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Nathanael M. Cousins

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U.S. Magistrate Judge
USDC Northern District of California
Robert F. Peckham Federal Building & US Courthouse
Department/Division: 5 Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 4th

280 S First Street #2112
San Jose , CA 95113-3008
(408) 535-5343



UC Hastings



Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Nathanael Cousins Northern District of California (San Francisco) Jul. 5, 2013

Rulings
Case Category Published
Valame v. Trump
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Nov. 4, 2025
Calonge v. City of San Jose
reversed and remanded
 Qualified Immunity Jun. 7, 2024
Farrell v. Boeing Employees Credit Union
affirmed
 Consumer Law Jul. 17, 2020
Sulyma v. Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Nov. 29, 2018
McCray v. Marriot Hotel Services
vacated and remanded
 Labor Law Sep. 4, 2018

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Felix Salcido v. City of Mountain View, Christopher Goff, in his individual and professional capacity, Ellen Kamei, in her individual and official capacity, and Christopher Takeuchi, in his individual capacity, and Does 1-10 Civil Rights judge Jan. 1, 2026
EchoSpan, Inc. v. Medallia, Inc. Intellectual Property judge Dec. 29, 2023
Larry Golden v. Intel Corporation Antitrust judge Dec. 8, 2023
James G. Collins v. County of Monterey Real Property judge Nov. 3, 2023
Katherine Gomez v. Evergreen School District Employment Law judge Nov. 25, 2022
Celerina Navarro, Janet Stevens, Armando Covarrubias, Evelyn Estrada, Gabriel Rangel Jaime, Alma Aldaco, and all others similarly situated v. The City of Mountain View Civil Rights judge Nov. 18, 2022
Michelle Mondragon v. City of Fremont et al. Civil Rights judge Sep. 23, 2022
GTE Mobilnet of California Limited Partnership v. City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Playa Carmel Hotel, LLC, Stop Cell Towers in Carmel Neighborhoods Real Property judge Aug. 19, 2022
Nicholas Robinson v. City of San Jose, et al. Civil Rights judge Dec. 17, 2021
Marissa Santa Cruz, Paea I'suva Tukuafu v. City of San Jose, Eugene Thompson, Saul Zepeda, Michal Pina, Joel Kramer, Joseph Oliveri, Joshua Schwitters, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Oct. 22, 2021
Ashok Babu, Robert Bell, Ibrahim Keegan-Hornesby, Demarea Johnson, Brandon Jones, Stephanie Navarro, Roberto Serrano, and Alexander Washington, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. County of Alameda; Gregory J. Ahern, in his official capacity as Sheriff of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office; Karyn Tribble in her official capacity as Director of the Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Agency; and Does 1 to 20, inclusive Civil Rights judge Sep. 24, 2021
Nicholas Malone, Chris Ayers, James Backus, Brian Conway, David Eaton, Steven Gravel, James Raaymakers and Tod Weitzel, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Western Digital Corp. Consumer Law judge Sep. 10, 2021
Artie Lashbrook v. City of San Jose Civil Rights judge Sep. 10, 2021
Gabriel Young, et al. v. County of Contra Costa Civil Rights judge Apr. 2, 2021
Gerardo Hernandez v. BMV Hotels LP Civil Rights judge Feb. 12, 2021
Nick King Jr., Deena Fischer, and Elena Weinberger, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Bumble Trading Inc., Bumble Holding Ltd. Consumer Law judge Dec. 11, 2020
Elias Nasiri v. T.A.G. Security Protective Services Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Oct. 30, 2020
Vicki Stefanini v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Stephen Carlock Employment Law judge Apr. 3, 2020
Robert Ingersoll v. City of Del Rey Oaks, Dino Pick, sued erroneously herein as Daniel Pick Civil Rights judge Feb. 14, 2020
Camelia Guevara v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge Dec. 27, 2019
Kee S. Chow v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge Dec. 27, 2019
Syed Nazim Ali v. Robert Half International Inc. Employment Law judge Dec. 20, 2019
J.L., et al., v. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, et al. Immigration judge Dec. 13, 2019
Mental Health & Wellness Coalition, Erik X., Tina Y., Jacob Z., Harrison Fowler, Rose A., Sofia B. v. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University dba Stanford University Civil Rights judge Nov. 8, 2019
Fernando Ruiz, individually and on behalf of a Class of Persons similarly situated, Daniel Bufano, Elijah El-Amin, John J. Ferguson, Clay Morgan-Parks, individually v. City of San Jose, Chief Edago Garcia, Officer Samual Marquardt #4096, Sgt. Mario Brasil, Officer Adam Jenkins #3611, Cpt. Anthony Ciaburro, Officer Blackerby #3999, Officer Shin #4062, Officer Prim #3908, and Does 1-X, inclusive Civil Rights judge Jun. 28, 2019
Eric Beltran v. Nancy A. Berryhill Government judge Mar. 8, 2019
Jackie Fitzhenry-Russell and Gegham Margaryan, as individuals, on behalf of themselves, the general public and those similarly situated v. Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc., and Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. Consumer Law judge Feb. 22, 2019
Rani Yadav-Ranjan v. Rushmore Loan Management Services LLC, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB Real Property judge Jan. 11, 2019
Becky Nguyen v. Lockheed Martin Corporation Employment Law judge Oct. 27, 2017
Title Court Published
Nathanael Cousins Northern District of California (San Francisco) Jul. 5, 2013
Case Category Published
Valame v. Trump
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Nov. 4, 2025
Calonge v. City of San Jose
reversed and remanded
 Qualified Immunity Jun. 7, 2024
Farrell v. Boeing Employees Credit Union
affirmed
 Consumer Law Jul. 17, 2020
Sulyma v. Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Nov. 29, 2018
McCray v. Marriot Hotel Services
vacated and remanded
 Labor Law Sep. 4, 2018
Case Name Topic Role Published
Felix Salcido v. City of Mountain View, Christopher Goff, in his individual and professional capacity, Ellen Kamei, in her individual and official capacity, and Christopher Takeuchi, in his individual capacity, and Does 1-10 Civil Rights judge Jan. 1, 2026
EchoSpan, Inc. v. Medallia, Inc. Intellectual Property judge Dec. 29, 2023
Larry Golden v. Intel Corporation Antitrust judge Dec. 8, 2023
James G. Collins v. County of Monterey Real Property judge Nov. 3, 2023
Katherine Gomez v. Evergreen School District Employment Law judge Nov. 25, 2022
Celerina Navarro, Janet Stevens, Armando Covarrubias, Evelyn Estrada, Gabriel Rangel Jaime, Alma Aldaco, and all others similarly situated v. The City of Mountain View Civil Rights judge Nov. 18, 2022
Michelle Mondragon v. City of Fremont et al. Civil Rights judge Sep. 23, 2022
GTE Mobilnet of California Limited Partnership v. City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Playa Carmel Hotel, LLC, Stop Cell Towers in Carmel Neighborhoods Real Property judge Aug. 19, 2022
Nicholas Robinson v. City of San Jose, et al. Civil Rights judge Dec. 17, 2021
Marissa Santa Cruz, Paea I'suva Tukuafu v. City of San Jose, Eugene Thompson, Saul Zepeda, Michal Pina, Joel Kramer, Joseph Oliveri, Joshua Schwitters, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Oct. 22, 2021
Ashok Babu, Robert Bell, Ibrahim Keegan-Hornesby, Demarea Johnson, Brandon Jones, Stephanie Navarro, Roberto Serrano, and Alexander Washington, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. County of Alameda; Gregory J. Ahern, in his official capacity as Sheriff of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office; Karyn Tribble in her official capacity as Director of the Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Agency; and Does 1 to 20, inclusive Civil Rights judge Sep. 24, 2021
Nicholas Malone, Chris Ayers, James Backus, Brian Conway, David Eaton, Steven Gravel, James Raaymakers and Tod Weitzel, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Western Digital Corp. Consumer Law judge Sep. 10, 2021
Artie Lashbrook v. City of San Jose Civil Rights judge Sep. 10, 2021
Gabriel Young, et al. v. County of Contra Costa Civil Rights judge Apr. 2, 2021
Gerardo Hernandez v. BMV Hotels LP Civil Rights judge Feb. 12, 2021
Nick King Jr., Deena Fischer, and Elena Weinberger, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Bumble Trading Inc., Bumble Holding Ltd. Consumer Law judge Dec. 11, 2020
Elias Nasiri v. T.A.G. Security Protective Services Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Oct. 30, 2020
Vicki Stefanini v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Stephen Carlock Employment Law judge Apr. 3, 2020
Robert Ingersoll v. City of Del Rey Oaks, Dino Pick, sued erroneously herein as Daniel Pick Civil Rights judge Feb. 14, 2020
Camelia Guevara v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge Dec. 27, 2019
Kee S. Chow v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge Dec. 27, 2019
Syed Nazim Ali v. Robert Half International Inc. Employment Law judge Dec. 20, 2019
J.L., et al., v. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, et al. Immigration judge Dec. 13, 2019
Mental Health & Wellness Coalition, Erik X., Tina Y., Jacob Z., Harrison Fowler, Rose A., Sofia B. v. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University dba Stanford University Civil Rights judge Nov. 8, 2019
Fernando Ruiz, individually and on behalf of a Class of Persons similarly situated, Daniel Bufano, Elijah El-Amin, John J. Ferguson, Clay Morgan-Parks, individually v. City of San Jose, Chief Edago Garcia, Officer Samual Marquardt #4096, Sgt. Mario Brasil, Officer Adam Jenkins #3611, Cpt. Anthony Ciaburro, Officer Blackerby #3999, Officer Shin #4062, Officer Prim #3908, and Does 1-X, inclusive Civil Rights judge Jun. 28, 2019
Eric Beltran v. Nancy A. Berryhill Government judge Mar. 8, 2019
Jackie Fitzhenry-Russell and Gegham Margaryan, as individuals, on behalf of themselves, the general public and those similarly situated v. Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc., and Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. Consumer Law judge Feb. 22, 2019
Rani Yadav-Ranjan v. Rushmore Loan Management Services LLC, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB Real Property judge Jan. 11, 2019
Becky Nguyen v. Lockheed Martin Corporation Employment Law judge Oct. 27, 2017
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