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    • Christina A. Snyder

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

    350 W 1st St #4311
    Los Angeles , CA 90012-4565
    (213) 894-3433





    Judicial Profiles
    Title Court Published
    Christina A. Snyder Central District (Los Angeles) Sep. 14, 2010

    Rulings
    Case Category Published
    Junior Sports Magazines, Inc. v. Bonta
    reversed and remanded
    		 Constitutional Law Sep. 13, 2023
    Smith v. Agdeppa
    reversed and remanded
    		 Immunity Aug. 30, 2023
    Persian Broadcast Service Global, Inc. v. Walsh
    affirmed
    		 Employment Law Aug. 1, 2023
    Smith v. Agdeppa
    affirmed
    		 Qualified Immunity Dec. 30, 2022
    U.S. ex rel. Hartpence v. Kinetic Concepts
    reversed and remanded
    		 Health Care Aug. 9, 2022
    Lodestar Anstalt v. Bacardi & Co.
    affirmed
    		 Intellectual Property Apr. 22, 2022
    Shoner v. Carrier Corp.
    vacated and remanded
    		 Civil Procedure Apr. 15, 2022
    Gray v. Hudson
    affirmed
    		 Copyright Mar. 11, 2022
    Mountain Communities for Fire Safety v. Elliott
    affirmed
    		 Environmental Law Feb. 7, 2022
    Noguera v. Davis
    affirmed in part
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 21, 2021
    U.S. v. Singh
    affirmed
    		 statutory_interpretation May 4, 2021
    U.S. v. Torres
    affirmed
    		 statutory_interpretation Apr. 27, 2021
    U.S. v. Koziol
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 14, 2021
    United States v. Magdirila
    affirmed in part
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 24, 2020
    U.S. v. Grey
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure May 28, 2020
    Godecke ex rel. U.S. v. Kinetic Concepts
    reversed and remanded
    		 Government Sep. 9, 2019
    DaVinci Aircraft v. U.S.
    affirmed
    		 Torts Jun. 13, 2019
    Independent Living Center v. Kent
    reversed and remanded
    		 Civil Procedure Nov. 26, 2018
    Amended Opinion: Fahmy v. Jay-Z
    affirmed
    		 Copyright Nov. 2, 2018
    U.S. v. Blackstone
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 13, 2018
    Nu Image Inc. v. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
    affirmed
    		 Labor Law Jun. 21, 2018
    Fahmy v. Jay-Z
    affirmed
    		 Copyright Jun. 1, 2018
    Franceschi v. Yee
    affirmed
    		 Tax Apr. 12, 2018
    Sierra Medical Services Alliance v. Kent
    affirmed
    		 Constitutional Law Mar. 7, 2018

    Verdicts & Settlements
    Case Name Topic Role Published
    Chep USA v. L.A. Pallets Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Contracts judge Jun. 7, 2024
    Milos Product Tanker Corporation v. Valero Marketing and Supply Company et al Admiralty Law judge Apr. 19, 2024
    Anthony D. Natty v. Administrator of Thrift Saving Plans And or Legal Department (Does) Family Law judge Apr. 5, 2024
    72AndSunny Partners LLC, Francisco Jose Puppio Gonzalez v. Alejandro Mayorkas, Ur M. Jaddou, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Immigration judge Mar. 22, 2024
    S10 Entertainment and Media LLC v. Samsung Electronics America Inc., Samsung Elecronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Intellectual Property judge Feb. 23, 2024
    Jian Zhou, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. f/k/a Property Solutions Acquisition Corp., Carsten Breitfeld, Zvi Glasman, Walter J. Mcbride, Jordan Vogel, Aaron Feldman, Yueting Jia Securities judge Feb. 9, 2024
    Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Metal Surfaces International LLC Environmental Law judge Dec. 22, 2023
    Associated Industries Insurance Company Inc. v. Robert Bandari dba L.A. Art Cabinetry et al. Insurance judge Dec. 1, 2023
    United States of America v. $76,000 in U.S. Currency Torts judge Nov. 17, 2023
    Edward Asner, Michael Bell v. The SAG-AFTRA Health Fund, The of Trustees of the Screen Actors-Guild-Producers Health Plan Contracts judge Aug. 18, 2023
    Shawn Dollar v. Goleta Water District Constitutional Law judge Apr. 21, 2023
    Thedford Leon Kersh v. Josie Gastelo Civil Rights judge Feb. 17, 2023
    Michael Chupa, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Armstrong Flooring Inc., Michael Vermette, Donald Maier, Larry McWilliams, Douglas Bingham, Dominic Rice, Ronald Ford Securities judge Nov. 4, 2022
    Persian Broadcast Service Global Inc. v. Martin J. Walsh, et al. Employment Law judge Oct. 14, 2022
    Hope Medical Enterprises Inc. dba Hope Pharmaceuticals v. Fagron Compounding Services LLC; JCB Laboratories LLC; AnazaoHealth Corporation; Coast Quality Pharmacy LLC Consumer Law judge Nov. 19, 2021
    Charles Scott, Brenda McCoy, Dominique Ferdinand, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Gate Gourmet Inc., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Jun. 25, 2021
    Linn Lowes v. Fitplan Technologies Inc. Contracts judge Jun. 18, 2021
    Jose A. Lopez v. M. Huston Civil Rights judge Jan. 29, 2021
    U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Del Taco LLC, et al. Employment Law judge Dec. 24, 2020
    Gail Thompson, Hans Sunder, in his capacity as Trustee for the Sunder Irrevocable Trust, Belinda Bucci, in her capacity as Trustee of the Nancy and Charles Barcelona Irrevocable Trust dated May 12, 1998, Debra Lewis, Diana Lewis, Michael H. Stephens, Sandra Rosner, in her capacity as Trustee of the Rosner 1998 Irrevocable Trust Dated 5/19/98, Kathleen M. Swift, and Marc Soble, as Trustee for the Marilyn B. Soble Irrevocable Trust Dated 11/19/1997, individually and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company Insurance judge Sep. 11, 2020
    Mountain Communities for Fire Safety, Los Padres Forestwatch, Earth Justice Institute v. Kevin Elliott, in his official capacity as the Forest Supervisor of the Los Padres National Forest and the United States Forest Service Environmental Law judge Jul. 17, 2020
    Barbara Waldrup, individually and on behalf of other members of the public similarly situated v. Countrywide Financial Corporation, Countrywide Home Loans, Countywide Bank N.A., Bank of America Corporation, Landsafe Inc., Landsafe Appraisal Inc. Banking judge Jun. 26, 2020
    Estate of Cesar Rodriguez, et al. v. City of Long Beach, et al. Civil Rights judge May 29, 2020
    Jeffrey I. Golden v. O'Melveny & Myers LLP, et al. Contracts judge May 22, 2020
    Allen Bernard Shay v. County of Los Angeles, Deputy Christopher Derry Civil Rights judge Feb. 14, 2020
    Joan Harp, an individual Class Representative on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated non-exempt former and current employees v. Starline Tours of Hollywood Inc. and EHM Productions Inc. Employment Law judge Feb. 7, 2020
    Michael Graves, Keith Gren, and Michael Whealen, on behalf of themselves, all others similarly situated, and the general public v. United Industries Corporation Consumer Law judge Jan. 24, 2020
    David Lillie v. Mantech Int'l Corp., et al. Employment Law judge Apr. 19, 2019
    Alfred Zaklit and Jessy Zaklit, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Does 1 through 10, inclusive, and each of them Consumer Law judge Mar. 1, 2019
    Angel Galvez v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Constitutional Law judge Oct. 13, 2017
    N. A., Summer Nelson and Carla Wade v. County of Los Angeles Civil Rights judge Sep. 15, 2017
    Roy Galvan v. City of Los Angeles, LAPD Officers Miguel Terrazas, David Nunn, Richard Arciniega, and Doe Defendants 1 through 10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Aug. 11, 2017
    The Bank of New York v. Fremont General Corporation Banking judge Nov. 19, 2005
    Villeroy & Boch (U.S.A.) Inc. v. MRM Distribution Inc., Roy Roberts, Michael Faas, Michael Orfant Contracts judge Oct. 22, 2005
    William Hablinski Architecture v. Amir Construction Inc., Euroconcepts Inc., Parvis Elihu, Daniel Elihu, Albert Elihu, Joseph Elihu, Hayadeh Elihu Intellectual Property judge Aug. 13, 2005
    Young Mee Cho, Sally Youngae Cho, Peter Choe v. Republic of Korea Torts judge Mar. 29, 2005
    Mitchell v. Homedics U.S.A. Inc. Personal Injury judge Dec. 7, 2004
    Home Insurance Company v. Gates McDonald & Company, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company Insurance judge Sep. 28, 2004
    Confidential Personal Injury judge Sep. 8, 2004
    Ronald Summers v. Tosco Refinery Co., Phillips Petroleum Co. Employment Law judge May 25, 2004
    Todd Sims v. Booth7.net Intellectual Property judge May 18, 2004
    Gary Lampert v. Evanston Insurance Company Insurance judge Oct. 7, 2003
    Confidential Personal Injury judge Apr. 29, 2003
    Pete Smythe v. Safeco Insurance Company Insurance judge Mar. 25, 2003
    Confidential Employment Law judge Nov. 27, 2001
    Confidential Intellectual Property judge Jul. 19, 2001
    L'Oreal USA v. Physicians Formula Cosmetics Inc. Intellectual Property judge May 10, 2001
    Confidential Torts judge Nov. 4, 2000
    Susan Aronson v. State Farm Insurance Co. Insurance judge Jun. 24, 2000
    Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jan. 8, 2000
    Clinton B. Meadway v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company Insurance judge Jan. 1, 2000
    Edward Baskett v. C. Mitchell Hart, Insurance Advocates and American Travellers Life Insurance Company Torts judge Jul. 10, 1999
    Roberts v. Greyhound Bus Co. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jul. 10, 1999
    Lawrence Woods and Carol Woods v. Allstate Insurance Company Insurance judge Mar. 6, 1999
    Mohammed Abu-Gheida v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company Insurance judge May 16, 1998
    Title Court Published
    Christina A. Snyder Central District (Los Angeles) Sep. 14, 2010
    Case Category Published
    Junior Sports Magazines, Inc. v. Bonta
    reversed and remanded
    		 Constitutional Law Sep. 13, 2023
    Smith v. Agdeppa
    reversed and remanded
    		 Immunity Aug. 30, 2023
    Persian Broadcast Service Global, Inc. v. Walsh
    affirmed
    		 Employment Law Aug. 1, 2023
    Smith v. Agdeppa
    affirmed
    		 Qualified Immunity Dec. 30, 2022
    U.S. ex rel. Hartpence v. Kinetic Concepts
    reversed and remanded
    		 Health Care Aug. 9, 2022
    Lodestar Anstalt v. Bacardi & Co.
    affirmed
    		 Intellectual Property Apr. 22, 2022
    Shoner v. Carrier Corp.
    vacated and remanded
    		 Civil Procedure Apr. 15, 2022
    Gray v. Hudson
    affirmed
    		 Copyright Mar. 11, 2022
    Mountain Communities for Fire Safety v. Elliott
    affirmed
    		 Environmental Law Feb. 7, 2022
    Noguera v. Davis
    affirmed in part
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 21, 2021
    U.S. v. Singh
    affirmed
    		 statutory_interpretation May 4, 2021
    U.S. v. Torres
    affirmed
    		 statutory_interpretation Apr. 27, 2021
    U.S. v. Koziol
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 14, 2021
    United States v. Magdirila
    affirmed in part
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 24, 2020
    U.S. v. Grey
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure May 28, 2020
    Godecke ex rel. U.S. v. Kinetic Concepts
    reversed and remanded
    		 Government Sep. 9, 2019
    DaVinci Aircraft v. U.S.
    affirmed
    		 Torts Jun. 13, 2019
    Independent Living Center v. Kent
    reversed and remanded
    		 Civil Procedure Nov. 26, 2018
    Amended Opinion: Fahmy v. Jay-Z
    affirmed
    		 Copyright Nov. 2, 2018
    U.S. v. Blackstone
    affirmed
    		 Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 13, 2018
    Nu Image Inc. v. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
    affirmed
    		 Labor Law Jun. 21, 2018
    Fahmy v. Jay-Z
    affirmed
    		 Copyright Jun. 1, 2018
    Franceschi v. Yee
    affirmed
    		 Tax Apr. 12, 2018
    Sierra Medical Services Alliance v. Kent
    affirmed
    		 Constitutional Law Mar. 7, 2018
    Case Name Topic Role Published
    Chep USA v. L.A. Pallets Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Contracts judge Jun. 7, 2024
    Milos Product Tanker Corporation v. Valero Marketing and Supply Company et al Admiralty Law judge Apr. 19, 2024
    Anthony D. Natty v. Administrator of Thrift Saving Plans And or Legal Department (Does) Family Law judge Apr. 5, 2024
    72AndSunny Partners LLC, Francisco Jose Puppio Gonzalez v. Alejandro Mayorkas, Ur M. Jaddou, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Immigration judge Mar. 22, 2024
    S10 Entertainment and Media LLC v. Samsung Electronics America Inc., Samsung Elecronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Intellectual Property judge Feb. 23, 2024
    Jian Zhou, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. f/k/a Property Solutions Acquisition Corp., Carsten Breitfeld, Zvi Glasman, Walter J. Mcbride, Jordan Vogel, Aaron Feldman, Yueting Jia Securities judge Feb. 9, 2024
    Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Metal Surfaces International LLC Environmental Law judge Dec. 22, 2023
    Associated Industries Insurance Company Inc. v. Robert Bandari dba L.A. Art Cabinetry et al. Insurance judge Dec. 1, 2023
    United States of America v. $76,000 in U.S. Currency Torts judge Nov. 17, 2023
    Edward Asner, Michael Bell v. The SAG-AFTRA Health Fund, The of Trustees of the Screen Actors-Guild-Producers Health Plan Contracts judge Aug. 18, 2023
    Shawn Dollar v. Goleta Water District Constitutional Law judge Apr. 21, 2023
    Thedford Leon Kersh v. Josie Gastelo Civil Rights judge Feb. 17, 2023
    Michael Chupa, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Armstrong Flooring Inc., Michael Vermette, Donald Maier, Larry McWilliams, Douglas Bingham, Dominic Rice, Ronald Ford Securities judge Nov. 4, 2022
    Persian Broadcast Service Global Inc. v. Martin J. Walsh, et al. Employment Law judge Oct. 14, 2022
    Hope Medical Enterprises Inc. dba Hope Pharmaceuticals v. Fagron Compounding Services LLC; JCB Laboratories LLC; AnazaoHealth Corporation; Coast Quality Pharmacy LLC Consumer Law judge Nov. 19, 2021
    Charles Scott, Brenda McCoy, Dominique Ferdinand, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Gate Gourmet Inc., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Jun. 25, 2021
    Linn Lowes v. Fitplan Technologies Inc. Contracts judge Jun. 18, 2021
    Jose A. Lopez v. M. Huston Civil Rights judge Jan. 29, 2021
    U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Del Taco LLC, et al. Employment Law judge Dec. 24, 2020
    Gail Thompson, Hans Sunder, in his capacity as Trustee for the Sunder Irrevocable Trust, Belinda Bucci, in her capacity as Trustee of the Nancy and Charles Barcelona Irrevocable Trust dated May 12, 1998, Debra Lewis, Diana Lewis, Michael H. Stephens, Sandra Rosner, in her capacity as Trustee of the Rosner 1998 Irrevocable Trust Dated 5/19/98, Kathleen M. Swift, and Marc Soble, as Trustee for the Marilyn B. Soble Irrevocable Trust Dated 11/19/1997, individually and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company Insurance judge Sep. 11, 2020
    Mountain Communities for Fire Safety, Los Padres Forestwatch, Earth Justice Institute v. Kevin Elliott, in his official capacity as the Forest Supervisor of the Los Padres National Forest and the United States Forest Service Environmental Law judge Jul. 17, 2020
    Barbara Waldrup, individually and on behalf of other members of the public similarly situated v. Countrywide Financial Corporation, Countrywide Home Loans, Countywide Bank N.A., Bank of America Corporation, Landsafe Inc., Landsafe Appraisal Inc. Banking judge Jun. 26, 2020
    Estate of Cesar Rodriguez, et al. v. City of Long Beach, et al. Civil Rights judge May 29, 2020
    Jeffrey I. Golden v. O'Melveny & Myers LLP, et al. Contracts judge May 22, 2020
    Allen Bernard Shay v. County of Los Angeles, Deputy Christopher Derry Civil Rights judge Feb. 14, 2020
    Joan Harp, an individual Class Representative on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated non-exempt former and current employees v. Starline Tours of Hollywood Inc. and EHM Productions Inc. Employment Law judge Feb. 7, 2020
    Michael Graves, Keith Gren, and Michael Whealen, on behalf of themselves, all others similarly situated, and the general public v. United Industries Corporation Consumer Law judge Jan. 24, 2020
    David Lillie v. Mantech Int'l Corp., et al. Employment Law judge Apr. 19, 2019
    Alfred Zaklit and Jessy Zaklit, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Does 1 through 10, inclusive, and each of them Consumer Law judge Mar. 1, 2019
    Angel Galvez v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Constitutional Law judge Oct. 13, 2017
    N. A., Summer Nelson and Carla Wade v. County of Los Angeles Civil Rights judge Sep. 15, 2017
    Roy Galvan v. City of Los Angeles, LAPD Officers Miguel Terrazas, David Nunn, Richard Arciniega, and Doe Defendants 1 through 10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Aug. 11, 2017
    The Bank of New York v. Fremont General Corporation Banking judge Nov. 19, 2005
    Villeroy & Boch (U.S.A.) Inc. v. MRM Distribution Inc., Roy Roberts, Michael Faas, Michael Orfant Contracts judge Oct. 22, 2005
    William Hablinski Architecture v. Amir Construction Inc., Euroconcepts Inc., Parvis Elihu, Daniel Elihu, Albert Elihu, Joseph Elihu, Hayadeh Elihu Intellectual Property judge Aug. 13, 2005
    Young Mee Cho, Sally Youngae Cho, Peter Choe v. Republic of Korea Torts judge Mar. 29, 2005
    Mitchell v. Homedics U.S.A. Inc. Personal Injury judge Dec. 7, 2004
    Home Insurance Company v. Gates McDonald & Company, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company Insurance judge Sep. 28, 2004
    Confidential Personal Injury judge Sep. 8, 2004
    Ronald Summers v. Tosco Refinery Co., Phillips Petroleum Co. Employment Law judge May 25, 2004
    Todd Sims v. Booth7.net Intellectual Property judge May 18, 2004
    Gary Lampert v. Evanston Insurance Company Insurance judge Oct. 7, 2003
    Confidential Personal Injury judge Apr. 29, 2003
    Pete Smythe v. Safeco Insurance Company Insurance judge Mar. 25, 2003
    Confidential Employment Law judge Nov. 27, 2001
    Confidential Intellectual Property judge Jul. 19, 2001
    L'Oreal USA v. Physicians Formula Cosmetics Inc. Intellectual Property judge May 10, 2001
    Confidential Torts judge Nov. 4, 2000
    Susan Aronson v. State Farm Insurance Co. Insurance judge Jun. 24, 2000
    Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jan. 8, 2000
    Clinton B. Meadway v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company Insurance judge Jan. 1, 2000
    Edward Baskett v. C. Mitchell Hart, Insurance Advocates and American Travellers Life Insurance Company Torts judge Jul. 10, 1999
    Roberts v. Greyhound Bus Co. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jul. 10, 1999
    Lawrence Woods and Carol Woods v. Allstate Insurance Company Insurance judge Mar. 6, 1999
    Mohammed Abu-Gheida v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company Insurance judge May 16, 1998
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