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John A. Mendez

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Senior District Judge
USDC Eastern District of California
Sacramento
Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 6/14

501 I Street #4-200
Sacramento , CA 95814
(916) 930-4250





Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
John A. Mendez Eastern District of California (Sacramento) Feb. 24, 2013

Rulings
Case Category Published
Peace Ranch, LLC v. Bonta
reversed
 Civil Procedure Feb. 13, 2024
Hall v. Smosh DOT Com, Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Consumer Law Jun. 30, 2023
Bolden-Hardge v. California State Controller
reversed and remanded
 Employment Discrimination Apr. 3, 2023
Hughes v. Rodriguez
affirmed in part
 Qualified Immunity Apr. 22, 2022
U.S. v. Kirilyuk
vacated and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 4, 2022
ACA Connects v. Bonta
affirmed
 Cyber Law Jan. 31, 2022
Sharma v. HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-1
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Jan. 26, 2022
Meland v. Weber
reversed
 Constitutional Law Jun. 22, 2021
Anderson v. Edward D. Jones & Co.
reversed and remanded
 Securities Mar. 5, 2021
U.S. v. Kroytor
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 15, 2020
U.S. v. Bontemps
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 14, 2020
Demartini v. Demartini
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Jul. 7, 2020
Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School v. Kirchmeyer
reversed and remanded
 Civil Rights Jun. 11, 2020
N.L. v. Credit One Bank
affirmed
 Consumer Law Jun. 4, 2020
Smith v. Davis
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 23, 2020
Martinez v. City of Clovis
affirmed
 Civil Rights Dec. 5, 2019
Flynt v. Shimazu
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Oct. 8, 2019
Pit River Tribe v. Bureau of Land Management
affirmed
 statutory_interpretation Sep. 20, 2019
Agua Caliente Tribe v. Sweeney
affirmed
 Native American Affairs Aug. 8, 2019
U.S. v. Rodriguez
reversed and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 25, 2019
U.S. v. State of California
affirmed in part
 Immigration Apr. 19, 2019
Gilberg v. California Check Cashing Stores
vacated and remanded
 Employment Law Jan. 30, 2019
E.V. v. Robinson
affirmed
 Immunity Oct. 18, 2018
Folkens v. Wyland Worldwide
affirmed
 Copyright Feb. 15, 2018
Folkens v. Wyland Worldwide
affirmed
 Copyright Feb. 5, 2018
U.S. v. Bonnett
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 11, 2017

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Robert Grisak v. 44th District Agricultural Association (Erroneously Sued as 44th District Agricultural Association and State of California) Civil Rights judge Jun. 21, 2024
Paul Gordon v. Ford Motor Company, Tracy Ford, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Jun. 14, 2024
The United States of America v. FPI Management Inc. Civil Rights judge Apr. 5, 2024
James Weaver Jr., on behalf of himself individually and as guardian for his two children, JW III, a minor child and LW, a minor child and James Weaver, Senior, on behalf of his granddaughter, JW, a minor child v. City of Stockton, Stockton Police Department, Kevin Hachler, Eric Jones, and Does 1 to 50 Civil Rights judge Mar. 22, 2024
Lux Global Auto Sales, on behalf of itself and others similarly situated v. Nissan North America Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Mar. 1, 2024
Broadstone Land LLC v. Charming Charlie Markets Inc. Landlord/Tenant judge Oct. 27, 2023
Anthony Pazmino v. City of Vacaville, Vacaville Police Department, Vacaville Police Chief Ian Schmutzler, Officer Cole Spencer, Officer Charles Bailey, Officer Daniel Baxley, Officer Matthew Taylor, Officer Ralph Vallimont, Officer James Criste, Officer Sean Kelly, Officer Jesse Outly, Sgt. Kathleen Cordona, and Does 1-25 Civil Rights judge Aug. 25, 2023
Elinor Banks, et al. v. Stockton Unified School District, et al. Civil Rights judge Aug. 25, 2023
Desiree Gilberg, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated v. California Check Cashing Stores Inc., Checksmart Financial LLC, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Consumer Law judge Jul. 7, 2023
Joshua Wright, Loretta Stanley, Haley Quam, and Aiesha Lewis, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Frontier Management LLC, Frontier Senior Living LLC, ang GH Senior Living LLC dba Greenhaven Estates Assisted Living Employment Law judge Jun. 9, 2023
California Rental Housing Association, Mary Montano, Trang Ho v. Gavin Newsom, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of California; Rob Bonta, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California; and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Constitutional Law judge Dec. 16, 2022
Hari Shetty, et al. v. City of Folsom Government judge Sep. 2, 2022
Peace Ranch LLC v. Rob Bonta, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California; and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Constitutional Law judge Aug. 26, 2022
United States of America v. Owen Hughes Torts judge Oct. 1, 2021
Orlando Garcia v. Sweet 2017 LLC Civil Rights judge Jul. 16, 2021
B.T.H., a minor, T.J.H., a minor, and V.C.H., a minor, by Guardian Ad Litem Pamela Hinton v. County of Modoc, Modoc County Sheriff Mike Poindexter, Unknow Modoc County Correctional Officers, Supervisors and Unknown Modoc County Medical Care Providers, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Mar. 5, 2021
V. Williams, as Mother and Natural Guardian of F.T., minor v. Twin Rivers Unified School District; Dr. Steven Martinez; and Does 1 through 25, inclusive Personal Injury judge Feb. 5, 2021
I.F., by and through her guardian ad litem Shasta Skinner, individually and as successor-in-interest to Decedent Ronell Foster; R.F., by and through his guardian ad litem Shena Batten, individually and as successor-in-interest to Decedent Ronell Foster; Paula McGowan, individually; and Ronell Foster Sr., individually v. City of Vallejo, a municipal corporation; Ryan McMahon, individually and in his official capacity as a Police Officer for the City of Vallejo; and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Dec. 24, 2020
Human Rights Defense Center v. County of Placer; Devon Bell, Sheriff, individually and in his official capacity; Darrell Steinhauer, Corrections Commander, individually and in his official capacity; and John and Jane Does 1-10, Staff, individually and in their official capacities Civil Rights judge Nov. 27, 2020
Scott Johnson v. Winterstar, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; My Three Sons Auto Sales LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; KJJ Corporate, a California Corporation; and Does 1-10 Civil Rights judge Nov. 27, 2020
Best Supplement Guide, LLC and Sean Covell v. Gavin Newsom, in his official capacity as the Governor of California; Xavier Becerra, in his official capacity as the Attorney General of California; Sonia Y. Angell, M.D., MPH, in her official capacity as the Director and State Public Health Officer; County of San Joaquin; Katherine Miller, in her official capacity as a member of, and the Chair of, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; Tom Patti, in his official capacity as a member of, and as Vice Chair of, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; Miguel Villapudua, in his official capacity as a member of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; Chuck Winn, in his official capacity as a member of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; Bob Elliott, in his official capacity as a member of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; Shellie Lima, in her official capacity as the San Joaquin County Director of Emergency Services; Maggie Park, M.D, in her official capacity as the Public Health Officer of San Joaquin County; Patrick Withrow, in his official capacity as the Sheriff of San Joaquin County; City of Lodi; Doug Kuehne, in his official capacity as a member of the Lodi City Council and Mayor of Lodi; Alan Nakanishi, in his official capacity as a member of the Lodi City Council and Mayor Pro Tempore of Lodi; Mark Chandler, in his official capacity as a member of the Lodi City Council; Joanne Mounce, in his official capacity as a member of the Lodi City Council; Sierra Vrucia, in his official capacity as the Chief of the City of Lodi Police Department, and Does 1-50, Inclusive Constitutional Law judge Nov. 27, 2020
Roland Thomas Koch v. Brandon Price Civil Rights judge Nov. 13, 2020
Luis Alberto Mendez Jimenez v. United States of America, County of Sacramento, and Does 1-20, inclusive Civil Rights judge Aug. 7, 2020
Bikram Sharma v. Sitoa Board Members (Asif Mehmood, Farhad Muhaiudin, Mohammad Hawarneh, Mushtq A. King, Zahid Khan) Employment Law judge Jun. 19, 2020
George Kappes III v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge Jun. 12, 2020
Jerry Kraus v. City of Vallejo, and Does 1-10 Civil Rights judge Mar. 13, 2020
Clifford Armstrong, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Codefied Inc. Consumer Law judge Feb. 14, 2020
Manisha Palla v. L M Sports Inc. dba Lakeside Marina and dba Action Watersports of Tahoe; L T Leasing Inc.; Paul Garcia; and Does 1-50, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jan. 24, 2020
Zurich American Insurance Company of Illinois v. Accuire, LLC and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Insurance judge Jan. 3, 2020
Stephen Clark; Sequette Clark; A.C., a minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Rajneesh Manni; C.C., a minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Rajneesh Manni; Sequity Eddy Thompson; Tommy Lee Thompson v. City of Sacramento; Terrence Mercadel; Jared Robinet, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Nov. 29, 2019
Peter Tenerelli v. Rite Aid Corporation, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Nov. 8, 2019
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London Subscribing to Policy No. E&O 14 10873 A v. General Star Indemnity Company Insurance judge May 3, 2019
Estate of Bertram Hiscock, deceased, by and through Vincent Hiscock, as Administrator, Sherrick Hiscock v. County of Yuba; County of Sutter; Sheriff-Coroner Steven L. Durfor, in his individual and official capacities; Tony Hobson, in his individual and official capacities; Joan Odom, M.D.; in her individual capacity, and Does 1 - 5 Civil Rights judge Apr. 5, 2019
Friends of the River v. National Marine Fisheries Service, et al. Environmental Law judge Feb. 8, 2019
Rhodehouse v. Ford Motor Company, and Does 1 to 20, inclusive Torts judge Jan. 11, 2019
Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School Inc., Bob Smith, Esteban Narez v. Dean Grafilo, et al. Civil Rights judge Jan. 4, 2019
James Joshua Mayfield, James Allison Mayfield Jr., Terri Mayfield v. Ivan Orozco, in his individual capacity; Sheriff Scott Jones, in his individual and official capacity; Rick Pattison, in his individual and official capacity; County of Sacramento; Regents of the University of California; Dr. Gregory Sokolov, in his individual and official capacity, and Does 1 - 5 Civil Rights judge Jun. 30, 2017
Confidential Construction Defendant Aug. 5, 2000
Title Court Published
John A. Mendez Eastern District of California (Sacramento) Feb. 24, 2013
Case Category Published
Peace Ranch, LLC v. Bonta
reversed
 Civil Procedure Feb. 13, 2024
Hall v. Smosh DOT Com, Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Consumer Law Jun. 30, 2023
Bolden-Hardge v. California State Controller
reversed and remanded
 Employment Discrimination Apr. 3, 2023
Hughes v. Rodriguez
affirmed in part
 Qualified Immunity Apr. 22, 2022
U.S. v. Kirilyuk
vacated and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 4, 2022
ACA Connects v. Bonta
affirmed
 Cyber Law Jan. 31, 2022
Sharma v. HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-1
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Jan. 26, 2022
Meland v. Weber
reversed
 Constitutional Law Jun. 22, 2021
Anderson v. Edward D. Jones & Co.
reversed and remanded
 Securities Mar. 5, 2021
U.S. v. Kroytor
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 15, 2020
U.S. v. Bontemps
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 14, 2020
Demartini v. Demartini
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Jul. 7, 2020
Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School v. Kirchmeyer
reversed and remanded
 Civil Rights Jun. 11, 2020
N.L. v. Credit One Bank
affirmed
 Consumer Law Jun. 4, 2020
Smith v. Davis
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 23, 2020
Martinez v. City of Clovis
affirmed
 Civil Rights Dec. 5, 2019
Flynt v. Shimazu
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Oct. 8, 2019
Pit River Tribe v. Bureau of Land Management
affirmed
 statutory_interpretation Sep. 20, 2019
Agua Caliente Tribe v. Sweeney
affirmed
 Native American Affairs Aug. 8, 2019
U.S. v. Rodriguez
reversed and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 25, 2019
U.S. v. State of California
affirmed in part
 Immigration Apr. 19, 2019
Gilberg v. California Check Cashing Stores
vacated and remanded
 Employment Law Jan. 30, 2019
E.V. v. Robinson
affirmed
 Immunity Oct. 18, 2018
Folkens v. Wyland Worldwide
affirmed
 Copyright Feb. 15, 2018
Folkens v. Wyland Worldwide
affirmed
 Copyright Feb. 5, 2018
U.S. v. Bonnett
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Oct. 11, 2017
Case Name Topic Role Published
Robert Grisak v. 44th District Agricultural Association (Erroneously Sued as 44th District Agricultural Association and State of California) Civil Rights judge Jun. 21, 2024
Paul Gordon v. Ford Motor Company, Tracy Ford, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Jun. 14, 2024
The United States of America v. FPI Management Inc. Civil Rights judge Apr. 5, 2024
James Weaver Jr., on behalf of himself individually and as guardian for his two children, JW III, a minor child and LW, a minor child and James Weaver, Senior, on behalf of his granddaughter, JW, a minor child v. City of Stockton, Stockton Police Department, Kevin Hachler, Eric Jones, and Does 1 to 50 Civil Rights judge Mar. 22, 2024
Lux Global Auto Sales, on behalf of itself and others similarly situated v. Nissan North America Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Mar. 1, 2024
Broadstone Land LLC v. Charming Charlie Markets Inc. Landlord/Tenant judge Oct. 27, 2023
Anthony Pazmino v. City of Vacaville, Vacaville Police Department, Vacaville Police Chief Ian Schmutzler, Officer Cole Spencer, Officer Charles Bailey, Officer Daniel Baxley, Officer Matthew Taylor, Officer Ralph Vallimont, Officer James Criste, Officer Sean Kelly, Officer Jesse Outly, Sgt. Kathleen Cordona, and Does 1-25 Civil Rights judge Aug. 25, 2023
Elinor Banks, et al. v. Stockton Unified School District, et al. Civil Rights judge Aug. 25, 2023
Desiree Gilberg, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated v. California Check Cashing Stores Inc., Checksmart Financial LLC, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Consumer Law judge Jul. 7, 2023
Joshua Wright, Loretta Stanley, Haley Quam, and Aiesha Lewis, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Frontier Management LLC, Frontier Senior Living LLC, ang GH Senior Living LLC dba Greenhaven Estates Assisted Living Employment Law judge Jun. 9, 2023
California Rental Housing Association, Mary Montano, Trang Ho v. Gavin Newsom, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of California; Rob Bonta, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California; and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Constitutional Law judge Dec. 16, 2022
Hari Shetty, et al. v. City of Folsom Government judge Sep. 2, 2022
Peace Ranch LLC v. Rob Bonta, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California; and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Constitutional Law judge Aug. 26, 2022
United States of America v. Owen Hughes Torts judge Oct. 1, 2021
Orlando Garcia v. Sweet 2017 LLC Civil Rights judge Jul. 16, 2021
B.T.H., a minor, T.J.H., a minor, and V.C.H., a minor, by Guardian Ad Litem Pamela Hinton v. County of Modoc, Modoc County Sheriff Mike Poindexter, Unknow Modoc County Correctional Officers, Supervisors and Unknown Modoc County Medical Care Providers, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Mar. 5, 2021
V. Williams, as Mother and Natural Guardian of F.T., minor v. Twin Rivers Unified School District; Dr. Steven Martinez; and Does 1 through 25, inclusive Personal Injury judge Feb. 5, 2021
I.F., by and through her guardian ad litem Shasta Skinner, individually and as successor-in-interest to Decedent Ronell Foster; R.F., by and through his guardian ad litem Shena Batten, individually and as successor-in-interest to Decedent Ronell Foster; Paula McGowan, individually; and Ronell Foster Sr., individually v. City of Vallejo, a municipal corporation; Ryan McMahon, individually and in his official capacity as a Police Officer for the City of Vallejo; and Does 1-50, inclusive Civil Rights judge Dec. 24, 2020
Human Rights Defense Center v. County of Placer; Devon Bell, Sheriff, individually and in his official capacity; Darrell Steinhauer, Corrections Commander, individually and in his official capacity; and John and Jane Does 1-10, Staff, individually and in their official capacities Civil Rights judge Nov. 27, 2020
Scott Johnson v. Winterstar, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; My Three Sons Auto Sales LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; KJJ Corporate, a California Corporation; and Does 1-10 Civil Rights judge Nov. 27, 2020
Best Supplement Guide, LLC and Sean Covell v. Gavin Newsom, in his official capacity as the Governor of California; Xavier Becerra, in his official capacity as the Attorney General of California; Sonia Y. Angell, M.D., MPH, in her official capacity as the Director and State Public Health Officer; County of San Joaquin; Katherine Miller, in her official capacity as a member of, and the Chair of, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; Tom Patti, in his official capacity as a member of, and as Vice Chair of, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; Miguel Villapudua, in his official capacity as a member of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; Chuck Winn, in his official capacity as a member of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; Bob Elliott, in his official capacity as a member of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; Shellie Lima, in her official capacity as the San Joaquin County Director of Emergency Services; Maggie Park, M.D, in her official capacity as the Public Health Officer of San Joaquin County; Patrick Withrow, in his official capacity as the Sheriff of San Joaquin County; City of Lodi; Doug Kuehne, in his official capacity as a member of the Lodi City Council and Mayor of Lodi; Alan Nakanishi, in his official capacity as a member of the Lodi City Council and Mayor Pro Tempore of Lodi; Mark Chandler, in his official capacity as a member of the Lodi City Council; Joanne Mounce, in his official capacity as a member of the Lodi City Council; Sierra Vrucia, in his official capacity as the Chief of the City of Lodi Police Department, and Does 1-50, Inclusive Constitutional Law judge Nov. 27, 2020
Roland Thomas Koch v. Brandon Price Civil Rights judge Nov. 13, 2020
Luis Alberto Mendez Jimenez v. United States of America, County of Sacramento, and Does 1-20, inclusive Civil Rights judge Aug. 7, 2020
Bikram Sharma v. Sitoa Board Members (Asif Mehmood, Farhad Muhaiudin, Mohammad Hawarneh, Mushtq A. King, Zahid Khan) Employment Law judge Jun. 19, 2020
George Kappes III v. Andrew M. Saul Government judge Jun. 12, 2020
Jerry Kraus v. City of Vallejo, and Does 1-10 Civil Rights judge Mar. 13, 2020
Clifford Armstrong, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Codefied Inc. Consumer Law judge Feb. 14, 2020
Manisha Palla v. L M Sports Inc. dba Lakeside Marina and dba Action Watersports of Tahoe; L T Leasing Inc.; Paul Garcia; and Does 1-50, inclusive Personal Injury judge Jan. 24, 2020
Zurich American Insurance Company of Illinois v. Accuire, LLC and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Insurance judge Jan. 3, 2020
Stephen Clark; Sequette Clark; A.C., a minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Rajneesh Manni; C.C., a minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Rajneesh Manni; Sequity Eddy Thompson; Tommy Lee Thompson v. City of Sacramento; Terrence Mercadel; Jared Robinet, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Nov. 29, 2019
Peter Tenerelli v. Rite Aid Corporation, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Nov. 8, 2019
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London Subscribing to Policy No. E&O 14 10873 A v. General Star Indemnity Company Insurance judge May 3, 2019
Estate of Bertram Hiscock, deceased, by and through Vincent Hiscock, as Administrator, Sherrick Hiscock v. County of Yuba; County of Sutter; Sheriff-Coroner Steven L. Durfor, in his individual and official capacities; Tony Hobson, in his individual and official capacities; Joan Odom, M.D.; in her individual capacity, and Does 1 - 5 Civil Rights judge Apr. 5, 2019
Friends of the River v. National Marine Fisheries Service, et al. Environmental Law judge Feb. 8, 2019
Rhodehouse v. Ford Motor Company, and Does 1 to 20, inclusive Torts judge Jan. 11, 2019
Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School Inc., Bob Smith, Esteban Narez v. Dean Grafilo, et al. Civil Rights judge Jan. 4, 2019
James Joshua Mayfield, James Allison Mayfield Jr., Terri Mayfield v. Ivan Orozco, in his individual capacity; Sheriff Scott Jones, in his individual and official capacity; Rick Pattison, in his individual and official capacity; County of Sacramento; Regents of the University of California; Dr. Gregory Sokolov, in his individual and official capacity, and Does 1 - 5 Civil Rights judge Jun. 30, 2017
Confidential Construction Defendant Aug. 5, 2000
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