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Richard Seeborg

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District Judge
USDC Northern District of California
Phillip Burton Federal Building & US Courthouse
Department/Division: 3 Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 17th

450 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco , CA 94102
(415) 522-2123





Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Richard Seeborg U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco) Jul. 2, 2014

Rulings
Case Category Published
Silloway v. City and County of San Francisco
reversed and remanded
 Employment Law Sep. 11, 2024
Montera v. Premier Nutrition Corp.
affirmed in part
 Consumer Law Aug. 6, 2024
Davidson v. Sprout Foods, Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Consumer Law Jun. 28, 2024
Sonner v. Premier Nutrition
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Sep. 29, 2022
Bennett v. U.S.
author
 Torts Aug. 11, 2022
A.C. v. Cortez
author
 Juveniles May 16, 2022
U.S. v. King
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 26, 2022
Cooper v. Newsom
affirmed in part
 Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 17, 2021
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
affirmed
 Environmental Law Aug. 9, 2021
Friends of the Earth v. Sanderson Farms
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Apr. 1, 2021
Greenberg v. Target Corp.
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Jan. 14, 2021
Amended Opinion: Balbuena v. Sullivan
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 18, 2020
Stone v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.
affirmed
 Health Care Nov. 10, 2020
Namisnak v. Uber Technologies
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 25, 2020
Amended Opinion: Sonner v. Premier Nutrition Corp.
affirmed
 Remedies Aug. 21, 2020
Balbuena v. Sullivan
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 18, 2020
Hanson v. Shubert
author
 Civil Procedure Aug. 5, 2020
United States v. Pisarski
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 13, 2020
Sonner v. Premier Nutrition Corp.
affirmed
 Remedies Jun. 18, 2020
In re Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation
vacated and remanded
 Attorneys May 18, 2020
Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Mar. 18, 2020
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
affirmed
 Immigration Mar. 2, 2020
Amended Opinion: Salazar v. McDonald's Corp.
Employment Law Dec. 12, 2019
Salazar v. McDonald's Corp.
Employment Law Oct. 2, 2019
Dawson v. NCAA
affirmed
 Labor Law Aug. 13, 2019
Innovation Law Lab v. McAleenan
petition granted
 Immigration May 9, 2019
Gill v. USDOJ
affirmed
 Administrative Agencies Jan. 30, 2019
Kendrick v. Conduent State and Local Solutions
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Dec. 18, 2018
BNSF v. CDTFA
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Sep. 14, 2018
UFCW Local 1500 Pension Fund v. Mayer
affirmed
 Business Law Jul. 13, 2018
Hodsdon v. Mars, Inc.
affirmed
 Consumer Law Jun. 5, 2018
ACLU of Northern California v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
vacated and remanded
 Public Records Act Feb. 2, 2018
Fleming v. The Charles Schwab Corp.
affirmed
 Securities Jan. 2, 2018
Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company
reversed and remanded
 Environmental Law Nov. 3, 2017
U.S. v. Ochoa
reversed and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 7, 2017

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Janardhan Nellore, Sivannarayana Barama, Ganapathi Kunadharaju, Saber Hussain, Prasad Malempati Securities judge Apr. 11, 2025
Michael Katz-Lacabe and Dr. Jennifer Golbeck, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Oracle America Inc. Consumer Law judge Dec. 6, 2024
Boston Retirement System v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al. Securities judge Oct. 11, 2024
Dream Big Media Inc., Getify Solutions Inc., Sprinter Supplier Inc., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Alphabet Inc., Google Inc. Antitrust judge Oct. 11, 2024
Matthew Wehner, individually and as a representative of a class of similarly situated persons, on behalf of the U.S. Roche 401(K) Savings Plan v. Genentech Inc., the U.S. Roche DC Fiduciary Committe Contracts judge Aug. 16, 2024
Joana Rios Lagunas v. Young Adult Institute Inc. Employment Law judge Jun. 7, 2024
Dustin Migues v. State Farm Insurance Companies Fire Claims Insurance judge Apr. 19, 2024
Gamevice Inc. v. Nintendo Co. Ltd. Intellectual Property judge Mar. 22, 2024
Physicians Committe for Responsible Medicine, et al. v. Tom Vilsack, et al. Government judge Mar. 22, 2024
In re: Xyrem (Sodium Oxybate) Antitrust Litigation Antitrust judge Dec. 29, 2023
Mary Beth Montera, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Premier Nutrition Corporation f/k/a Joint Juice Inc. Consumer Law judge Nov. 17, 2023
John Utne v. Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. Employment Law judge Nov. 10, 2023
Tiara Billups-Larkin v. Aramark Services, Inc. Employment Law judge Oct. 27, 2023
Linda Kay Linne v. Alameda Health System Employment Law judge Sep. 1, 2023
Stanford Health Care v. Trustmark Services Company, et al. Contracts judge Sep. 1, 2023
Great American Assurance Company v. Zurich American Insurance Company, et al. Insurance judge Jun. 9, 2023
M. Laverne v. Kilolo Kijakazi Government judge May 26, 2023
Todd Regenold v. Relx Inc. Employment Law judge May 19, 2023
Albert Miklos Kun v. Internal Revenue Service Bankruptcy judge May 19, 2023
Caroline Dyer v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Civil Rights judge Apr. 28, 2023
Heritage Bank of Commerce v. Zurich American Insurance Company Insurance judge Apr. 14, 2023
Stephan Namisnak, et al. v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al. Civil Rights judge Apr. 14, 2023
Andres Gomez v. Agi Smith Civil Rights judge Mar. 17, 2023
Frederick Schulz, Brandon Warren and Matthew Warren, on behalf of himself and all those similarly situated v. DHL Express (USA) Inc. Employment Law judge Mar. 3, 2023
Patricia Zales, Peter Zales v. Simon Property Group Inc., SPG Center LLC, Macy's California Inc., Macy's West Stores Inc., and Does 1-100, inclusive Civil Rights judge Feb. 24, 2023
Leroy L. Pruitt v. Bayer U.S. LLC Employment Law judge Jan. 13, 2023
Thomas Jedrzejczyk, et al. v. Skillz Inc. Securities judge Dec. 23, 2022
Lawrence Olin, Harold Nyanjom, Sheron Smith-Jackson, Janice Vega-Latker, Marc Boehm, and Raven Winham, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Facebook Inc. Torts judge Dec. 23, 2022
Tatyana Litvinova v. The City and County of San Francisco Employment Law judge Dec. 2, 2022
Scott Crawford v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al Civil Rights judge Dec. 2, 2022
Tony Plant, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Jaguar Animal Health Inc., James J. Bochnowski, Lisa Conte, John Micek III, Ari Azhir Securities judge Nov. 11, 2022
Larry Reynolds v. Google LLC Intellectual Property judge Oct. 28, 2022
Lisa Chong, Zach Schwartz v. Kind LLC Consumer Law judge Oct. 14, 2022
Rebecca Taylor, et al. v. Apple Inc. Consumer Law judge Sep. 23, 2022
Electronic Scripting Products Inc. v. HTC America Inc. Intellectual Property judge Sep. 16, 2022
Vincent D. Mullins, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Premier Nutrition Corporation fka Joint Juice Inc. Consumer Law judge Jul. 29, 2022
In Re Alphabet Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litigation Contracts judge May 6, 2022
LaTonya R. Finley v. YouTube LLC Intellectual Property judge Mar. 25, 2022
Jeannie Atienza, et al. v. Andrew Hall, et al. Civil Rights judge Nov. 26, 2021
Natasha Hall v. Aetna Life Insurance Company Insurance judge Jul. 16, 2021
Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company v. Amtrust International Underwriters Limited Insurance judge Jul. 9, 2021
Monica Whooley v. Tamalpais Union High School District, et al. Civil Rights judge Mar. 12, 2021
Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate I, L.L.C.; Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate Fund I, L.P.; International Direct Mail Consultants, Inc., doing business as International Direct Marketing Consultants, Inc.; Lee William McNutt; William Bunker; and Russell Lewis Torts judge Jul. 31, 2020
Thomas Modden v. Ticketfly LLC Contracts judge Jun. 12, 2020
Dana Gold, Tammy Emery, Mary Louise Ference, Laura Norris, Donald Fursman, and John Triana, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Lumber Liquidators Inc., and Does 1 through 200, inclusive Consumer Law judge Feb. 28, 2020
Shanee Marie Hairston v. Nancy A. Berryhill Government judge Jan. 24, 2020
Gary Albert Toti v. Michael Martel Constitutional Law judge May 17, 2019
Joey Chan Ma v. Nancy A. Berryhill Government judge Apr. 19, 2019
Woody Hanse v. Shawn Hatton Civil Rights judge Mar. 22, 2019
Free Stream Media Corp. v. Alphonso Inc., et al. Intellectual Property judge Mar. 15, 2019
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Nationwide Biweekly Administration Inc., Loan Payment Administration LLC, Daniel S. Lipsky Consumer Law judge Dec. 21, 2018
Valerie Cashon, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated v. Kindred Healthcare Operating Inc., Gentiva Certified Healthcare Corp, and Does 1 through 15, inclusive Employment Law judge Dec. 14, 2018
Everett Castillo, Linda Castillo, Nicholas Dattoma, Freda Lang, Wendy Tran, and Steven Wilk, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Seagate Techology LLC Torts judge Sep. 29, 2017
Michael Danelen v. Puentes Brothers Inc. Torts judge Jun. 29, 2002
Title Court Published
Richard Seeborg U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco) Jul. 2, 2014
Case Category Published
Silloway v. City and County of San Francisco
reversed and remanded
 Employment Law Sep. 11, 2024
Montera v. Premier Nutrition Corp.
affirmed in part
 Consumer Law Aug. 6, 2024
Davidson v. Sprout Foods, Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Consumer Law Jun. 28, 2024
Sonner v. Premier Nutrition
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Sep. 29, 2022
Bennett v. U.S.
author
 Torts Aug. 11, 2022
A.C. v. Cortez
author
 Juveniles May 16, 2022
U.S. v. King
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 26, 2022
Cooper v. Newsom
affirmed in part
 Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 17, 2021
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
affirmed
 Environmental Law Aug. 9, 2021
Friends of the Earth v. Sanderson Farms
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Apr. 1, 2021
Greenberg v. Target Corp.
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Jan. 14, 2021
Amended Opinion: Balbuena v. Sullivan
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 18, 2020
Stone v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.
affirmed
 Health Care Nov. 10, 2020
Namisnak v. Uber Technologies
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 25, 2020
Amended Opinion: Sonner v. Premier Nutrition Corp.
affirmed
 Remedies Aug. 21, 2020
Balbuena v. Sullivan
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 18, 2020
Hanson v. Shubert
author
 Civil Procedure Aug. 5, 2020
United States v. Pisarski
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 13, 2020
Sonner v. Premier Nutrition Corp.
affirmed
 Remedies Jun. 18, 2020
In re Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation
vacated and remanded
 Attorneys May 18, 2020
Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Mar. 18, 2020
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
affirmed
 Immigration Mar. 2, 2020
Amended Opinion: Salazar v. McDonald's Corp.
Employment Law Dec. 12, 2019
Salazar v. McDonald's Corp.
Employment Law Oct. 2, 2019
Dawson v. NCAA
affirmed
 Labor Law Aug. 13, 2019
Innovation Law Lab v. McAleenan
petition granted
 Immigration May 9, 2019
Gill v. USDOJ
affirmed
 Administrative Agencies Jan. 30, 2019
Kendrick v. Conduent State and Local Solutions
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Dec. 18, 2018
BNSF v. CDTFA
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Sep. 14, 2018
UFCW Local 1500 Pension Fund v. Mayer
affirmed
 Business Law Jul. 13, 2018
Hodsdon v. Mars, Inc.
affirmed
 Consumer Law Jun. 5, 2018
ACLU of Northern California v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
vacated and remanded
 Public Records Act Feb. 2, 2018
Fleming v. The Charles Schwab Corp.
affirmed
 Securities Jan. 2, 2018
Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company
reversed and remanded
 Environmental Law Nov. 3, 2017
U.S. v. Ochoa
reversed and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 7, 2017
Case Name Topic Role Published
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Janardhan Nellore, Sivannarayana Barama, Ganapathi Kunadharaju, Saber Hussain, Prasad Malempati Securities judge Apr. 11, 2025
Michael Katz-Lacabe and Dr. Jennifer Golbeck, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Oracle America Inc. Consumer Law judge Dec. 6, 2024
Boston Retirement System v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al. Securities judge Oct. 11, 2024
Dream Big Media Inc., Getify Solutions Inc., Sprinter Supplier Inc., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Alphabet Inc., Google Inc. Antitrust judge Oct. 11, 2024
Matthew Wehner, individually and as a representative of a class of similarly situated persons, on behalf of the U.S. Roche 401(K) Savings Plan v. Genentech Inc., the U.S. Roche DC Fiduciary Committe Contracts judge Aug. 16, 2024
Joana Rios Lagunas v. Young Adult Institute Inc. Employment Law judge Jun. 7, 2024
Dustin Migues v. State Farm Insurance Companies Fire Claims Insurance judge Apr. 19, 2024
Gamevice Inc. v. Nintendo Co. Ltd. Intellectual Property judge Mar. 22, 2024
Physicians Committe for Responsible Medicine, et al. v. Tom Vilsack, et al. Government judge Mar. 22, 2024
In re: Xyrem (Sodium Oxybate) Antitrust Litigation Antitrust judge Dec. 29, 2023
Mary Beth Montera, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Premier Nutrition Corporation f/k/a Joint Juice Inc. Consumer Law judge Nov. 17, 2023
John Utne v. Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. Employment Law judge Nov. 10, 2023
Tiara Billups-Larkin v. Aramark Services, Inc. Employment Law judge Oct. 27, 2023
Linda Kay Linne v. Alameda Health System Employment Law judge Sep. 1, 2023
Stanford Health Care v. Trustmark Services Company, et al. Contracts judge Sep. 1, 2023
Great American Assurance Company v. Zurich American Insurance Company, et al. Insurance judge Jun. 9, 2023
M. Laverne v. Kilolo Kijakazi Government judge May 26, 2023
Todd Regenold v. Relx Inc. Employment Law judge May 19, 2023
Albert Miklos Kun v. Internal Revenue Service Bankruptcy judge May 19, 2023
Caroline Dyer v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Civil Rights judge Apr. 28, 2023
Heritage Bank of Commerce v. Zurich American Insurance Company Insurance judge Apr. 14, 2023
Stephan Namisnak, et al. v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al. Civil Rights judge Apr. 14, 2023
Andres Gomez v. Agi Smith Civil Rights judge Mar. 17, 2023
Frederick Schulz, Brandon Warren and Matthew Warren, on behalf of himself and all those similarly situated v. DHL Express (USA) Inc. Employment Law judge Mar. 3, 2023
Patricia Zales, Peter Zales v. Simon Property Group Inc., SPG Center LLC, Macy's California Inc., Macy's West Stores Inc., and Does 1-100, inclusive Civil Rights judge Feb. 24, 2023
Leroy L. Pruitt v. Bayer U.S. LLC Employment Law judge Jan. 13, 2023
Thomas Jedrzejczyk, et al. v. Skillz Inc. Securities judge Dec. 23, 2022
Lawrence Olin, Harold Nyanjom, Sheron Smith-Jackson, Janice Vega-Latker, Marc Boehm, and Raven Winham, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Facebook Inc. Torts judge Dec. 23, 2022
Tatyana Litvinova v. The City and County of San Francisco Employment Law judge Dec. 2, 2022
Scott Crawford v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al Civil Rights judge Dec. 2, 2022
Tony Plant, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Jaguar Animal Health Inc., James J. Bochnowski, Lisa Conte, John Micek III, Ari Azhir Securities judge Nov. 11, 2022
Larry Reynolds v. Google LLC Intellectual Property judge Oct. 28, 2022
Lisa Chong, Zach Schwartz v. Kind LLC Consumer Law judge Oct. 14, 2022
Rebecca Taylor, et al. v. Apple Inc. Consumer Law judge Sep. 23, 2022
Electronic Scripting Products Inc. v. HTC America Inc. Intellectual Property judge Sep. 16, 2022
Vincent D. Mullins, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Premier Nutrition Corporation fka Joint Juice Inc. Consumer Law judge Jul. 29, 2022
In Re Alphabet Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litigation Contracts judge May 6, 2022
LaTonya R. Finley v. YouTube LLC Intellectual Property judge Mar. 25, 2022
Jeannie Atienza, et al. v. Andrew Hall, et al. Civil Rights judge Nov. 26, 2021
Natasha Hall v. Aetna Life Insurance Company Insurance judge Jul. 16, 2021
Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company v. Amtrust International Underwriters Limited Insurance judge Jul. 9, 2021
Monica Whooley v. Tamalpais Union High School District, et al. Civil Rights judge Mar. 12, 2021
Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate I, L.L.C.; Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate Fund I, L.P.; International Direct Mail Consultants, Inc., doing business as International Direct Marketing Consultants, Inc.; Lee William McNutt; William Bunker; and Russell Lewis Torts judge Jul. 31, 2020
Thomas Modden v. Ticketfly LLC Contracts judge Jun. 12, 2020
Dana Gold, Tammy Emery, Mary Louise Ference, Laura Norris, Donald Fursman, and John Triana, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Lumber Liquidators Inc., and Does 1 through 200, inclusive Consumer Law judge Feb. 28, 2020
Shanee Marie Hairston v. Nancy A. Berryhill Government judge Jan. 24, 2020
Gary Albert Toti v. Michael Martel Constitutional Law judge May 17, 2019
Joey Chan Ma v. Nancy A. Berryhill Government judge Apr. 19, 2019
Woody Hanse v. Shawn Hatton Civil Rights judge Mar. 22, 2019
Free Stream Media Corp. v. Alphonso Inc., et al. Intellectual Property judge Mar. 15, 2019
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Nationwide Biweekly Administration Inc., Loan Payment Administration LLC, Daniel S. Lipsky Consumer Law judge Dec. 21, 2018
Valerie Cashon, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated v. Kindred Healthcare Operating Inc., Gentiva Certified Healthcare Corp, and Does 1 through 15, inclusive Employment Law judge Dec. 14, 2018
Everett Castillo, Linda Castillo, Nicholas Dattoma, Freda Lang, Wendy Tran, and Steven Wilk, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Seagate Techology LLC Torts judge Sep. 29, 2017
Michael Danelen v. Puentes Brothers Inc. Torts judge Jun. 29, 2002
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