District Judge
USDC Northern District of California
Phillip Burton Federal Building & US Courthouse
Department/Division:
4
Days:
M-F
Courtroom/Floor:
17th
450 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco , CA 94102
(415) 522-2034
Nominated as Northern District judge by President Barack Obama, July 25, 2013; deputy city attorney, Chief of Appellate Litigation, San Francisco city attorney’s office, 2005-2014; associate, Covington & Burling LLP, 2002-2004; law clerk, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, 2001-2002; associate, Keker & Van Nest LLP, 2000-2001; law clerk, 9th Circuit Judge James R. Browning, 1999-2000; law clerk, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer, 1998-1999
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1998
Judicial Profiles
| Title | Court | Published |
|---|---|---|
| In the Arena | Northern District (San Francisco) | Sep. 22, 2017 |
Rulings
| Case | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
|
U.S. v. Bellot
affirmed
|
Criminal Law and Procedure | Aug. 21, 2024 |
|
Nacarino v. Kashi Co.
affirmed
|
Consumer Law | Aug. 14, 2023 |
|
GP Vincent II v. The Estate of Beard
reversed
|
Environmental Law | May 17, 2023 |
|
County of San Mateo v. Chevron
affirmed
|
Civil Procedure | Apr. 20, 2022 |
|
Social Technologies v. Apple
affirmed
|
Intellectual Property | Jul. 14, 2021 |
|
Hardeman v. Monsanto
affirmed
|
Evidence | May 17, 2021 |
|
U.S. v. Asuncion
author
|
statutory_interpretation | Sep. 8, 2020 |
|
In re Edwin Earl Elliott
affirmed
|
Bankruptcy | Aug. 13, 2020 |
|
U.S. v. Bocharnikov
concurring
|
Criminal Law and Procedure | Jul. 28, 2020 |
|
Jabbari v. Farmer
affirmed
|
Civil Procedure | Jul. 21, 2020 |
|
BNSF Railway v. Oregon Dep't of Revenue
author
|
Tax | Jul. 9, 2020 |
|
Barnes v. Routh Crabtree Olsen
author
|
statutory_interpretation | Jul. 1, 2020 |
|
IMDB.com Inc. v. Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
affirmed
|
Civil Rights | Jun. 22, 2020 |
|
Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal LLC v. City of Oakland
affirmed
|
Contracts | May 27, 2020 |
|
County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp.
affirmed in part
|
Civil Procedure | May 27, 2020 |
|
Adams v. West Marine Products
affirmed
|
Civil Procedure | May 14, 2020 |
|
National Resources Defense Council Inc. v. Perry
affirmed
|
Administrative Agencies | Oct. 11, 2019 |
|
Center for Biological Diversity v. Ilano
affirmed
|
Environmental Law | Jun. 25, 2019 |
|
Lambert v. Tesla
affirmed
|
Arbitration | May 20, 2019 |
| U.S. v. Artis | Criminal Law and Procedure | Mar. 29, 2019 |
|
Dachauer v. NBTY Inc.
affirmed
|
Consumer Law | Jan. 11, 2019 |
|
Saravia v. Sessions
affirmed
|
Immigration | Oct. 2, 2018 |
|
Hicks v. PGA Tour
affirmed in part
|
Antitrust | Jul. 30, 2018 |
|
Breazeale v. Victim Services, Inc.
dismissed
|
Anti-SLAPP | Dec. 28, 2017 |
|
Benjamin v. B & H Education
affirmed
|
Labor Law | Dec. 20, 2017 |
|
Daewoo Electronics American v. OPTA
reversed and remanded
|
Civil Procedure | Nov. 28, 2017 |
| Demetris v. Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO | Labor Law | Jul. 6, 2017 |
| Title | Court | Published |
|---|---|---|
| In the Arena | Northern District (San Francisco) | Sep. 22, 2017 |
| Case | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
|
U.S. v. Bellot
affirmed
|
Criminal Law and Procedure | Aug. 21, 2024 |
|
Nacarino v. Kashi Co.
affirmed
|
Consumer Law | Aug. 14, 2023 |
|
GP Vincent II v. The Estate of Beard
reversed
|
Environmental Law | May 17, 2023 |
|
County of San Mateo v. Chevron
affirmed
|
Civil Procedure | Apr. 20, 2022 |
|
Social Technologies v. Apple
affirmed
|
Intellectual Property | Jul. 14, 2021 |
|
Hardeman v. Monsanto
affirmed
|
Evidence | May 17, 2021 |
|
U.S. v. Asuncion
author
|
statutory_interpretation | Sep. 8, 2020 |
|
In re Edwin Earl Elliott
affirmed
|
Bankruptcy | Aug. 13, 2020 |
|
U.S. v. Bocharnikov
concurring
|
Criminal Law and Procedure | Jul. 28, 2020 |
|
Jabbari v. Farmer
affirmed
|
Civil Procedure | Jul. 21, 2020 |
|
BNSF Railway v. Oregon Dep't of Revenue
author
|
Tax | Jul. 9, 2020 |
|
Barnes v. Routh Crabtree Olsen
author
|
statutory_interpretation | Jul. 1, 2020 |
|
IMDB.com Inc. v. Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
affirmed
|
Civil Rights | Jun. 22, 2020 |
|
Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal LLC v. City of Oakland
affirmed
|
Contracts | May 27, 2020 |
|
County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp.
affirmed in part
|
Civil Procedure | May 27, 2020 |
|
Adams v. West Marine Products
affirmed
|
Civil Procedure | May 14, 2020 |
|
National Resources Defense Council Inc. v. Perry
affirmed
|
Administrative Agencies | Oct. 11, 2019 |
|
Center for Biological Diversity v. Ilano
affirmed
|
Environmental Law | Jun. 25, 2019 |
|
Lambert v. Tesla
affirmed
|
Arbitration | May 20, 2019 |
| U.S. v. Artis | Criminal Law and Procedure | Mar. 29, 2019 |
|
Dachauer v. NBTY Inc.
affirmed
|
Consumer Law | Jan. 11, 2019 |
|
Saravia v. Sessions
affirmed
|
Immigration | Oct. 2, 2018 |
|
Hicks v. PGA Tour
affirmed in part
|
Antitrust | Jul. 30, 2018 |
|
Breazeale v. Victim Services, Inc.
dismissed
|
Anti-SLAPP | Dec. 28, 2017 |
|
Benjamin v. B & H Education
affirmed
|
Labor Law | Dec. 20, 2017 |
|
Daewoo Electronics American v. OPTA
reversed and remanded
|
Civil Procedure | Nov. 28, 2017 |
| Demetris v. Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO | Labor Law | Jul. 6, 2017 |