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Dale S. Fischer

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Senior District Judge
USDC Central District of California
Western Division / First Street Federal Courthouse
Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 7D

350 W 1st St #4311
Los Angeles , CA 90012-4565
(213) 894-0583





Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Dale S. Fischer Central District of California (Los Angeles) May 9, 2013

Rulings
Case Category Published
In re: Kirkland and Rund
affirmed
Bankruptcy Aug. 23, 2024
Rana v. Jenkins
affirmed
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 15, 2024
John Doe v. Cedars-Sinai Health System
affirmed
Civil Procedure Jul. 5, 2024
Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc. v. Carvalho
vacated and remanded
Education Jun. 7, 2024
In re: Ali Alavi v. Genius Brands International, Inc.
reversed in part
Securities Apr. 5, 2024
Hart v. Broomfield
affirmed
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 28, 2024
Harstein v. Hyatt Corp.
reversed and remanded
Employment Law Sep. 22, 2023
U.S. v. Pepe
affirmed
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 28, 2023
Alexander v. Nguyen
affirmed
Civil Rights Aug. 25, 2023
U.S. v. PetroSaudi Oil Services
affirmed
Civil Procedure Jun. 13, 2023
U.S. v. Castillo
vacated and remanded
Criminal Law and Procedure May 31, 2023
Peck v. Montoya
reversed in part
Qualified Immunity Oct. 18, 2022
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. County of Los Angeles
affirmed
Commercial Law Mar. 21, 2022
Ochoa v. Davis
affirmed
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 2, 2021
Garcia v. City of Los Angeles
affirmed
Civil Rights Sep. 3, 2021
Tobias v. Arteaga
affirmed in part
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 28, 2021
Clarke v. AMN Services
reversed and remanded
Labor Law Feb. 9, 2021
In re Point Center Financial Inc.
affirmed
Bankruptcy Apr. 30, 2020
Kingsbury v. U.S.
petition granted
Civil Procedure Aug. 22, 2018
U.S. v. Pepe
vacated and remanded
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 12, 2018
In re Point Center Financial
reversed and remanded
Bankruptcy May 30, 2018
3123 SMB LLC v. Horn
reversed and remanded
Civil Procedure Jan. 18, 2018

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
John Klene, et al. v. Doral Riggs, et al. Civil Rights judge Aug. 23, 2024
Manuel Gomez, an individual, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. Greif Packaging LLC, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Consumer Law judge Aug. 9, 2024
Jobiak LLC v. Aspen Technology Labs Inc. Intellectual Property judge Jun. 14, 2024
Lodging USA Lendco LLC v. DBS Bank Ltd. and DBS Trustee Ltd. Torts judge May 24, 2024
Annie Asadourian Zakiyan v. FCA US LLC, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Apr. 19, 2024
Douglas G. Gray, Arlene Gray v. JPMorgan Chase Bank Banking judge Apr. 12, 2024
Mario Morones v. County of Los Angeles, Deputy Tumser, Deputy Orosco and Does 1 through 25 Civil Rights judge Mar. 22, 2024
Mothership Technologies Inc. v. Central Freight Lines Inc., and Does 1 to 10, inclusive Business Law judge Feb. 16, 2024
Connor Burns v. Mammoth Media, Inc. Contracts judge Dec. 15, 2023
Venice Family Clinic v. The United States Small Business Administration; Isabella Casillas Guzman, in her official capacity as administrator of the Small Business Administration; and The United States of America Banking judge Dec. 15, 2023
Hui Shun Jin, He Chun Zhao v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Immigration judge Dec. 15, 2023
James Mellon v. Universal City Studios LLC Employment Law judge Oct. 27, 2023
Juul Labs Inc. v. Andy Chou (aka Lizhi Zhou); Yiwu Cute Jewelry Co. Ltd., Yiwu Xite Jewelry Co. Ltd., CJ Fulfillment Corp., CJ Trade Corp., Yiwu Promotional Trade Co. Ltd. (aka Yiwu Promotion Trade Co. Ltd.) Intellectual Property judge Oct. 13, 2023
Julia Wolov v. David Duel, et al. Torts judge Jul. 14, 2023
European Travel Agency Corp., Gilbert Gevorgian dba Lake Balboa Professional Laundry, Classic Modern Tailoring LLC, Diana G. Lesgart CPA, Noravian Family Trust, Roland L. Elazegui DMD, Inc. Insurance judge Jun. 16, 2023
B.L. Rosenfeld v. Jess Talamantes, et al. Civil Rights judge Jun. 2, 2023
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Hughes Brothers Aircrafters Inc. Environmental Law judge Feb. 24, 2023
Health Freedom Defense Fund, et al. v. Megan K. Reilly, et al. Civil Rights judge Feb. 10, 2023
Anita Trejo v. Lyneer Staffing Solutions Employment Law judge Feb. 3, 2023
In Re: Genius Brands International Inc. Securities Litigation Securities judge Dec. 9, 2022
William Mueller, Michelle Mueller, and E.M., by and through his guardian ad litem, Michael Dobie v. County of San Bernardino, Deborah Kay, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive, and each of them Civil Rights judge Nov. 11, 2022
Rodney Houriani, an individual, on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Buck Knives Inc. Consumer Law judge Sep. 9, 2022
Andres Gomez v. Tribecca Inc., and Does 1-10 Civil Rights judge Jul. 15, 2022
Karen Hartstein v. Hyatt Corporation Employment Law judge Jun. 24, 2022
Dominique Parrish and Evan Wood, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals v. Volkswagen Group of America Inc. Consumer Law judge Feb. 18, 2022
Federal Trade Commission v. ITMedia Solutions LLC; DEV.XYZ LLC; Team.XYZ LLC; 123 LLC; XYZ LLC; Great LLC; General LLC; Media LLC; ADV Market Direct LLC; Direct Ad Sales LLC; Marketing Solutions 33 LLC; DEC MKT LLC; Ads Full3 LLC; Arrow Eagle LLC; Arrow Hawk LLC; Gen Ads LLC; Michael Ambrose; Daniel Negari; Jason Ramin; Grant Carpenter; Anisha Hancock; Sione Kaufusi Consumer Law judge Jan. 28, 2022
Sylvia Varga v. American Airlines Federal Credit Union Contracts judge Dec. 23, 2021
Atef Bandary v. Delta Air Lines Inc. Personal Injury judge Nov. 26, 2021
Jocelyn Susan Bundy v. Nirvana LLC, Live Nation Merchandise LLC, Merch Traffic LLC, Silva Artist Management LLC Intellectual Property judge Nov. 12, 2021
Serge Haitayan, et al. v. 7-Eleven Inc. Employment Law judge Oct. 1, 2021
United States of America v. Filomeno Hernandez, Ramin Akhavan, Bonnie Brae Investment Services LLC, and Westlake Property Services LLC Personal Injury judge Aug. 27, 2021
Goharik Yeghiazaryan v. Hyundai Motor America Inc. Consumer Law judge Jun. 4, 2021
Tamika Fair v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury judge Apr. 30, 2021
Santos H. Garcia, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, all current, former and future aggrieved employees, and the general public of California; Ramiro Orozco, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, all current, former and future aggrieved employees, and the general public of California; Michael Salmo, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, all current, former and future aggrieved employees, and the general public of California; Wilver Antonio Vasquez Quintanilla and Edgar Veliz Baeza, each individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated and the general public of California v. Evans Delivery Company Inc., Allen Cepeda, and Does 1 to 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Jan. 22, 2021
Robin Goolsby, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated v. Anthem Inc., Anthem UM Services Inc. Employment Law judge Nov. 13, 2020
United States of America ex rel. [Under Seal] et al. v. [Under Seal] Antitrust judge Aug. 28, 2020
Larry Hudson, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, and on behalf of the general public v. Sterling Jewelers Inc., Signet Jewelers Limited, and Does 1 through 30, inclusive Employment Law judge Aug. 21, 2020
Karen Fogerty v. Aetna Life Insurance Company Employment Law judge Jul. 24, 2020
Vancouver Alumni Asset Holdings Inc., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Daimler AG, Dieter Zetsche, Bodo Uebber, Thomas Weber Securities judge Jun. 19, 2020
Flir Systems Inc., Flir Commercial Systems Inc. v. Edward Huang Contracts judge Jan. 10, 2020
Jennifer Pae, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Fox Restaurant Concepts LLC dba True Food Kitchen, FRC True Food SMP LLC, FRC True Food SDFV LLC, FRC True Food NBFI LLC, and Does 1 through 25, inclusive Employment Law judge Feb. 15, 2019
Darius Rowser, on behalf of himself, and all others similarly situated v. Trunk Club Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Labor Law judge Nov. 2, 2018
Graciela Herrera, Ruben Ordaz v. City of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge Dec. 8, 2017
Feliciana Escobedo, individually and as successor-in-interest to Ruben Ramos-Escobedo, deceased v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Manuel Armenta, and Does 1 to 10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Aug. 11, 2017
Syfu v. Schultz, et al. Civil Rights judge Dec. 24, 2005
Moore v. IMCO Recycling of California Real Property judge Oct. 29, 2005
Title Court Published
Dale S. Fischer Central District of California (Los Angeles) May 9, 2013
Case Category Published
In re: Kirkland and Rund
affirmed
Bankruptcy Aug. 23, 2024
Rana v. Jenkins
affirmed
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 15, 2024
John Doe v. Cedars-Sinai Health System
affirmed
Civil Procedure Jul. 5, 2024
Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc. v. Carvalho
vacated and remanded
Education Jun. 7, 2024
In re: Ali Alavi v. Genius Brands International, Inc.
reversed in part
Securities Apr. 5, 2024
Hart v. Broomfield
affirmed
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 28, 2024
Harstein v. Hyatt Corp.
reversed and remanded
Employment Law Sep. 22, 2023
U.S. v. Pepe
affirmed
Criminal Law and Procedure Aug. 28, 2023
Alexander v. Nguyen
affirmed
Civil Rights Aug. 25, 2023
U.S. v. PetroSaudi Oil Services
affirmed
Civil Procedure Jun. 13, 2023
U.S. v. Castillo
vacated and remanded
Criminal Law and Procedure May 31, 2023
Peck v. Montoya
reversed in part
Qualified Immunity Oct. 18, 2022
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. County of Los Angeles
affirmed
Commercial Law Mar. 21, 2022
Ochoa v. Davis
affirmed
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 2, 2021
Garcia v. City of Los Angeles
affirmed
Civil Rights Sep. 3, 2021
Tobias v. Arteaga
affirmed in part
Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 28, 2021
Clarke v. AMN Services
reversed and remanded
Labor Law Feb. 9, 2021
In re Point Center Financial Inc.
affirmed
Bankruptcy Apr. 30, 2020
Kingsbury v. U.S.
petition granted
Civil Procedure Aug. 22, 2018
U.S. v. Pepe
vacated and remanded
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 12, 2018
In re Point Center Financial
reversed and remanded
Bankruptcy May 30, 2018
3123 SMB LLC v. Horn
reversed and remanded
Civil Procedure Jan. 18, 2018
Case Name Topic Role Published
John Klene, et al. v. Doral Riggs, et al. Civil Rights judge Aug. 23, 2024
Manuel Gomez, an individual, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. Greif Packaging LLC, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Consumer Law judge Aug. 9, 2024
Jobiak LLC v. Aspen Technology Labs Inc. Intellectual Property judge Jun. 14, 2024
Lodging USA Lendco LLC v. DBS Bank Ltd. and DBS Trustee Ltd. Torts judge May 24, 2024
Annie Asadourian Zakiyan v. FCA US LLC, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Consumer Law judge Apr. 19, 2024
Douglas G. Gray, Arlene Gray v. JPMorgan Chase Bank Banking judge Apr. 12, 2024
Mario Morones v. County of Los Angeles, Deputy Tumser, Deputy Orosco and Does 1 through 25 Civil Rights judge Mar. 22, 2024
Mothership Technologies Inc. v. Central Freight Lines Inc., and Does 1 to 10, inclusive Business Law judge Feb. 16, 2024
Connor Burns v. Mammoth Media, Inc. Contracts judge Dec. 15, 2023
Venice Family Clinic v. The United States Small Business Administration; Isabella Casillas Guzman, in her official capacity as administrator of the Small Business Administration; and The United States of America Banking judge Dec. 15, 2023
Hui Shun Jin, He Chun Zhao v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Immigration judge Dec. 15, 2023
James Mellon v. Universal City Studios LLC Employment Law judge Oct. 27, 2023
Juul Labs Inc. v. Andy Chou (aka Lizhi Zhou); Yiwu Cute Jewelry Co. Ltd., Yiwu Xite Jewelry Co. Ltd., CJ Fulfillment Corp., CJ Trade Corp., Yiwu Promotional Trade Co. Ltd. (aka Yiwu Promotion Trade Co. Ltd.) Intellectual Property judge Oct. 13, 2023
Julia Wolov v. David Duel, et al. Torts judge Jul. 14, 2023
European Travel Agency Corp., Gilbert Gevorgian dba Lake Balboa Professional Laundry, Classic Modern Tailoring LLC, Diana G. Lesgart CPA, Noravian Family Trust, Roland L. Elazegui DMD, Inc. Insurance judge Jun. 16, 2023
B.L. Rosenfeld v. Jess Talamantes, et al. Civil Rights judge Jun. 2, 2023
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Hughes Brothers Aircrafters Inc. Environmental Law judge Feb. 24, 2023
Health Freedom Defense Fund, et al. v. Megan K. Reilly, et al. Civil Rights judge Feb. 10, 2023
Anita Trejo v. Lyneer Staffing Solutions Employment Law judge Feb. 3, 2023
In Re: Genius Brands International Inc. Securities Litigation Securities judge Dec. 9, 2022
William Mueller, Michelle Mueller, and E.M., by and through his guardian ad litem, Michael Dobie v. County of San Bernardino, Deborah Kay, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive, and each of them Civil Rights judge Nov. 11, 2022
Rodney Houriani, an individual, on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Buck Knives Inc. Consumer Law judge Sep. 9, 2022
Andres Gomez v. Tribecca Inc., and Does 1-10 Civil Rights judge Jul. 15, 2022
Karen Hartstein v. Hyatt Corporation Employment Law judge Jun. 24, 2022
Dominique Parrish and Evan Wood, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals v. Volkswagen Group of America Inc. Consumer Law judge Feb. 18, 2022
Federal Trade Commission v. ITMedia Solutions LLC; DEV.XYZ LLC; Team.XYZ LLC; 123 LLC; XYZ LLC; Great LLC; General LLC; Media LLC; ADV Market Direct LLC; Direct Ad Sales LLC; Marketing Solutions 33 LLC; DEC MKT LLC; Ads Full3 LLC; Arrow Eagle LLC; Arrow Hawk LLC; Gen Ads LLC; Michael Ambrose; Daniel Negari; Jason Ramin; Grant Carpenter; Anisha Hancock; Sione Kaufusi Consumer Law judge Jan. 28, 2022
Sylvia Varga v. American Airlines Federal Credit Union Contracts judge Dec. 23, 2021
Atef Bandary v. Delta Air Lines Inc. Personal Injury judge Nov. 26, 2021
Jocelyn Susan Bundy v. Nirvana LLC, Live Nation Merchandise LLC, Merch Traffic LLC, Silva Artist Management LLC Intellectual Property judge Nov. 12, 2021
Serge Haitayan, et al. v. 7-Eleven Inc. Employment Law judge Oct. 1, 2021
United States of America v. Filomeno Hernandez, Ramin Akhavan, Bonnie Brae Investment Services LLC, and Westlake Property Services LLC Personal Injury judge Aug. 27, 2021
Goharik Yeghiazaryan v. Hyundai Motor America Inc. Consumer Law judge Jun. 4, 2021
Tamika Fair v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury judge Apr. 30, 2021
Santos H. Garcia, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, all current, former and future aggrieved employees, and the general public of California; Ramiro Orozco, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, all current, former and future aggrieved employees, and the general public of California; Michael Salmo, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, all current, former and future aggrieved employees, and the general public of California; Wilver Antonio Vasquez Quintanilla and Edgar Veliz Baeza, each individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated and the general public of California v. Evans Delivery Company Inc., Allen Cepeda, and Does 1 to 100, inclusive Employment Law judge Jan. 22, 2021
Robin Goolsby, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated v. Anthem Inc., Anthem UM Services Inc. Employment Law judge Nov. 13, 2020
United States of America ex rel. [Under Seal] et al. v. [Under Seal] Antitrust judge Aug. 28, 2020
Larry Hudson, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, and on behalf of the general public v. Sterling Jewelers Inc., Signet Jewelers Limited, and Does 1 through 30, inclusive Employment Law judge Aug. 21, 2020
Karen Fogerty v. Aetna Life Insurance Company Employment Law judge Jul. 24, 2020
Vancouver Alumni Asset Holdings Inc., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Daimler AG, Dieter Zetsche, Bodo Uebber, Thomas Weber Securities judge Jun. 19, 2020
Flir Systems Inc., Flir Commercial Systems Inc. v. Edward Huang Contracts judge Jan. 10, 2020
Jennifer Pae, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Fox Restaurant Concepts LLC dba True Food Kitchen, FRC True Food SMP LLC, FRC True Food SDFV LLC, FRC True Food NBFI LLC, and Does 1 through 25, inclusive Employment Law judge Feb. 15, 2019
Darius Rowser, on behalf of himself, and all others similarly situated v. Trunk Club Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Labor Law judge Nov. 2, 2018
Graciela Herrera, Ruben Ordaz v. City of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge Dec. 8, 2017
Feliciana Escobedo, individually and as successor-in-interest to Ruben Ramos-Escobedo, deceased v. City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Manuel Armenta, and Does 1 to 10, inclusive Civil Rights judge Aug. 11, 2017
Syfu v. Schultz, et al. Civil Rights judge Dec. 24, 2005
Moore v. IMCO Recycling of California Real Property judge Oct. 29, 2005