Cases of Interest

View video of 12/2/2019 and 12/17/19 hearings

Plaintiffs challenge President's plan for funding border barrier construction on grounds that it exceeds the Executive Branch's lawful authority under the Constitution and federal statutes.

View 12/11/2019 order

Multidistrict litigation grouping cases alleging, in part, that JLI has marketed its JUUL nicotine delivery products to minors, that JLI’s marketing misrepresents or omits that JUUL products are more potent and addictive than cigarettes, and that JLI promotes nicotine addiction.

Plaintiffs seek to enjoin enforcement of interim final rule providing that noncitizens who transit through another country prior to reaching the southern border of the United States are ineligible for asylum here

Extradition proceedings for former President of Peru

Plaintiffs challenge the Department of Homeland Security's "Migrant Protection Protocols" under which asylum seekers are "returned to Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings."

Multidistrict litigation arising from alleged unauthorized use of a software-based defeat device resulting in the misstatement of vehicle emissions data by car maker

Plaintiffs in related class actions assert claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") alleging that they were improperly denied benefits for treatment of mental health and substance abuse disorders.

Plaintiffs, including the State of California, seek to enjoin defendants from adding of questions to the 2020 Decennial Census that would require United States residents to disclose whether they are citizens

Plaintiff challenges the rearrest and detention of unaccompanied minors who were previously detained by the Office of Refugee Resettlement ("ORR") and then released by ORR to a sponsor.

Plaintiffs seek to prevent enforcement of an interim final rule providing that all persons who enter the country in violation of the "Presidential Proclamation Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the United States" are ineligible for asylum.

Plaintiffs challenge Trump Administration's termination of "Temporary Protected Status" (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Sudan

View video of 9/25/18 hearing

Plaintiffs, students of the defunct Corinthian Colleges, Inc., seek a preliminary injunction to require the Department of Education to process certain non-discharged federal student loan debt in accordance with the "Corinthian Job Placement Rate Rule."

University of California and four states challenge U.S. Government's rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ("DACA") program

Multidistrict antitrust litigation arising from alleged anticompetitive conduct in the market for German-made automobiles.

Multidistrict litigation arising from alleged unauthorized use of a software-based defeat device resulting in the misstatement of vehicle emissions data by car maker

Multidistrict products-liability litigation arising from the allegedly carcinogenic qualities of the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup.

Multi-District Litigation arising from alleged customer data breach at Anthem Inc. before Hon. Lucy H. Koh

Oakland Police Department Consent Decree