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Dolly M. Gee

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Chief District Judge
USDC Central District of California
Western Division / First Street Federal Courthouse
Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 8C

350 W 1st St #4311
Los Angeles , CA 90012-4565
(213) 894-5452





Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Dolly M. Gee Central District of California (Los Angeles) Jun. 21, 2011

Rulings
Case Category Published
Lopez v. Aircraft Service International Inc.
affirmed
 Arbitration Jul. 19, 2024
Olson v. State of California
affirmed
 Employment Law Jun. 10, 2024
Redd v. Guerrero
reversed and remanded
 Prisoners' Rights Oct. 20, 2023
Fernandez v. 23676-23726 Malibu Road, LLC
reversed
 Disability Discrimination Jul. 26, 2023
Olson v. State of California
reversed and remanded
 Constitutional Law Mar. 17, 2023
Silverado Hospice v. Becerra
affirmed
 Health Care Aug. 1, 2022
Starz Entertainment v. MGM
affirmed
 Copyright Jul. 14, 2022
Amended Opinion: Sanchez v. Los Angeles Dept. of Transportation
Constitutional Law Jul. 8, 2022
Sanchez v. Los Angeles Dept. of Transportation
affirmed
 Constitutional Law May 24, 2022
Estate of Najera Aguirre v. County of Riverside
affirmed
 Qualified Immunity Mar. 25, 2022
Flores v. Garland
affirmed
 Immigration Jul. 1, 2021
Howard v. HMK Holdings
affirmed
 Civil Rights Feb. 24, 2021
Desire LLC v. Manna Textiles
affirmed in part
 statutory_interpretation Feb. 3, 2021
Flores v. Rosen
reversed
 Immigration Dec. 30, 2020
Attias v. Crandall
affirmed
 Immigration Jul. 31, 2020
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. McMahon
affirmed in part
 Native American Affairs Aug. 20, 2019
Flores v. Barr
dismissed
 Immigration Aug. 16, 2019
Bakalian v. Central Bank of Turkey
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 9, 2019
U.S. v. Anieze-Smith
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2019
American Federation of Musicians of the U.S. and Canada v. Paramount Pictures
reversed and remanded
 Labor Law Sep. 11, 2018
Rangel v. PLS Check Cashers of California, Inc.
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 17, 2018
Sea Breeze Salt v. Mitsubishi Corp.
affirmed
 International Law Aug. 16, 2018
California Sea Urchin Commission v. Bean
affirmed
 Environmental Law Mar. 2, 2018
Epona LLC v. County of Ventura
Constitutional Law Dec. 8, 2017
Los Angeles Lakers Inc. v. Federal Insurance Co.
affirmed
 Consumer Law Aug. 24, 2017
Flores v. Sessions
affirmed
 Immigration Jul. 6, 2017

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Thomas Anthony Perez v. City of Fontana, David Janusz, Jeremey Hale, Ronald Koval, Robert Miller, Joanna Pina, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Constitutional Law judge Sep. 6, 2024
Jenny Lisette Flores, et al. v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General the United States, et al. Immigration judge Jul. 19, 2024
G. Ashley v. Michael Ray Moore, Eric Michael Garcetti, Gilbert Cedillo, Paul Krekorian, Robert Blumenfeld, Nithya Raman, Paul Koretz, Nury Martinez, Monica Rodriguez, Marqueece-Harris, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Michael Joseph Bonin, John lee, Mitch O'Farrell, Kevin De Leon, Joseph Buscaino, William J. Briggs II, Eileen Decker, Dale Bonner, Maria Lou Calanche, Steve Soboroff, LAPD Officers J. Peters 37708, E. Muro 36863, Clark 39587, N. Chanon, B. McPheeters 30483, Ruben Chavez, David Christensen, Brian Collins, Ivan Guillermo, Armando Hoyos, Vicente Lopez, Jeritt Severns, James Zourek, and 2 Defendants, 1-10 Civil Rights judge May 24, 2024
Bailey Ziencik, et al. v. Snap Inc. Consumer Law judge May 17, 2024
Julian Vargas, an individual and on behalf of themselves and all others similar situated, and American Council for the Blind v. Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc., Quest Diagnostics Holdings Inc., and Quest Diagnostics Inc. Civil Rights judge May 10, 2024
Joshua Sanchez v. County of Los Angeles, Y. Cheng, J. Zavala, O. Estrada Civil Rights judge Feb. 23, 2024
Emily Alerich, Christopher Alerich v. FCA US LLC, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Feb. 16, 2024
United States of America v. City National Bank Banking judge Dec. 8, 2023
Lowry McCray v. WestRock Services LLC, and Does 1 through 30, inclusive Employment Law judge Nov. 3, 2023
Martin Capital, Inc. et al v. Brookshire Innovations, LLC Breach of Contract judge Oct. 27, 2023
Jose Bermejo, as an individual, and on behalf of all similarly situated employees v. Laboratory Corporation of America, dba Labcorp, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 13, 2023
Samuel Nelson v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge Oct. 6, 2023
Calabasas Luxury Motorcars Inc. v. BMW North America LLC Contracts judge Aug. 4, 2023
Jessica Potts, an individual, on behalf of herself, the State of California, as a private attorney general, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., Pandora Media LLC, and Does 1 to 50 Employment Law judge Jun. 23, 2023
Jesus Medina and Omar Medina, individuals v. County of Los Angeles; Victor Garcia and Jennifer Garcia, individually and in their official capacity as Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Jun. 2, 2023
World Gym International IP, LLC v. Fit World, an unknown entity; Chris Anspach, an individual; Ia Anspach, an individual; and Does 1-10, inclusive Intellectual Property judge Jan. 6, 2023
United States of America ex rel Judith Zissa v. Santa Barbara County Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services; The County of Santa Barbara Torts judge Dec. 16, 2022
Neptune Productions Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co., et al. Contracts judge Dec. 9, 2022
Juana Olivos Valdez, an individual; Danillie Willie, an individual; and Patricia Theus, an individual, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, and as aggrieved employees under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 v. Genesis Healthcare LLC; Genesis Healthcare Inc.; Genesis Administrative Services LLC; Alexandria Care Center LLC; The Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Nov. 4, 2022
Jenny Brown and Carmen Montijo, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Directv LLC Consumer Law judge Oct. 28, 2022
Scott O'Connor v. City of El Segundo, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 21, 2022
Heather Le v. Compass Airlines LLC, and Does 1-50 Personal Injury judge Jun. 17, 2022
State Farm Insurance Company v. David Phillips, NKP Medical Marketing, Inc. Insurance judge Apr. 29, 2022
Federal Trade Commission v. Jason Cardiff, et al. Consumer Law judge Apr. 15, 2022
In re Woodbridge Investments Litigation Securities judge Jan. 14, 2022
Gian Caterine v. Michael Pendleton, Guitar Center Inc., Tunecore Inc. Intellectual Property judge Jun. 11, 2021
Pez Seafood DTLA, LLC v. The Travelers Indemnity Company, et al. Insurance judge Feb. 12, 2021
Deana Varo, Joshua Perez, Vanessa Perez, Justin Perez, Calvin Perez, Elvis Pena v. Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office; Giovanni Bartoletti, and Does 1 -75, inclusive Civil Rights judge Sep. 11, 2020
James Rutherford v. BLM Victorville, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Aug. 14, 2020
J.C. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge Jul. 17, 2020
Jayd Schroeder v. City of Rialto, County of San Bernardino, Officer Nicholas Parcher and Officer Steven Wright Civil Rights judge Jun. 26, 2020
Arminda Sevilla, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, and on behalf of the general public v. Aaron's Inc., and Does 1 through 30, inclusive Employment Law judge May 29, 2020
Angelena Sandifor, Brenda Blandon, Jamie Utterback v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., Los Angeles County Sheriff James McDonnell, in his individual and official capacity; Deputy Giancarlo Scotti, in his individual and official capacity, and Does 1 to 10 Civil Rights judge Apr. 17, 2020
Samuel Love v. Tirupati Investor Enterprises Inc., and Does 1-10 Civil Rights judge Jan. 31, 2020
Presidential Healthcare Credit Corporation, a Georgia corporation v. White Rabbit Partners Inc., a Delaware corporation, Klean W. Hollywood LLC, a California limited liability company, Klean Long Beach, WA, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Klean Astoria-OR, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, La Pine KTC, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, Portland IOP, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, Klean Physicians Group LLC, a Washington limited liability company, KPG Oregon, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, KPG Astoria LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, KPG California, LLC, a California limited liability company, White Rabbit Partners, LLC (NV), a Nevada limited liability company, White Rabbit Partners, LLC (CA), a California limited liability company, Well in Mind, a California nonprofit corporation, Andrew Spanswick, an individual, Alan Jason Coe, an individual, Mark Honzel, an individual, and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana Domestic Insurance Corporation Contracts judge Jan. 31, 2020
In re Capstone Turbine Corp. Securities Litigation Securities judge Dec. 20, 2019
Yadir A. Ontiveros, et al., as an individual, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Safelite Fulfillment Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Jun. 21, 2019
Julie Hamilton, et al. v. TBC Corporation, et al. Consumer Law judge Mar. 22, 2019
Teresa Dominguez, individually and as Successor in Interest of Jesse Romero and Jesus Romero Garcia, individually, and as Successor in Interest of Jesse Romero v. City of Los Angeles, an entity, Eden Medina, an individual police officer with City of Los Angeles Police Department; and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Feb. 22, 2019
La Park La Brea A LLC, et al. v. Airbnb, Inc., et al. Torts judge Feb. 1, 2019
Jayceon Terrell Taylor v. Viacom Inc., et al. Constitutional Law judge Jan. 4, 2019
Desire, LLC v. Manna Textiles Inc.; A.B.N. Inc., individually and dba "Wearever;" Top Fashion of N.Y. Inc.; Burlington Coat Factory Direct Corporation; Ashley Stewart Inc.; Pride & Joys Inc.; 618 Main Clothing Corp., individually and dba "10 Spot" and "Madrag;" and Does 1 through 10 Intellectual Property judge Dec. 15, 2017
Title Court Published
Dolly M. Gee Central District of California (Los Angeles) Jun. 21, 2011
Case Category Published
Lopez v. Aircraft Service International Inc.
affirmed
 Arbitration Jul. 19, 2024
Olson v. State of California
affirmed
 Employment Law Jun. 10, 2024
Redd v. Guerrero
reversed and remanded
 Prisoners' Rights Oct. 20, 2023
Fernandez v. 23676-23726 Malibu Road, LLC
reversed
 Disability Discrimination Jul. 26, 2023
Olson v. State of California
reversed and remanded
 Constitutional Law Mar. 17, 2023
Silverado Hospice v. Becerra
affirmed
 Health Care Aug. 1, 2022
Starz Entertainment v. MGM
affirmed
 Copyright Jul. 14, 2022
Amended Opinion: Sanchez v. Los Angeles Dept. of Transportation
Constitutional Law Jul. 8, 2022
Sanchez v. Los Angeles Dept. of Transportation
affirmed
 Constitutional Law May 24, 2022
Estate of Najera Aguirre v. County of Riverside
affirmed
 Qualified Immunity Mar. 25, 2022
Flores v. Garland
affirmed
 Immigration Jul. 1, 2021
Howard v. HMK Holdings
affirmed
 Civil Rights Feb. 24, 2021
Desire LLC v. Manna Textiles
affirmed in part
 statutory_interpretation Feb. 3, 2021
Flores v. Rosen
reversed
 Immigration Dec. 30, 2020
Attias v. Crandall
affirmed
 Immigration Jul. 31, 2020
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. McMahon
affirmed in part
 Native American Affairs Aug. 20, 2019
Flores v. Barr
dismissed
 Immigration Aug. 16, 2019
Bakalian v. Central Bank of Turkey
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 9, 2019
U.S. v. Anieze-Smith
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure May 3, 2019
American Federation of Musicians of the U.S. and Canada v. Paramount Pictures
reversed and remanded
 Labor Law Sep. 11, 2018
Rangel v. PLS Check Cashers of California, Inc.
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Aug. 17, 2018
Sea Breeze Salt v. Mitsubishi Corp.
affirmed
 International Law Aug. 16, 2018
California Sea Urchin Commission v. Bean
affirmed
 Environmental Law Mar. 2, 2018
Epona LLC v. County of Ventura
Constitutional Law Dec. 8, 2017
Los Angeles Lakers Inc. v. Federal Insurance Co.
affirmed
 Consumer Law Aug. 24, 2017
Flores v. Sessions
affirmed
 Immigration Jul. 6, 2017
Case Name Topic Role Published
Thomas Anthony Perez v. City of Fontana, David Janusz, Jeremey Hale, Ronald Koval, Robert Miller, Joanna Pina, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Constitutional Law judge Sep. 6, 2024
Jenny Lisette Flores, et al. v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General the United States, et al. Immigration judge Jul. 19, 2024
G. Ashley v. Michael Ray Moore, Eric Michael Garcetti, Gilbert Cedillo, Paul Krekorian, Robert Blumenfeld, Nithya Raman, Paul Koretz, Nury Martinez, Monica Rodriguez, Marqueece-Harris, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Michael Joseph Bonin, John lee, Mitch O'Farrell, Kevin De Leon, Joseph Buscaino, William J. Briggs II, Eileen Decker, Dale Bonner, Maria Lou Calanche, Steve Soboroff, LAPD Officers J. Peters 37708, E. Muro 36863, Clark 39587, N. Chanon, B. McPheeters 30483, Ruben Chavez, David Christensen, Brian Collins, Ivan Guillermo, Armando Hoyos, Vicente Lopez, Jeritt Severns, James Zourek, and 2 Defendants, 1-10 Civil Rights judge May 24, 2024
Bailey Ziencik, et al. v. Snap Inc. Consumer Law judge May 17, 2024
Julian Vargas, an individual and on behalf of themselves and all others similar situated, and American Council for the Blind v. Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc., Quest Diagnostics Holdings Inc., and Quest Diagnostics Inc. Civil Rights judge May 10, 2024
Joshua Sanchez v. County of Los Angeles, Y. Cheng, J. Zavala, O. Estrada Civil Rights judge Feb. 23, 2024
Emily Alerich, Christopher Alerich v. FCA US LLC, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Feb. 16, 2024
United States of America v. City National Bank Banking judge Dec. 8, 2023
Lowry McCray v. WestRock Services LLC, and Does 1 through 30, inclusive Employment Law judge Nov. 3, 2023
Martin Capital, Inc. et al v. Brookshire Innovations, LLC Breach of Contract judge Oct. 27, 2023
Jose Bermejo, as an individual, and on behalf of all similarly situated employees v. Laboratory Corporation of America, dba Labcorp, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 13, 2023
Samuel Nelson v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge Oct. 6, 2023
Calabasas Luxury Motorcars Inc. v. BMW North America LLC Contracts judge Aug. 4, 2023
Jessica Potts, an individual, on behalf of herself, the State of California, as a private attorney general, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., Pandora Media LLC, and Does 1 to 50 Employment Law judge Jun. 23, 2023
Jesus Medina and Omar Medina, individuals v. County of Los Angeles; Victor Garcia and Jennifer Garcia, individually and in their official capacity as Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Jun. 2, 2023
World Gym International IP, LLC v. Fit World, an unknown entity; Chris Anspach, an individual; Ia Anspach, an individual; and Does 1-10, inclusive Intellectual Property judge Jan. 6, 2023
United States of America ex rel Judith Zissa v. Santa Barbara County Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services; The County of Santa Barbara Torts judge Dec. 16, 2022
Neptune Productions Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co., et al. Contracts judge Dec. 9, 2022
Juana Olivos Valdez, an individual; Danillie Willie, an individual; and Patricia Theus, an individual, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, and as aggrieved employees under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 v. Genesis Healthcare LLC; Genesis Healthcare Inc.; Genesis Administrative Services LLC; Alexandria Care Center LLC; The Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Nov. 4, 2022
Jenny Brown and Carmen Montijo, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Directv LLC Consumer Law judge Oct. 28, 2022
Scott O'Connor v. City of El Segundo, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 21, 2022
Heather Le v. Compass Airlines LLC, and Does 1-50 Personal Injury judge Jun. 17, 2022
State Farm Insurance Company v. David Phillips, NKP Medical Marketing, Inc. Insurance judge Apr. 29, 2022
Federal Trade Commission v. Jason Cardiff, et al. Consumer Law judge Apr. 15, 2022
In re Woodbridge Investments Litigation Securities judge Jan. 14, 2022
Gian Caterine v. Michael Pendleton, Guitar Center Inc., Tunecore Inc. Intellectual Property judge Jun. 11, 2021
Pez Seafood DTLA, LLC v. The Travelers Indemnity Company, et al. Insurance judge Feb. 12, 2021
Deana Varo, Joshua Perez, Vanessa Perez, Justin Perez, Calvin Perez, Elvis Pena v. Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office; Giovanni Bartoletti, and Does 1 -75, inclusive Civil Rights judge Sep. 11, 2020
James Rutherford v. BLM Victorville, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Aug. 14, 2020
J.C. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge Jul. 17, 2020
Jayd Schroeder v. City of Rialto, County of San Bernardino, Officer Nicholas Parcher and Officer Steven Wright Civil Rights judge Jun. 26, 2020
Arminda Sevilla, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, and on behalf of the general public v. Aaron's Inc., and Does 1 through 30, inclusive Employment Law judge May 29, 2020
Angelena Sandifor, Brenda Blandon, Jamie Utterback v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., Los Angeles County Sheriff James McDonnell, in his individual and official capacity; Deputy Giancarlo Scotti, in his individual and official capacity, and Does 1 to 10 Civil Rights judge Apr. 17, 2020
Samuel Love v. Tirupati Investor Enterprises Inc., and Does 1-10 Civil Rights judge Jan. 31, 2020
Presidential Healthcare Credit Corporation, a Georgia corporation v. White Rabbit Partners Inc., a Delaware corporation, Klean W. Hollywood LLC, a California limited liability company, Klean Long Beach, WA, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Klean Astoria-OR, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, La Pine KTC, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, Portland IOP, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, Klean Physicians Group LLC, a Washington limited liability company, KPG Oregon, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, KPG Astoria LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, KPG California, LLC, a California limited liability company, White Rabbit Partners, LLC (NV), a Nevada limited liability company, White Rabbit Partners, LLC (CA), a California limited liability company, Well in Mind, a California nonprofit corporation, Andrew Spanswick, an individual, Alan Jason Coe, an individual, Mark Honzel, an individual, and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana Domestic Insurance Corporation Contracts judge Jan. 31, 2020
In re Capstone Turbine Corp. Securities Litigation Securities judge Dec. 20, 2019
Yadir A. Ontiveros, et al., as an individual, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Safelite Fulfillment Inc., et al. Employment Law judge Jun. 21, 2019
Julie Hamilton, et al. v. TBC Corporation, et al. Consumer Law judge Mar. 22, 2019
Teresa Dominguez, individually and as Successor in Interest of Jesse Romero and Jesus Romero Garcia, individually, and as Successor in Interest of Jesse Romero v. City of Los Angeles, an entity, Eden Medina, an individual police officer with City of Los Angeles Police Department; and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Feb. 22, 2019
La Park La Brea A LLC, et al. v. Airbnb, Inc., et al. Torts judge Feb. 1, 2019
Jayceon Terrell Taylor v. Viacom Inc., et al. Constitutional Law judge Jan. 4, 2019
Desire, LLC v. Manna Textiles Inc.; A.B.N. Inc., individually and dba "Wearever;" Top Fashion of N.Y. Inc.; Burlington Coat Factory Direct Corporation; Ashley Stewart Inc.; Pride & Joys Inc.; 618 Main Clothing Corp., individually and dba "10 Spot" and "Madrag;" and Does 1 through 10 Intellectual Property judge Dec. 15, 2017
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