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Haywood S. Gilliam Jr.

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District Judge
USDC Northern District of California
Oakland
Department/Division: 2 Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 4th

1301 Clay Street #4005
Oakland , CA 94612-5212
(510) 637-3543





Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Haywood S. Gilliam Northern District of California (San Francisco) Oct. 22, 2015

Rulings
Case Category Published
Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District
reversed
 Constitutional Law Sep. 13, 2023
E. Ohman J:Or Fonder AB v. Nvidia Corp.
reversed in part
 Securities Aug. 28, 2023
Progressive Democrats, et al. v. Rob Bonta
reversed
 Constitutional Law Jul. 19, 2023
U.S. v. Richards
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 31, 2022
Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District Board of Education
reversed
 Constitutional Law Aug. 29, 2022
In re PG&E Corp.
reversed
 Bankruptcy Aug. 29, 2022
In re Nektar Therapeutics Securities Litigation
affirmed
 Securities May 20, 2022
U.S. v. Allen
vacated and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure May 17, 2022
Amended Opinion: Hodges v. Comcast
reversed
 Arbitration Dec. 27, 2021
Hodges v. Comcast
reversed
 Arbitration Sep. 13, 2021
Ayla LLC v. Alya Skin
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Aug. 30, 2021
BNSF Railway v. County of Alameda
affirmed
 Tax Aug. 6, 2021
Irving Firemen's Relief & Retirement Fund v. Uber Technologies
affirmed
 Securities May 20, 2021
U.S. v. Lucero
reversed and remanded
 statutory_interpretation Mar. 5, 2021
Hall v. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
affirmed
 Government Jan. 4, 2021
State of California v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Law Oct. 23, 2020
Sierra Club v. Trump
affirmed
 Administrative Agencies Oct. 13, 2020
Pacific Choice Seafood v. Ross
affirmed
 Environmental Law Sep. 28, 2020
U.S. v. Lague
affirmed
 Evidence Aug. 21, 2020
United States v. Luong
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 20, 2020
State of California v. Trump
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Jun. 29, 2020
Sierra Club v. Trump
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Jun. 29, 2020
Badgley v. U.S.
affirmed
 Tax Apr. 29, 2020
State of California v. Little Sisters of the Poor
affirmed
 Remedies Oct. 23, 2019
Khrapunov v. Prosyankin
vacated and remanded
 Civil Procedure Jul. 25, 2019
Anderson v. Ghaly
vacated and remanded
 Administrative Agencies Jul. 19, 2019
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. Newsom
affirmed
 Native American Affairs Mar. 22, 2019
State of California v. The Little Sisters of the Poor
affirmed in part
 Administrative Agencies Dec. 18, 2018
Durnford v. MusclePharm
reversed and remanded
 Consumer Law Oct. 15, 2018
True Health Chiropractic v. McKesson
reversed and remanded
 Consumer Law Jul. 18, 2018
Arevalo v. Hennessy
reversed and remanded
 Constitutional Law Feb. 12, 2018

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Federal Trade Commission v. Precision Patient Outcomes Inc., Margrett Priest Lewis, individually and as CEO of Precision Patient Outcomes Inc. Torts judge Aug. 16, 2024
Spiro Jannings v. PG&E Corporation Bankruptcy judge Jun. 21, 2024
Albert B. Lou v. Accenture United States Group Health Plan, et al. Employment Law judge Jun. 21, 2024
Thelma Yarber v. Kia America Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Apr. 5, 2024
Michael Charles, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated v. The Clorox Company Consumer Law judge Mar. 22, 2024
State of California, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States of America, et al. Constitutional Law judge Nov. 24, 2023
In re: Lyft Inc. Securities Litigation Securities judge Nov. 17, 2023
PG&E Corp. v. California Department of Water Resources Bankruptcy judge Sep. 22, 2023
Larry Golden v. Qualcomm Inc. Antitrust judge Jul. 21, 2023
Ruben Juarez, Calin Constantin Segarceanu, Emiliano Galicia and Josue Jimenez, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Social Finance Inc. dba SoFi and SoFi Lending Corp. dba SoFi Consumer Law judge Jul. 14, 2023
Jermaine Demel Dickerson v. Contra Costa County, et al. Torts judge Jul. 7, 2023
Robert Scott Feamster v. Gaco Western LLC dba Gaco Western and Does 1-100 Torts judge Jun. 9, 2023
Salnave Keefer v. Ryder Integrated Logistics Inc., et al. Employment Law judge May 12, 2023
Everline Williams v. Redwood Toxicology Laboratory Employment Law judge Apr. 28, 2023
Bioscience Advisors Inc. v. United States Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. Securities judge Apr. 28, 2023
Maria Castellanos v. Les Zieve et al. Real Property judge Apr. 21, 2023
Kathleen Smith v. Keurig Green Mountain Inc. Consumer Law judge Feb. 24, 2023
Kyung Sook Jones v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General United States Postal Service (Pacific Area) Agency Employment Law judge Feb. 17, 2023
Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Dennis Hayo, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Resolution of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and United States of America Employment Law judge Jan. 13, 2023
Global Industrial Investment Limited v. 1955 Capital Fund I GP LLC Contracts judge Nov. 18, 2022
Christine Crump, individually, and on behalf of other members of the general public similarly situated and on behalf of other aggrieved employees pursuant to the California Private Attorneys General Act v. Hyatt Corporation, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 28, 2022
Greg Fleming, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Impax Laboratories Inc., et al. Securities judge Jun. 24, 2022
LinkedIn Corporation v. Mantheos Pte. Ltd., Jeremiah Tang, Yuxi Chew, and Stan Kosyakov Contracts judge Jun. 17, 2022
Anne Kastler, individually, and on behalf of other members of the general public similarly situated v. Oh My Green, Inc., an unknown business entity; and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Jun. 10, 2022
Harold Davis v. Pinterest Inc. Intellectual Property judge Jun. 10, 2022
Ning Xianhua v. Oath Holdings Inc. fka Yahoo! Inc. and as successor in interest to Yahoo! Inc.; Altaba Inc. fka Yahoo! Inc. and as successor in interest to Yahoo! Inc.; Terry Semel, an individual; Jerry Yang, an individual and Does 1-10 Torts judge Jun. 3, 2022
Jose Franco, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. E-3 Systems, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge May 27, 2022
Robin Hall and Steven Summers, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. United States Department of Agriculture and George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III, in his official capacity as United States Secretary of Agriculture Constitutional Law judge May 20, 2022
Akhilesh R. Vangala; I.S.A.; and Kenny M. Castaneda Penate, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration judge May 13, 2022
Taira De Bernardi, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco Employment Law judge Mar. 25, 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC v. Prizm Labs Inc. aka Blok Party Intellectual Property judge Dec. 4, 2020
Branden Robinson v. A. Jackson Civil Rights judge Nov. 27, 2020
Paul Izor, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Abacus Data Systems Inc. Consumer Law judge Nov. 27, 2020
Alex Ang and Lynne Streit, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Bimbo Bakeries USA Consumer Law judge Jun. 12, 2020
Ismail Y. Yacoobal v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge May 15, 2020
Juan Ortiz, an individual v. City and County of San Francisco, a municipal corporation; Kevin Conway, in his individual and official capacity as a deputy for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department; Sam Park, in his individual and official capacity as a deputy for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department; Michael Vigil, in his individual and official capacity as a deputy for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department; Bernard Artificio, in his individual and official capacity as a deputy for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department; Brenda Sosa, in her individual and official capacity as a deputy for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department; and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge May 15, 2020
Eric Ylmo Sanford v. G. Gudino, Sergeant G. Ramey, (SVSP) (Yard Supervisor), Lieutenant J. Stevenson, (SVSP) (Supervisor) Civil Rights judge May 1, 2020
Robert Ulloa v. Dr. C. Jacobsen, CME, J. Hendrix, Correctional Officer, C. Vick, Correctional Officer Civil Rights judge Mar. 27, 2020
LaTonya R. Finley v. Transunion, Equifax, Experian, SW Credit Systems, L.P., Plaza Services, LVNV Funding LLC Consumer Law judge Mar. 6, 2020
Ezekial Flatten v. City of Rohnert Park, Jacy Tatum, Joseph Huffaker, The Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, Steve Hobb, and Does 1-50 Civil Rights judge Feb. 21, 2020
Brandon Norona and Linda Corbin, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Home Point Financial Corporation Labor Law judge Feb. 14, 2020
Walter A. Tormasi v. Western Digital Corp. Intellectual Property judge Jan. 10, 2020
Tony Dickey and Paul Parmer, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Contracts judge Jan. 3, 2020
Estate of Amilcar Perez Lopez, by and through successors in interest, Juan Perez and Margarita Lopez Perez; Juan Perez, individually; Margarita Lopez Perez, individually v. Chief of Police Greg Suhr; City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Police Department; Officer Craig Tiffe (Badge No. 1312); Officer Eric Reboli (Badge No. 1651), and Does 1 to 10 Civil Rights judge Jul. 5, 2019
Big Baboon Inc. v. SAP America Inc., et al. Intellectual Property judge Jun. 28, 2019
Fremont Bank v. Robert J. Signorelli, Kathryn R. Signorelli, Singorelli Family LP Contracts judge Jun. 7, 2019
Mary Zekry Allen v. Nancy A. Berryhill Government judge May 24, 2019
Troy Backus v. Biscomerica Corporation Consumer Law judge May 17, 2019
Lidia Vail Lucas, et al. v. Kirstjen Nielson, et al. Immigration judge Apr. 12, 2019
AU Optronics Corporation America v. Vista Peak Ventures, LLC Intellectual Property judge Apr. 5, 2019
Dwain Williams v. State of California, et al. Civil Rights judge Dec. 15, 2017
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. v. VMware Inc. Intellectual Property judge Dec. 1, 2017
Stephen Jerome Williams v. E. Hazel, et al. Civil Rights judge Oct. 27, 2017
Charles Gregory Callion v. Edward Birdsong, et al. Civil Rights judge Oct. 27, 2017
Santeya Danyell Williams, et al. v. City of Antioch Civil Rights Plaintiff Nov. 12, 2011
Title Court Published
Haywood S. Gilliam Northern District of California (San Francisco) Oct. 22, 2015
Case Category Published
Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District
reversed
 Constitutional Law Sep. 13, 2023
E. Ohman J:Or Fonder AB v. Nvidia Corp.
reversed in part
 Securities Aug. 28, 2023
Progressive Democrats, et al. v. Rob Bonta
reversed
 Constitutional Law Jul. 19, 2023
U.S. v. Richards
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 31, 2022
Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District Board of Education
reversed
 Constitutional Law Aug. 29, 2022
In re PG&E Corp.
reversed
 Bankruptcy Aug. 29, 2022
In re Nektar Therapeutics Securities Litigation
affirmed
 Securities May 20, 2022
U.S. v. Allen
vacated and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure May 17, 2022
Amended Opinion: Hodges v. Comcast
reversed
 Arbitration Dec. 27, 2021
Hodges v. Comcast
reversed
 Arbitration Sep. 13, 2021
Ayla LLC v. Alya Skin
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Aug. 30, 2021
BNSF Railway v. County of Alameda
affirmed
 Tax Aug. 6, 2021
Irving Firemen's Relief & Retirement Fund v. Uber Technologies
affirmed
 Securities May 20, 2021
U.S. v. Lucero
reversed and remanded
 statutory_interpretation Mar. 5, 2021
Hall v. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
affirmed
 Government Jan. 4, 2021
State of California v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Law Oct. 23, 2020
Sierra Club v. Trump
affirmed
 Administrative Agencies Oct. 13, 2020
Pacific Choice Seafood v. Ross
affirmed
 Environmental Law Sep. 28, 2020
U.S. v. Lague
affirmed
 Evidence Aug. 21, 2020
United States v. Luong
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 20, 2020
State of California v. Trump
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Jun. 29, 2020
Sierra Club v. Trump
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Jun. 29, 2020
Badgley v. U.S.
affirmed
 Tax Apr. 29, 2020
State of California v. Little Sisters of the Poor
affirmed
 Remedies Oct. 23, 2019
Khrapunov v. Prosyankin
vacated and remanded
 Civil Procedure Jul. 25, 2019
Anderson v. Ghaly
vacated and remanded
 Administrative Agencies Jul. 19, 2019
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. Newsom
affirmed
 Native American Affairs Mar. 22, 2019
State of California v. The Little Sisters of the Poor
affirmed in part
 Administrative Agencies Dec. 18, 2018
Durnford v. MusclePharm
reversed and remanded
 Consumer Law Oct. 15, 2018
True Health Chiropractic v. McKesson
reversed and remanded
 Consumer Law Jul. 18, 2018
Arevalo v. Hennessy
reversed and remanded
 Constitutional Law Feb. 12, 2018
Case Name Topic Role Published
Federal Trade Commission v. Precision Patient Outcomes Inc., Margrett Priest Lewis, individually and as CEO of Precision Patient Outcomes Inc. Torts judge Aug. 16, 2024
Spiro Jannings v. PG&E Corporation Bankruptcy judge Jun. 21, 2024
Albert B. Lou v. Accenture United States Group Health Plan, et al. Employment Law judge Jun. 21, 2024
Thelma Yarber v. Kia America Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Apr. 5, 2024
Michael Charles, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated v. The Clorox Company Consumer Law judge Mar. 22, 2024
State of California, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States of America, et al. Constitutional Law judge Nov. 24, 2023
In re: Lyft Inc. Securities Litigation Securities judge Nov. 17, 2023
PG&E Corp. v. California Department of Water Resources Bankruptcy judge Sep. 22, 2023
Larry Golden v. Qualcomm Inc. Antitrust judge Jul. 21, 2023
Ruben Juarez, Calin Constantin Segarceanu, Emiliano Galicia and Josue Jimenez, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Social Finance Inc. dba SoFi and SoFi Lending Corp. dba SoFi Consumer Law judge Jul. 14, 2023
Jermaine Demel Dickerson v. Contra Costa County, et al. Torts judge Jul. 7, 2023
Robert Scott Feamster v. Gaco Western LLC dba Gaco Western and Does 1-100 Torts judge Jun. 9, 2023
Salnave Keefer v. Ryder Integrated Logistics Inc., et al. Employment Law judge May 12, 2023
Everline Williams v. Redwood Toxicology Laboratory Employment Law judge Apr. 28, 2023
Bioscience Advisors Inc. v. United States Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. Securities judge Apr. 28, 2023
Maria Castellanos v. Les Zieve et al. Real Property judge Apr. 21, 2023
Kathleen Smith v. Keurig Green Mountain Inc. Consumer Law judge Feb. 24, 2023
Kyung Sook Jones v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General United States Postal Service (Pacific Area) Agency Employment Law judge Feb. 17, 2023
Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Dennis Hayo, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Resolution of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and United States of America Employment Law judge Jan. 13, 2023
Global Industrial Investment Limited v. 1955 Capital Fund I GP LLC Contracts judge Nov. 18, 2022
Christine Crump, individually, and on behalf of other members of the general public similarly situated and on behalf of other aggrieved employees pursuant to the California Private Attorneys General Act v. Hyatt Corporation, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 28, 2022
Greg Fleming, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Impax Laboratories Inc., et al. Securities judge Jun. 24, 2022
LinkedIn Corporation v. Mantheos Pte. Ltd., Jeremiah Tang, Yuxi Chew, and Stan Kosyakov Contracts judge Jun. 17, 2022
Anne Kastler, individually, and on behalf of other members of the general public similarly situated v. Oh My Green, Inc., an unknown business entity; and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Jun. 10, 2022
Harold Davis v. Pinterest Inc. Intellectual Property judge Jun. 10, 2022
Ning Xianhua v. Oath Holdings Inc. fka Yahoo! Inc. and as successor in interest to Yahoo! Inc.; Altaba Inc. fka Yahoo! Inc. and as successor in interest to Yahoo! Inc.; Terry Semel, an individual; Jerry Yang, an individual and Does 1-10 Torts judge Jun. 3, 2022
Jose Franco, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. E-3 Systems, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge May 27, 2022
Robin Hall and Steven Summers, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. United States Department of Agriculture and George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III, in his official capacity as United States Secretary of Agriculture Constitutional Law judge May 20, 2022
Akhilesh R. Vangala; I.S.A.; and Kenny M. Castaneda Penate, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration judge May 13, 2022
Taira De Bernardi, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco Employment Law judge Mar. 25, 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC v. Prizm Labs Inc. aka Blok Party Intellectual Property judge Dec. 4, 2020
Branden Robinson v. A. Jackson Civil Rights judge Nov. 27, 2020
Paul Izor, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Abacus Data Systems Inc. Consumer Law judge Nov. 27, 2020
Alex Ang and Lynne Streit, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Bimbo Bakeries USA Consumer Law judge Jun. 12, 2020
Ismail Y. Yacoobal v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge May 15, 2020
Juan Ortiz, an individual v. City and County of San Francisco, a municipal corporation; Kevin Conway, in his individual and official capacity as a deputy for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department; Sam Park, in his individual and official capacity as a deputy for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department; Michael Vigil, in his individual and official capacity as a deputy for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department; Bernard Artificio, in his individual and official capacity as a deputy for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department; Brenda Sosa, in her individual and official capacity as a deputy for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department; and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge May 15, 2020
Eric Ylmo Sanford v. G. Gudino, Sergeant G. Ramey, (SVSP) (Yard Supervisor), Lieutenant J. Stevenson, (SVSP) (Supervisor) Civil Rights judge May 1, 2020
Robert Ulloa v. Dr. C. Jacobsen, CME, J. Hendrix, Correctional Officer, C. Vick, Correctional Officer Civil Rights judge Mar. 27, 2020
LaTonya R. Finley v. Transunion, Equifax, Experian, SW Credit Systems, L.P., Plaza Services, LVNV Funding LLC Consumer Law judge Mar. 6, 2020
Ezekial Flatten v. City of Rohnert Park, Jacy Tatum, Joseph Huffaker, The Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, Steve Hobb, and Does 1-50 Civil Rights judge Feb. 21, 2020
Brandon Norona and Linda Corbin, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Home Point Financial Corporation Labor Law judge Feb. 14, 2020
Walter A. Tormasi v. Western Digital Corp. Intellectual Property judge Jan. 10, 2020
Tony Dickey and Paul Parmer, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Contracts judge Jan. 3, 2020
Estate of Amilcar Perez Lopez, by and through successors in interest, Juan Perez and Margarita Lopez Perez; Juan Perez, individually; Margarita Lopez Perez, individually v. Chief of Police Greg Suhr; City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Police Department; Officer Craig Tiffe (Badge No. 1312); Officer Eric Reboli (Badge No. 1651), and Does 1 to 10 Civil Rights judge Jul. 5, 2019
Big Baboon Inc. v. SAP America Inc., et al. Intellectual Property judge Jun. 28, 2019
Fremont Bank v. Robert J. Signorelli, Kathryn R. Signorelli, Singorelli Family LP Contracts judge Jun. 7, 2019
Mary Zekry Allen v. Nancy A. Berryhill Government judge May 24, 2019
Troy Backus v. Biscomerica Corporation Consumer Law judge May 17, 2019
Lidia Vail Lucas, et al. v. Kirstjen Nielson, et al. Immigration judge Apr. 12, 2019
AU Optronics Corporation America v. Vista Peak Ventures, LLC Intellectual Property judge Apr. 5, 2019
Dwain Williams v. State of California, et al. Civil Rights judge Dec. 15, 2017
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. v. VMware Inc. Intellectual Property judge Dec. 1, 2017
Stephen Jerome Williams v. E. Hazel, et al. Civil Rights judge Oct. 27, 2017
Charles Gregory Callion v. Edward Birdsong, et al. Civil Rights judge Oct. 27, 2017
Santeya Danyell Williams, et al. v. City of Antioch Civil Rights Plaintiff Nov. 12, 2011