v. Andrew Thorpe aka Krypto, Jonathan Agueda aka Overpowered, Wesam Mohammed aka Grizzy, Ahmad Mohammed, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Intellectual Property judge Jan. 13, 2023
Doordash Inc., Grubhub Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco Constitutional Law judge Dec. 23, 2022
Danielle Carr, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Zosano Pharma Corporation, Steven Lo, John P. Walker Konstantinos Alataris Securities judge Dec. 23, 2022
P.G. v. Alameda Unified School District Education Law judge Dec. 9, 2022
Fullview Inc. v. Polycom Inc. Intellectual Property judge Dec. 2, 2022
Raul Siqueiro, et al. v. General Motors LLC Consumer Law judge Nov. 25, 2022
Isabella Savini Merante v. American Institute for Foreign Study Inc. Employment Law judge Nov. 18, 2022
Jonathan Davis and Roei Azar, on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Yelp Inc., Jeremy Stoppelman, Lanny Baker, Jed Nachman Securities judge Oct. 21, 2022
Samir Sairam, et al. v. Mercy Retirement and Care Center, et al. Torts judge Oct. 14, 2022
Rivka Steinberg v. Icelandic Provisions Inc. Consumer Law judge Oct. 14, 2022
Adrienne Sepaniek King v. Facebook Inc. Torts judge Oct. 14, 2022
Mark Habelt, et al. v. iRhythm Technologies Inc., et al. Securities judge Oct. 7, 2022
Sausalito/Marin County Chapter of the California Homeless Union, on behalf of itself and those of it represents; Robbie Powelson; Sheri I. Riley; Arthur Bruce; Melanie Muasou; Sunny Jean Yow; Naomi Montemayor; Mark Jeff; Mike North; Jackie Cutler and Michael Arnold on behalf of themselves and similarly situated homeless persons v. City of Sausalito; Mayor Jill James Hoffman; Police Chief John Rohrbacher; City Manager Marcia Raines; Dept. of Public Works Supervisor Kent Basso, individually and in their representative official capacities Constitutional Law judge Sep. 16, 2022
Mali W. Williams v. R. Conway, et al. Civil Rights judge Sep. 16, 2022
Christopher James, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Uber Technologies Inc. Employment Law judge Sep. 16, 2022
Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Alameda Health System, et al. Labor Law judge Aug. 26, 2022
Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation v. Seth Samuels, et al. Insurance judge Aug. 19, 2022
Shane Shannon v. Peter Buttigieg Employment Law judge Aug. 5, 2022
Steve Morales, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Civil Rights judge Jul. 15, 2022
Future Motion Inc. v. JW Batteries LLC Intellectual Property judge Jul. 8, 2022
Thomas M. Reilly v. Apple Inc. Business Law judge Jun. 24, 2022
Maria C. Luna v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Employment Law judge Jun. 17, 2022
Gerardo Hernandez v. Caliber Bodyworks LLC, et al. Civil Rights judge May 13, 2022
Airlines for America v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement Employment Law judge Apr. 29, 2022
In re: Hanna Andersson and Salesforce.com Data Breach Litigation Consumer Law judge Apr. 22, 2022
Colleen Huber v. Joseph Biden, Jr., in his official capacity as President of the United States of America; Twitter, Inc.; Jack Dorsey, in his official capacity as Chief Executive Officer of Twitter and in his individual capacity; and John Doe(s), in their official capacity as officials in the White House and in their individual capacities Constitutional Law judge Apr. 8, 2022
City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo & Co., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Banking judge Apr. 1, 2022
Diana Wilson, individually and as co-successor-in-interest to decedent Tyrell Wilson and Marvin Wilson, individually and as co-successor-in-interest to decedent Tyrell Wilson v. Town of Danville; Allan Shields, individually and in his capacity as Chief of Police for the Town of Danville; Andrew Hall, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer for the Town of Danville, individually and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Mar. 25, 2022
Nicholas R. Ingrao, Derivatively on Behalf of Yelp Inc. v. Jeremy Stoppelman, Charles "Lanny" Baker and Joseph R. "Jed" Nachman Securities judge Feb. 25, 2022
Intel Corporation, Apple Inc. v. Fortress Investment Group LLC; Fortress Credit Co. LLC; Uniloc 2017 LLC; Uniloc USA Inc.; Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.R.L.; VLSI Technology LLC; INVT SPE LLC; Inventergy Global Inc.; DDS Technology Management Inc.; IXI IP LLC: Seven Networks LLC Antitrust judge Jan. 28, 2022
EDAG Engineering GmbH v. Byton North America Corporation Contracts judge Dec. 30, 2021
Sinco Technologies PTE Ltd. v. Sinco Electronics (Dongguan) Co. Ltd.; Xingke Electronics (Dongguan) Co. Ltd.; Ng Cher Yong aka Cy Ng; Liew Yew Soon aka Mark Liew Intellectual Property judge Dec. 10, 2021
Marcie Hamilton v. Juul Labs, Inc. Employment Law judge Dec. 3, 2021
DCR Workforce Inc. v. Coupa Software Inc. Contracts judge Nov. 12, 2021
In re Finjan Holdings Inc. Securities Litigation Securities judge Oct. 1, 2021
The Women's Student Union v. U.S. Department of Education Education Law judge Sep. 24, 2021
Marcus A. Roberts, Kenneth A. Chewey, and Ashley M. Chewey, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. AT&T Mobility LLC Consumer Law judge Sep. 10, 2021
Andy Martin v. City of San Jose, Alexandre Vieira-Ribeiro, individually and in his official capacity as a City of San Jose Police Officer, and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Sep. 3, 2021
Samuel Love v. FYI MC LLC, et al. Civil Rights judge Aug. 13, 2021
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Environmental Law judge Jul. 9, 2021
Robert Bankwitz, an individual; William Jacobo, an individual, on behalf of themselves and other persons similarly situated v. Ecolab Inc., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Jun. 18, 2021
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Target Corp. Employment Law judge May 21, 2021
Marcus A. Roberts, Kenneth A. Chewey, and Ashley M. Chewey, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. AT&T Mobility LLC Consumer Law judge Mar. 19, 2021
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization v. Andrew Wheeler Environmental Law judge Jan. 22, 2021
Sean D. Randall v. Change.Org Inc. Contracts judge Jan. 15, 2021
Anthony Silveria v. Robert Wilkie Employment Law judge Dec. 24, 2020
Terrance Gill v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America Insurance judge Dec. 24, 2020
San Francisco Baykeeper v. United States Coast Guard Sector San Francisco; Rear Admiral Peter W. Gautier in his official capacity as the Commander of the Eleventh Coast Guard District Environmental Law judge Nov. 13, 2020
CTIA - The Wireless Association v. City of Berkeley, et al. Constitutional Law judge Nov. 6, 2020
Elizabeth Cooper v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Contracts judge Oct. 30, 2020
Timothy P. v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge Oct. 2, 2020
Wilbert Noble v. Darrel G. Adams, et al. Constitutional Law judge Sep. 4, 2020
Tiffany Cross, Shalonda Adams, Crystal Anthony, Arron Lee Mathews, Acacia McNeal and Darlene Francine Rouse v. City and County of San Francisco, Darren Nocetti, Jason Cherniss, and John Does 1 through 50, in their individual capacities Civil Rights judge Jul. 17, 2020
Harold Jones, et al. v. CertifiedSafety Inc. Employment Law judge Jun. 12, 2020
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Target Corporation Employment Law judge Jun. 5, 2020
Brian and Alison Sheahan, as husband and wife; Douglas Pope, an individual; Neil and Sandra Wylie, as husband and wife, et al. v. State Farm General Insurance Company; Verisk Analytics Inc.; Insurance Services Office Inc.; and Xactware Solutions Inc., and Does 1 to 100 Antitrust judge May 29, 2020
Maria Asela Caces-Tiamson v. Equifax Personal Injury judge May 15, 2020
Phillip Toretto, Daniel C. King v. Mediant Communications Inc. Contracts judge May 1, 2020
Gary D. Conness v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge Jan. 31, 2020
Federal Trade Commission v. AT&T Mobility LLC Consumer Law judge Jan. 31, 2020
Ashley Cromwell v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Employment Law judge Jan. 17, 2020
John Shek v. David Burchard Bankruptcy judge Jul. 12, 2019
Douglas O'Connor, et al. v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al. Employment Law judge May 17, 2019
Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co. Ltd., et al. v. Lunera Lighting Inc. Contracts judge Apr. 26, 2019
Gina McLeod, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Bank of America, N.A. and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive Labor Law judge Apr. 19, 2019
Rustico Siazon v. The Hertz Corporation Employment Law judge Apr. 19, 2019
Opticurrent LLC v. Power Integrations Inc. Intellectual Property judge Apr. 5, 2019
Renee Young, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Transnational Foods Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Mar. 29, 2019
In re Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep Ecodiesel Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation Consumer Law judge Mar. 8, 2019
Joseph L. Schofield, on behalf of himself, all others similarly situated v. Delta Air Lines Inc., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Consumer Law judge Feb. 22, 2019
Ronald Sgarlata, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. PayPal Holdings Inc., Daniel H. Schulman, John D. Rainey Jr., Hamed Shahbazi Securities judge Feb. 8, 2019
Mehier Taamneh, Lawrence Taamneh, Dimana Taamneh, Sara Taamneh v. Twitter Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc. Constitutional Law judge Feb. 8, 2019
John Doe One, John Doe Two, John Doe Three, John Doe Four, and John Doe Five on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. CVS Pharmacy Inc.; Caremark LLC; Caremark California Specialty Pharmacy LLC; National Railroad Passenger Corporation dba Amtrak; Lowe's Companies Inc; Time Warner Inc., and Does 1 - 10, inclusive Employment Law judge Jan. 25, 2019
District Council 16 Northern California Health and Welfare Trust Fund, et al. v. Western Addition Drywall Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Jan. 4, 2019
Jose Galindo, Sandra Hernandez v. City of San Mateo, a municipal corporation, San Mateo Police Department Officers Faysal Abi-Chahine, individually, and Derrick Jarvis, also known as Derrik Jarvis, individually, and Does 1 to 100, jointly and severally Constitutional Law judge Dec. 8, 2017
In Re Uber FCRA Litigation Consumer Law judge Aug. 4, 2017
Mary Swearingen and Robert Figy, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Healthy Beverage LLC, The Healthy Beverage Company Consumer Law judge Jun. 23, 2017
Confidential Employment Law judge Jan. 28, 2006
Pauline Velez v. James G. Roche, Secretary, U.S. Air Force Employment Law judge Jun. 22, 2004
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