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    • Charles R. Breyer

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    Senior District Judge
    USDC Northern District of California
    Phillip Burton Federal Building & US Courthouse
    United States District Court for the Northern District of California
    Department/Division: 6 Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 17th

    450 Golden Gate Ave
    San Francisco , CA 94102
    (415) 522-2062



    Assumed senior status, 2011; appointed by President Bill Clinton as a Northern District of California judge, 1997; partner, Coblentz, Cahen, McCabe & Breyer, 1980-1997; chief assistant district attorney, San Francisco County, 1979-1980; associate, Jacobs, Sills & Coblentz, 1974-1979; assistant special prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973-1974; assistant district attorney, San Francisco, 1968-1973; staff attorney, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, 1967-1968; law clerk, Hon. Oliver J. Carter, 1966-1967

    UC Berkeley School of Law, 1966



    Judicial Profiles
    Title Court Published
    Deep Respect Northern District of California (San Francisco) Mar. 9, 2018
    Relishing the Spar U.S. District Court (San Francisco) Aug. 20, 2009

    Columns
    Title Category Published
    Column misunderstands limited purpose of sentencing tool Criminal, Letters Nov. 30, 2021

    Rulings
    Case Category Published
    Sikousis Legacy, Inc., V. B-Gas Limited et al
    affirmed
    		 Civil Procedure Mar. 25, 2024
    Amended Opinion: No on E v. David Chiu
    affirmed
    		 Constitutional Law Oct. 26, 2023
    Polanco v. Diaz
    affirmed
    		 Civil Rights Aug. 7, 2023
    Alexis Hunley, et al. v. Instagram, LLC
    affirmed
    		 Copyright Jul. 17, 2023
    Amended Opinion: Hernandez Avilez v. Garland
    		Immigration Jun. 6, 2023
    Omar Gay v. Amy Parsons
    affirmed
    		 Immunity Mar. 13, 2023
    O'Handley v. Weber
    affirmed
    		 Constitutional Law Mar. 10, 2023
    No on E v. David Chiu
    affirmed
    		 Constitutional Law Mar. 8, 2023
    Amended Opinion: Matias Rauda v. Jennings
    affirmed
    		 Immigration Dec. 13, 2022
    Riley v. Volkswagen Group of America
    vacated and remanded
    		 Remedies Oct. 18, 2022
    U.S. v. Saelee
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 11, 2022
    Hernandez Avilez v. Garland
    vacated and remanded
    		 Immigration Sep. 8, 2022
    In re Google Inc. Street View Electronic Communications Litigation
    affirmed
    		 Remedies Dec. 28, 2021
    U.S. v. Prasad
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 9, 2021
    In re: Berkovich
    author
    		 Bankruptcy Oct. 15, 2021
    Matias Rauda v. Jennings
    affirmed
    		 Immigration Aug. 16, 2021
    In re Volkswagen Litigation
    reversed
    		 Securities Jun. 28, 2021
    Friedman v. Tesla
    affirmed
    		 Securities Jan. 27, 2021
    U.S. v. Dixon
    vacated and remanded
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 4, 2021
    U.S. v. Ngumezi
    vacated and remanded
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 23, 2020
    U.S. v. Alhaggagi
    vacated and remanded
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 23, 2020
    In re Volkswagen Clean Diesel Litigation
    affirmed
    		 Civil Procedure Sep. 11, 2020
    California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials v. Torlakson
    affirmed
    		 Civil Rights Sep. 4, 2020
    U.S. v. Hussain
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 27, 2020
    In re Grand Jury Investigation, USAO No. 2018R01761
    affirmed in part
    		 Civil Procedure Jul. 28, 2020
    In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
    affirmed in part
    		 Environmental Law Jun. 3, 2020
    U.S. v. Lindsay
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 24, 2019
    In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Litigation
    affirmed
    		 Attorneys Jan. 23, 2019
    Dutta v. State Farm
    affirmed
    		 Constitutional Law Jul. 16, 2018
    In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Litigation
    affirmed
    		 Civil Procedure Jul. 10, 2018
    In re Volkswagen Litigation
    affirmed
    		 Civil Procedure Jul. 5, 2018
    Jackson v. Fong
    reversed and remanded
    		 Prisoners' Rights Sep. 1, 2017

    Verdicts & Settlements
    Case Name Topic Role Published
    Rebecca S. Lane v. Lake County Housing Commission Employment Law judge Aug. 9, 2024
    In re: McKinsey & Co. Inc. National Prescription Opiate Consultant Litigation Personal Injury judge May 3, 2024
    Elettra Meeks, Joseph De La Cruz, Stephanie Laguna, and Amber Leonard, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated v. Equifax Information Services LLC Consumer Law judge Apr. 19, 2024
    Disability Rights California v. County of Alameda, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Civil Rights judge Mar. 22, 2024
    Julio Arevalo v. City of Palo Alto, City of Palo Alto Police Department, Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen, Pal o Alto Police Agent Thomas Alan Destefano Jr., Palo Alto Police Sgt. Dujuan E. Green, Palo Alto Police Sgt. John Alaniz, Palo Alto Police Officer Nick Enberg, Palo Alto Police Officer Brian Connelly, Palo Alto Police Officer Ian Johnson, Palo Alto Police Officer Priess, Palo Alto Police Lieutenant Ben Becchetti, Palo Alto Police Department Public Safety Program Manager/Records Manage Lisa Scheff, and Does 1 thru 75, Jointly and Severally Civil Rights judge Mar. 1, 2024
    Florentino Javier v. Assurance IQ LLC, et al. Consumer Law judge Feb. 9, 2024
    In re: Eargo Inc. Securities Litigation Securities judge Feb. 9, 2024
    Ayush Herbs Inc. v. Distacart Inc., Genie Exports Pvt Ltd. Intellectual Property judge Dec. 8, 2023
    Ralph Duran, Michael Esparza v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; California Department of Human Resources; Joe Tyler; Eraina Ortega Civil Rights judge Nov. 17, 2023
    Huei-Ting Kang, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Paypal Holdings Inc., Daniel H. Schulman, and John D. Rainey Securities judge Sep. 22, 2023
    Brittany Wynn, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated v. United Parcel Service Inc., and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Consumer Law judge Jun. 9, 2023
    Peter Strojnik v. Starbucks Corporation Consumer Law judge Apr. 28, 2023
    Bahar Mikhak v. University of Phoenix Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Mar. 31, 2023
    Andres Gomez v. Matthew Paul Miersch Civil Rights judge Mar. 24, 2023
    Marie Hammerling and Kay Jackson, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Google LLC Contracts judge Mar. 10, 2023
    Margaret Lundstrom v. Contra Costa Health Services Civil Rights judge Mar. 10, 2023
    Saloojas Inc. v. Cigna Healthcare of California Inc. Employment Law judge Mar. 10, 2023
    Orlando Garcia v. Martin Pena, et al. Civil Rights judge Jan. 27, 2023
    Brenda Penhall v. Lake County Probation Department, et al. Employment Law judge Dec. 16, 2022
    Rogan O'Handley v. Alex Padilla, et al. Constitutional Law judge Nov. 4, 2022
    Scott Johnson v. Lorraine C. Blackburn, et al. Civil Rights judge Oct. 14, 2022
    Vasily Trofimchuk v. Bitclave PTE Ltd. Bankruptcy judge Oct. 14, 2022
    Canyon Bridge Fund I LP v. Wave Computing Inc. Bankruptcy judge Oct. 7, 2022
    FCE Benefit Administrators Inc. v. Indian Harbor Insurance Company Insurance judge Oct. 7, 2022
    Arthur Higgins, Larry Tiller, Lorenzo Bell v. City and County of San Francisco, FNU, Gunn, in his individual capacity as a police officer for the San Francisco Police Department, and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Sep. 9, 2022
    Adrian Rangel v. Jack Dorsey, et al. Contracts judge Sep. 2, 2022
    Temple of 1001 Buddhas, et al. v. City of Freemont Constitutional Law judge Jul. 15, 2022
    Elias Kifle v. YouTube LLC, et al. Intellectual Property judge Jul. 8, 2022
    Alexis Hunley and Matthew Scott Brauer, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Instagram LLC Intellectual Property judge Mar. 4, 2022
    Jason Lopez v. WinCo Holdings, Inc. et al. Employment Law judge Sep. 17, 2021
    William Leonard Pickard v. United States Department of Justice Civil Rights judge Sep. 17, 2021
    Securities and Exchange Commission v. Luca International Group LLC; Luca Resources Group LLC; Luca Energy Fund LLC; Entholpy EMC Inc.; Bingqing Yang; Lei (Lily) Lei; Anthony V. Pollace; Yong (Michael) Chen Securities judge Jul. 2, 2021
    In re Intuit Free File Litigation Consumer Law judge Dec. 4, 2020
    Jean E. Henry, Individually and derivative on behalf of McKesson Corporation v. Brian J. Tyler, James Beer, Edward A. Mueller, N. Anthony Coles, M. Christine Jacobs, Donald R. Knauss, Marie L. Knowles, Susan R. Salka, John H. Hammergren, Wayne A. Budd, Andy D. Bryant, Alton F. Irby, III, David M. Lawrence Securities judge Apr. 3, 2020
    Esteban Hernandez Gallardo v. Rosemary Ndoh Civil Rights judge Apr. 12, 2019
    Michael Bennett; Linda Bennett, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Maria Ann Bennett v. Franklin Resources Inc., et al. Torts judge Feb. 22, 2019
    Elizabeth Aida Haskell, et al. v. Edmund G. Brown Civil Rights judge Jan. 25, 2019
    Marco Heyward v. California Highway Patrol, et al. Civil Rights judge Dec. 15, 2017
    Daniel Levin, Maria Levin, Parklane Associates L.P., San Francisco Apartment Association, Coalition for Better Housing v. City and County of San Francisco Real Property judge Dec. 1, 2017
    Wayne Vernon v. City and County of San Francisco, George Perez Civil Rights judge Dec. 13, 2008
    Gwendolyn Sacco v. Steven Benzinger, Holly Bianco, Ann Bower Civil Rights judge May 18, 2004
    Confidential Employment Law judge Nov. 11, 2003
    Confidential Intellectual Property judge Jul. 13, 2002
    Confidential Torts judge Nov. 11, 2000
    Title Court Published
    Deep Respect Northern District of California (San Francisco) Mar. 9, 2018
    Relishing the Spar U.S. District Court (San Francisco) Aug. 20, 2009
    Title Category Published
    Column misunderstands limited purpose of sentencing tool Criminal, Letters Nov. 30, 2021
    Case Category Published
    Sikousis Legacy, Inc., V. B-Gas Limited et al
    affirmed
    		 Civil Procedure Mar. 25, 2024
    Amended Opinion: No on E v. David Chiu
    affirmed
    		 Constitutional Law Oct. 26, 2023
    Polanco v. Diaz
    affirmed
    		 Civil Rights Aug. 7, 2023
    Alexis Hunley, et al. v. Instagram, LLC
    affirmed
    		 Copyright Jul. 17, 2023
    Amended Opinion: Hernandez Avilez v. Garland
    		Immigration Jun. 6, 2023
    Omar Gay v. Amy Parsons
    affirmed
    		 Immunity Mar. 13, 2023
    O'Handley v. Weber
    affirmed
    		 Constitutional Law Mar. 10, 2023
    No on E v. David Chiu
    affirmed
    		 Constitutional Law Mar. 8, 2023
    Amended Opinion: Matias Rauda v. Jennings
    affirmed
    		 Immigration Dec. 13, 2022
    Riley v. Volkswagen Group of America
    vacated and remanded
    		 Remedies Oct. 18, 2022
    U.S. v. Saelee
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 11, 2022
    Hernandez Avilez v. Garland
    vacated and remanded
    		 Immigration Sep. 8, 2022
    In re Google Inc. Street View Electronic Communications Litigation
    affirmed
    		 Remedies Dec. 28, 2021
    U.S. v. Prasad
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 9, 2021
    In re: Berkovich
    author
    		 Bankruptcy Oct. 15, 2021
    Matias Rauda v. Jennings
    affirmed
    		 Immigration Aug. 16, 2021
    In re Volkswagen Litigation
    reversed
    		 Securities Jun. 28, 2021
    Friedman v. Tesla
    affirmed
    		 Securities Jan. 27, 2021
    U.S. v. Dixon
    vacated and remanded
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 4, 2021
    U.S. v. Ngumezi
    vacated and remanded
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 23, 2020
    U.S. v. Alhaggagi
    vacated and remanded
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 23, 2020
    In re Volkswagen Clean Diesel Litigation
    affirmed
    		 Civil Procedure Sep. 11, 2020
    California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials v. Torlakson
    affirmed
    		 Civil Rights Sep. 4, 2020
    U.S. v. Hussain
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 27, 2020
    In re Grand Jury Investigation, USAO No. 2018R01761
    affirmed in part
    		 Civil Procedure Jul. 28, 2020
    In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
    affirmed in part
    		 Environmental Law Jun. 3, 2020
    U.S. v. Lindsay
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 24, 2019
    In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Litigation
    affirmed
    		 Attorneys Jan. 23, 2019
    Dutta v. State Farm
    affirmed
    		 Constitutional Law Jul. 16, 2018
    In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Litigation
    affirmed
    		 Civil Procedure Jul. 10, 2018
    In re Volkswagen Litigation
    affirmed
    		 Civil Procedure Jul. 5, 2018
    Jackson v. Fong
    reversed and remanded
    		 Prisoners' Rights Sep. 1, 2017
    Case Name Topic Role Published
    Rebecca S. Lane v. Lake County Housing Commission Employment Law judge Aug. 9, 2024
    In re: McKinsey & Co. Inc. National Prescription Opiate Consultant Litigation Personal Injury judge May 3, 2024
    Elettra Meeks, Joseph De La Cruz, Stephanie Laguna, and Amber Leonard, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated v. Equifax Information Services LLC Consumer Law judge Apr. 19, 2024
    Disability Rights California v. County of Alameda, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Civil Rights judge Mar. 22, 2024
    Julio Arevalo v. City of Palo Alto, City of Palo Alto Police Department, Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen, Pal o Alto Police Agent Thomas Alan Destefano Jr., Palo Alto Police Sgt. Dujuan E. Green, Palo Alto Police Sgt. John Alaniz, Palo Alto Police Officer Nick Enberg, Palo Alto Police Officer Brian Connelly, Palo Alto Police Officer Ian Johnson, Palo Alto Police Officer Priess, Palo Alto Police Lieutenant Ben Becchetti, Palo Alto Police Department Public Safety Program Manager/Records Manage Lisa Scheff, and Does 1 thru 75, Jointly and Severally Civil Rights judge Mar. 1, 2024
    Florentino Javier v. Assurance IQ LLC, et al. Consumer Law judge Feb. 9, 2024
    In re: Eargo Inc. Securities Litigation Securities judge Feb. 9, 2024
    Ayush Herbs Inc. v. Distacart Inc., Genie Exports Pvt Ltd. Intellectual Property judge Dec. 8, 2023
    Ralph Duran, Michael Esparza v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; California Department of Human Resources; Joe Tyler; Eraina Ortega Civil Rights judge Nov. 17, 2023
    Huei-Ting Kang, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Paypal Holdings Inc., Daniel H. Schulman, and John D. Rainey Securities judge Sep. 22, 2023
    Brittany Wynn, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated v. United Parcel Service Inc., and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Consumer Law judge Jun. 9, 2023
    Peter Strojnik v. Starbucks Corporation Consumer Law judge Apr. 28, 2023
    Bahar Mikhak v. University of Phoenix Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Mar. 31, 2023
    Andres Gomez v. Matthew Paul Miersch Civil Rights judge Mar. 24, 2023
    Marie Hammerling and Kay Jackson, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Google LLC Contracts judge Mar. 10, 2023
    Margaret Lundstrom v. Contra Costa Health Services Civil Rights judge Mar. 10, 2023
    Saloojas Inc. v. Cigna Healthcare of California Inc. Employment Law judge Mar. 10, 2023
    Orlando Garcia v. Martin Pena, et al. Civil Rights judge Jan. 27, 2023
    Brenda Penhall v. Lake County Probation Department, et al. Employment Law judge Dec. 16, 2022
    Rogan O'Handley v. Alex Padilla, et al. Constitutional Law judge Nov. 4, 2022
    Scott Johnson v. Lorraine C. Blackburn, et al. Civil Rights judge Oct. 14, 2022
    Vasily Trofimchuk v. Bitclave PTE Ltd. Bankruptcy judge Oct. 14, 2022
    Canyon Bridge Fund I LP v. Wave Computing Inc. Bankruptcy judge Oct. 7, 2022
    FCE Benefit Administrators Inc. v. Indian Harbor Insurance Company Insurance judge Oct. 7, 2022
    Arthur Higgins, Larry Tiller, Lorenzo Bell v. City and County of San Francisco, FNU, Gunn, in his individual capacity as a police officer for the San Francisco Police Department, and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Sep. 9, 2022
    Adrian Rangel v. Jack Dorsey, et al. Contracts judge Sep. 2, 2022
    Temple of 1001 Buddhas, et al. v. City of Freemont Constitutional Law judge Jul. 15, 2022
    Elias Kifle v. YouTube LLC, et al. Intellectual Property judge Jul. 8, 2022
    Alexis Hunley and Matthew Scott Brauer, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Instagram LLC Intellectual Property judge Mar. 4, 2022
    Jason Lopez v. WinCo Holdings, Inc. et al. Employment Law judge Sep. 17, 2021
    William Leonard Pickard v. United States Department of Justice Civil Rights judge Sep. 17, 2021
    Securities and Exchange Commission v. Luca International Group LLC; Luca Resources Group LLC; Luca Energy Fund LLC; Entholpy EMC Inc.; Bingqing Yang; Lei (Lily) Lei; Anthony V. Pollace; Yong (Michael) Chen Securities judge Jul. 2, 2021
    In re Intuit Free File Litigation Consumer Law judge Dec. 4, 2020
    Jean E. Henry, Individually and derivative on behalf of McKesson Corporation v. Brian J. Tyler, James Beer, Edward A. Mueller, N. Anthony Coles, M. Christine Jacobs, Donald R. Knauss, Marie L. Knowles, Susan R. Salka, John H. Hammergren, Wayne A. Budd, Andy D. Bryant, Alton F. Irby, III, David M. Lawrence Securities judge Apr. 3, 2020
    Esteban Hernandez Gallardo v. Rosemary Ndoh Civil Rights judge Apr. 12, 2019
    Michael Bennett; Linda Bennett, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Maria Ann Bennett v. Franklin Resources Inc., et al. Torts judge Feb. 22, 2019
    Elizabeth Aida Haskell, et al. v. Edmund G. Brown Civil Rights judge Jan. 25, 2019
    Marco Heyward v. California Highway Patrol, et al. Civil Rights judge Dec. 15, 2017
    Daniel Levin, Maria Levin, Parklane Associates L.P., San Francisco Apartment Association, Coalition for Better Housing v. City and County of San Francisco Real Property judge Dec. 1, 2017
    Wayne Vernon v. City and County of San Francisco, George Perez Civil Rights judge Dec. 13, 2008
    Gwendolyn Sacco v. Steven Benzinger, Holly Bianco, Ann Bower Civil Rights judge May 18, 2004
    Confidential Employment Law judge Nov. 11, 2003
    Confidential Intellectual Property judge Jul. 13, 2002
    Confidential Torts judge Nov. 11, 2000
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