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Fernando M. Olguin

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District Judge
USDC Central District of California
Western Division / First Street Federal Courthouse
Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 6D

350 W 1st St #4311
Los Angeles , CA 90012-4565
(213) 894-8477





Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Fernando M. Olguin Central District (Los Angeles) Jul. 7, 2013

Rulings
Case Category Published
In re Grand Jury Subpoena
reversed
 Attorneys Jan. 29, 2025
U.S. v. Wilson
reversed and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 19, 2024
Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles
reversed and remanded
 Constitutional Law Sep. 9, 2024
Amended Opinion: Lytle v. Nutramax Laboratories,Inc.
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 23, 2024
Lytle v. Nutramax Laboratories,Inc.
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Apr. 22, 2024
Elden v. Nirvana LLC
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Dec. 21, 2023
Winkler v. McCloskey
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Sep. 28, 2023
Nguyen v. Frauenheim
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 22, 2022
DePuy Synthes Sales v. Howmedica Osteonics
affirmed
 Employment Law Mar. 15, 2022
Saldana v. Glenhaven Healthcare
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Feb. 23, 2022
Kalbers v. Volkswagen AG
reversed and remanded
 Government Dec. 29, 2021
Chambers v. Whirlpool Corp.
vacated and remanded
 Civil Procedure Nov. 11, 2020
Amended Opinion: Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles
affirmed in part
 Civil Rights Sep. 14, 2020
Abcarian v. Levine
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 26, 2020
Castillo v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
affirmed
 statutory_interpretation Aug. 18, 2020
Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles
affirmed in part
 Civil Rights Jul. 23, 2020
City of Almaty v. Khrapunov
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 23, 2020
U.S. v. Phillips
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 12, 2019
U.S. v. Guerrero
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 23, 2019
Foster v. Hellawell
dismissed
 Civil Rights Nov. 21, 2018
Amended Opinion: U.S. ex rel. Silingo v. Wellpoint
affirmed in part
 Health Care Sep. 12, 2018
U.S. ex rel. Silingo v. Wellpoint
affirmed in part
 Health Care Jul. 10, 2018
Shafer v. Padilla
reversed
 Civil Rights Aug. 30, 2017

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Patrick Burk v. Crisis24, Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Sep. 19, 2025
Jose Vasquez, individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated v. Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. Employment Law judge Apr. 18, 2025
Concerned Jewish Parents and Teachers of Los Angeles, et al. v. Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium, et al. Constitutional Law judge Feb. 14, 2025
Takar Smith Jr., et al. v. City of Los Angeles Civil Rights judge Sep. 13, 2024
Jessica Tapia v. Jurupa Unified School District Civil Rights judge Aug. 30, 2024
Geoff Winkler v. Charles R. Grimm; Blue Pacific Bio-Energy Inc.; Grimm Investments LLC, and Does 1-10, inclusive Fraud judge Aug. 9, 2024
Vidal Madera, Idali Pagan v. Ford Motor Company, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge May 24, 2024
United States of America v. Response Tree LLC, Derek Thomas Doherty, individually and as an officer of Response Tree LLC Consumer Law judge Apr. 19, 2024
United States of America, People of the State of California, ex rel, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region v. HVI Cat Canyon Inc. f/k/a Greka Oil & Gas Inc. Environmental Law judge Feb. 16, 2024
Tammy Murillo, an individual and as successor in interest to Jesse Murillo, deceased v. City of Los Angeles, Fred Sigman, Christopher Montague Civil Rights judge Nov. 17, 2023
I.M., a minor, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Edward Tapia, Edward Tapia, Cheryl Tapia-Rufener, and Brianna Palomino, individually and as Successors-In-Interest to Decedent, Edward Bronstein v. Doe CHP Officers 1-10 Civil Rights judge Sep. 15, 2023
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Prime Plating Aerospace Inc. dba Prime Plating and Schmidt Industries Inc., dba Prime Plating Environmental Law judge Apr. 7, 2023
Sharon Britt, Andre Wall, Joshua Blalock and Jade Ball, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Southern California Edison Company, and Does 1 through 25 Employment Law judge Mar. 3, 2023
In Re: Monsanto Class Action Settlement Environmental Law judge Nov. 4, 2022
In re: Inogen Inc. Securities Litigation Securities judge Nov. 4, 2022
Anurag Gupta and by and through him, D.G. and V.G., his minor children, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Aeries Software Inc. Torts judge Nov. 4, 2022
Spencer Elden v. Nirvana LLC, Universal Music Group Inc., The David Geffen Company, Geffen Records, Kirk Weddle, Kurt Cobain, deceased, Courtney Love, as executor of the Estate of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and David Grohl, Torts judge Oct. 7, 2022
Doug Miner, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Ecolab Inc. Employment Law judge Sep. 30, 2022
Jamal Johnson, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Moss Bros. Auto Group Inc., et al. Consumer Law judge Aug. 26, 2022
Reggie DeAndre Mallard v. County of Los Angeles Civil Rights judge Jun. 17, 2022
Cory Longo, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Osi Systems Inc., Deepak Chopra, Alan Edrick, Ajay Mehra Securities judge Feb. 25, 2022
Andrew Trampe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. CD Projekt S.A., Adam Michal Kicinski, Piotr Marcin Nielubowicz, Michal Nowakowski Securities judge Jan. 14, 2022
Moises Negrete, et al. v. Conagra Foods Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Jan. 14, 2022
Noah Kirk v. Los Angeles County, Joe Dempsey, Eric Parra, Gina Parra, Christy Guyovich, Johann Thrall, Gabe Ramirez, Milton Murphey, Brandon Lefevre, John Kepley, Joel Barnett, Patrick Valdez, Yvonne O'Brien, Jessica Tend, and Does 1-200 Civil Rights judge Nov. 19, 2021
Estate of Anthony Soderberg, decedent; Shirly Soderberg, an individual v. Los Angeles Police Department, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Civil Rights judge May 7, 2021
Federal Trade Commission v. Moda Latina BZ Inc., Esther Virginia Fernandez Aguirre, individually and as an officer of Moda Latina BZ Inc., Marco Cesar Zarate Quiroz, individually and as an officer of Moda Latina BZ Inc. Consumer Law judge Mar. 26, 2021
Sheila Mayfield, and D.C.M., a minor v. County of Los Angeles by and through The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; Stephanie Carpenter, an individual; and Does 1 through 200, inclusive Civil Rights judge Nov. 20, 2020
Robert G. Lindsey and Charles G. Rodriguez v. The County of Los Angeles; Paul Tanaka; Kevin Stennis; and Does 1-10, Inclusive Civil Rights judge Oct. 30, 2020
Roland Vaughan v. County of Los Angeles, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Oct. 30, 2020
Brent Anderson, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. The Sherwin-Williams Company and Does 1 to 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Jul. 10, 2020
Miguel Angel Serrano Castillo, an individual and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Sheraton Operating Corporation, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Labor Law judge May 15, 2020
Jesse Andrew Arredondo v. W. L. Montgomery Civil Rights judge May 8, 2020
Joseph Carrington v. Robert Neuschmid Constitutional Law judge May 1, 2020
Jahanshah Shouhed, an individual v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Penegon West, Inc., A California Corporation d/b/a Hornburg Jaguar Land Rover; and Does 1 to 25, inclusive Consumer Law judge May 1, 2020
Leonardo Gonzalez-Tzita, an individual; Esteban Diego Esteban, an individual, Sidonio Lomeli, an individual and all as class representatives v. City of Los Angeles, a municipal corporation; Los Angeles Police Department, a public entity; Chief Charlie Beck, individually and in his official capacity; LAPD Officer Lee (#34792), individually and in his official capacity as Doe 1; LAPD Officer Reyez (#36912), individually and in her official capacity as Doe 2; LAPD Officer Vanegas (#39073), individually and in his official capacity as Doe 3, and Does 4 through 10 Civil Rights judge Apr. 10, 2020
V.W., a minor, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Mattie Johnson; Demetra Johnson; John Weber v. County of Los Angeles, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights judge May 24, 2019
Moodie v. Maxim Healthcare Services Inc. Consumer Law judge May 24, 2019
In re Ridgecrest Healthcare Inc., Debtor; California Department of Health Care Services v. Howard M. Ehrenberg, as Chapter 7 Trustee Bankruptcy judge May 17, 2019
Arthur Kaye IRA FCC as Custodian DTD 6-8-00, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Immunocellular Therapeutics Ltd., David Fractor, John S. Yu, Andrew Gengos, Manish Singh, Lavos LLC, Lidingo Holdings LLC, Kamilla Bjorlin, Andrew Hodge, Brian Nichols, and Vincent Cassano Securities judge Jan. 11, 2019
Elijah Bey v. Mosaic Sales Solutions US Operating Co., LLC et al. Employment Law judge Jan. 4, 2019
Sergio Pina v. City of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge Aug. 18, 2017
Clinton D. Alford Jr. v. Los Angeles Police Department Chief Beck, et al. Civil Rights judge Aug. 18, 2017
Joan Stevenson v. Huntington Memorial Hospital Contracts Plaintiff Sep. 23, 2000
Confidential Employment Law Plaintiff Jul. 8, 2000
Title Court Published
Fernando M. Olguin Central District (Los Angeles) Jul. 7, 2013
Case Category Published
In re Grand Jury Subpoena
reversed
 Attorneys Jan. 29, 2025
U.S. v. Wilson
reversed and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 19, 2024
Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles
reversed and remanded
 Constitutional Law Sep. 9, 2024
Amended Opinion: Lytle v. Nutramax Laboratories,Inc.
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 23, 2024
Lytle v. Nutramax Laboratories,Inc.
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Apr. 22, 2024
Elden v. Nirvana LLC
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Dec. 21, 2023
Winkler v. McCloskey
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Sep. 28, 2023
Nguyen v. Frauenheim
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 22, 2022
DePuy Synthes Sales v. Howmedica Osteonics
affirmed
 Employment Law Mar. 15, 2022
Saldana v. Glenhaven Healthcare
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Feb. 23, 2022
Kalbers v. Volkswagen AG
reversed and remanded
 Government Dec. 29, 2021
Chambers v. Whirlpool Corp.
vacated and remanded
 Civil Procedure Nov. 11, 2020
Amended Opinion: Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles
affirmed in part
 Civil Rights Sep. 14, 2020
Abcarian v. Levine
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 26, 2020
Castillo v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
affirmed
 statutory_interpretation Aug. 18, 2020
Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles
affirmed in part
 Civil Rights Jul. 23, 2020
City of Almaty v. Khrapunov
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 23, 2020
U.S. v. Phillips
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 12, 2019
U.S. v. Guerrero
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 23, 2019
Foster v. Hellawell
dismissed
 Civil Rights Nov. 21, 2018
Amended Opinion: U.S. ex rel. Silingo v. Wellpoint
affirmed in part
 Health Care Sep. 12, 2018
U.S. ex rel. Silingo v. Wellpoint
affirmed in part
 Health Care Jul. 10, 2018
Shafer v. Padilla
reversed
 Civil Rights Aug. 30, 2017
Case Name Topic Role Published
Patrick Burk v. Crisis24, Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Sep. 19, 2025
Jose Vasquez, individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated v. Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. Employment Law judge Apr. 18, 2025
Concerned Jewish Parents and Teachers of Los Angeles, et al. v. Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium, et al. Constitutional Law judge Feb. 14, 2025
Takar Smith Jr., et al. v. City of Los Angeles Civil Rights judge Sep. 13, 2024
Jessica Tapia v. Jurupa Unified School District Civil Rights judge Aug. 30, 2024
Geoff Winkler v. Charles R. Grimm; Blue Pacific Bio-Energy Inc.; Grimm Investments LLC, and Does 1-10, inclusive Fraud judge Aug. 9, 2024
Vidal Madera, Idali Pagan v. Ford Motor Company, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge May 24, 2024
United States of America v. Response Tree LLC, Derek Thomas Doherty, individually and as an officer of Response Tree LLC Consumer Law judge Apr. 19, 2024
United States of America, People of the State of California, ex rel, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region v. HVI Cat Canyon Inc. f/k/a Greka Oil & Gas Inc. Environmental Law judge Feb. 16, 2024
Tammy Murillo, an individual and as successor in interest to Jesse Murillo, deceased v. City of Los Angeles, Fred Sigman, Christopher Montague Civil Rights judge Nov. 17, 2023
I.M., a minor, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Edward Tapia, Edward Tapia, Cheryl Tapia-Rufener, and Brianna Palomino, individually and as Successors-In-Interest to Decedent, Edward Bronstein v. Doe CHP Officers 1-10 Civil Rights judge Sep. 15, 2023
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Prime Plating Aerospace Inc. dba Prime Plating and Schmidt Industries Inc., dba Prime Plating Environmental Law judge Apr. 7, 2023
Sharon Britt, Andre Wall, Joshua Blalock and Jade Ball, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Southern California Edison Company, and Does 1 through 25 Employment Law judge Mar. 3, 2023
In Re: Monsanto Class Action Settlement Environmental Law judge Nov. 4, 2022
In re: Inogen Inc. Securities Litigation Securities judge Nov. 4, 2022
Anurag Gupta and by and through him, D.G. and V.G., his minor children, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Aeries Software Inc. Torts judge Nov. 4, 2022
Spencer Elden v. Nirvana LLC, Universal Music Group Inc., The David Geffen Company, Geffen Records, Kirk Weddle, Kurt Cobain, deceased, Courtney Love, as executor of the Estate of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and David Grohl, Torts judge Oct. 7, 2022
Doug Miner, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Ecolab Inc. Employment Law judge Sep. 30, 2022
Jamal Johnson, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Moss Bros. Auto Group Inc., et al. Consumer Law judge Aug. 26, 2022
Reggie DeAndre Mallard v. County of Los Angeles Civil Rights judge Jun. 17, 2022
Cory Longo, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Osi Systems Inc., Deepak Chopra, Alan Edrick, Ajay Mehra Securities judge Feb. 25, 2022
Andrew Trampe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. CD Projekt S.A., Adam Michal Kicinski, Piotr Marcin Nielubowicz, Michal Nowakowski Securities judge Jan. 14, 2022
Moises Negrete, et al. v. Conagra Foods Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Jan. 14, 2022
Noah Kirk v. Los Angeles County, Joe Dempsey, Eric Parra, Gina Parra, Christy Guyovich, Johann Thrall, Gabe Ramirez, Milton Murphey, Brandon Lefevre, John Kepley, Joel Barnett, Patrick Valdez, Yvonne O'Brien, Jessica Tend, and Does 1-200 Civil Rights judge Nov. 19, 2021
Estate of Anthony Soderberg, decedent; Shirly Soderberg, an individual v. Los Angeles Police Department, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Civil Rights judge May 7, 2021
Federal Trade Commission v. Moda Latina BZ Inc., Esther Virginia Fernandez Aguirre, individually and as an officer of Moda Latina BZ Inc., Marco Cesar Zarate Quiroz, individually and as an officer of Moda Latina BZ Inc. Consumer Law judge Mar. 26, 2021
Sheila Mayfield, and D.C.M., a minor v. County of Los Angeles by and through The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; Stephanie Carpenter, an individual; and Does 1 through 200, inclusive Civil Rights judge Nov. 20, 2020
Robert G. Lindsey and Charles G. Rodriguez v. The County of Los Angeles; Paul Tanaka; Kevin Stennis; and Does 1-10, Inclusive Civil Rights judge Oct. 30, 2020
Roland Vaughan v. County of Los Angeles, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Oct. 30, 2020
Brent Anderson, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. The Sherwin-Williams Company and Does 1 to 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Jul. 10, 2020
Miguel Angel Serrano Castillo, an individual and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Sheraton Operating Corporation, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Labor Law judge May 15, 2020
Jesse Andrew Arredondo v. W. L. Montgomery Civil Rights judge May 8, 2020
Joseph Carrington v. Robert Neuschmid Constitutional Law judge May 1, 2020
Jahanshah Shouhed, an individual v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Penegon West, Inc., A California Corporation d/b/a Hornburg Jaguar Land Rover; and Does 1 to 25, inclusive Consumer Law judge May 1, 2020
Leonardo Gonzalez-Tzita, an individual; Esteban Diego Esteban, an individual, Sidonio Lomeli, an individual and all as class representatives v. City of Los Angeles, a municipal corporation; Los Angeles Police Department, a public entity; Chief Charlie Beck, individually and in his official capacity; LAPD Officer Lee (#34792), individually and in his official capacity as Doe 1; LAPD Officer Reyez (#36912), individually and in her official capacity as Doe 2; LAPD Officer Vanegas (#39073), individually and in his official capacity as Doe 3, and Does 4 through 10 Civil Rights judge Apr. 10, 2020
V.W., a minor, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Mattie Johnson; Demetra Johnson; John Weber v. County of Los Angeles, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights judge May 24, 2019
Moodie v. Maxim Healthcare Services Inc. Consumer Law judge May 24, 2019
In re Ridgecrest Healthcare Inc., Debtor; California Department of Health Care Services v. Howard M. Ehrenberg, as Chapter 7 Trustee Bankruptcy judge May 17, 2019
Arthur Kaye IRA FCC as Custodian DTD 6-8-00, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Immunocellular Therapeutics Ltd., David Fractor, John S. Yu, Andrew Gengos, Manish Singh, Lavos LLC, Lidingo Holdings LLC, Kamilla Bjorlin, Andrew Hodge, Brian Nichols, and Vincent Cassano Securities judge Jan. 11, 2019
Elijah Bey v. Mosaic Sales Solutions US Operating Co., LLC et al. Employment Law judge Jan. 4, 2019
Sergio Pina v. City of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge Aug. 18, 2017
Clinton D. Alford Jr. v. Los Angeles Police Department Chief Beck, et al. Civil Rights judge Aug. 18, 2017
Joan Stevenson v. Huntington Memorial Hospital Contracts Plaintiff Sep. 23, 2000
Confidential Employment Law Plaintiff Jul. 8, 2000
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