Anthony J. Battaglia

Senior District Judge
USDC Southern District of California
Edward J Schwartz Courthouse
Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 4A

221 West Broadway
San Diego , CA 92101
(619) 557-3446

Senior status eff. March 31 2021. Appointed as a U.S. district judge by President Barack Obama on Jan. 5, 2011; appointed U.S. magistrate judge by Southern District judges in November 1993; partner, Battaglia, Fitzpatrick & Battaglia, 1991-1993; sole practitioner, 1981-1991; associate, Law Offices of John S. Marin, Sr., 1974-80.

California Western School of Law, 1974

Title	Court	Published
‘Teddy Bear of the Court’	Southern District of California (San Diego)	Aug. 21, 2018
Early Calling	U.S. Southern California District Court (San Diego)	Jul. 14, 2009

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‘Teddy Bear of the Court’

Southern District of California (San Diego)

Aug. 21, 2018

Early Calling

U.S. Southern California District Court (San Diego)

Jul. 14, 2009

Case	Category	Published
Andrew Zenoff v. Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., et al affirmed	Securities	Mar. 25, 2024
U.S. v. Paulson reversed and remanded	Tax	May 17, 2023
Verdun v. City of San Diego affirmed	Constitutional Law	Oct. 26, 2022
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Murphy affirmed	Securities	Oct. 4, 2022
A.C. v. Cortez affirmed	Juveniles	May 16, 2022
U.S. v. Medina-Suarez vacated and remanded	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 4, 2022
United States v. Holiday affirmed	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 28, 2021
Stafford v. Rite Aid Corp. affirmed	Arbitration	May 24, 2021
U.S. v. Ayala-Bello affirmed	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 27, 2021
U.S. v. Chavez-Diaz reversed and remanded	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 6, 2020
Amended Opinion: Capp v. County of San Diego affirmed in part	Constitutional Law	Oct. 7, 2019
Capp v. County of San Diego affirmed in part	Constitutional Law	Sep. 3, 2019
Thuraissigiam v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security reversed and remanded	Immigration	Mar. 8, 2019
California v. Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel affirmed	Gaming	Aug. 3, 2018
U.S. v. Aldana affirmed	Immigration	Jan. 2, 2018

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
San Diego Comic Convention v. Dan Farr Productions; Newspaper Agency Company; Daniel Farr; and Bryan Brandenburg	Intellectual Property	judge	Feb. 23, 2018
Federal Trade Commission v. AAFE Products Corp.; JBE International, LLC; BSDC Inc.; KADC Inc.; Purestrike Inc.; BNRI Corp. fka Bernheim & Rice Inc.; Brian Bernheim, individually, and as an owner and officer of BNRI Corp.; Joshua Bernheim, individually and as an owner and officer of AAFE, JBEI, BSDC, KADC and Purestrike; Jared Coates, individually and as an officer or managing member of AAFE, JBEI, and Purestrike; Robert Koch, individually and as an owner and officer of AAFE Products Corp.	Consumer Law	judge	Oct. 27, 2017
Joseph Eugene Sanchez v. Christian Pfeiffer	Civil Rights	judge	Sep. 29, 2017
Confidential	Civil Rights	judge	Aug. 3, 1996

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
San Diego Comic Convention v. Dan Farr Productions; Newspaper Agency Company; Daniel Farr; and Bryan Brandenburg	Intellectual Property	judge	Feb. 23, 2018
Federal Trade Commission v. AAFE Products Corp.; JBE International, LLC; BSDC Inc.; KADC Inc.; Purestrike Inc.; BNRI Corp. fka Bernheim & Rice Inc.; Brian Bernheim, individually, and as an owner and officer of BNRI Corp.; Joshua Bernheim, individually and as an owner and officer of AAFE, JBEI, BSDC, KADC and Purestrike; Jared Coates, individually and as an officer or managing member of AAFE, JBEI, and Purestrike; Robert Koch, individually and as an owner and officer of AAFE Products Corp.	Consumer Law	judge	Oct. 27, 2017
Joseph Eugene Sanchez v. Christian Pfeiffer	Civil Rights	judge	Sep. 29, 2017
Confidential	Civil Rights	judge	Aug. 3, 1996

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