Anne Hwang
How Judge Hwang decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On an Endangered Species Act citizen suit Hwang granted the plaintiff summary judgment and then a permanent injunction and declaratory relief, rejecting a prudential-mootness argument, finding ongoing irreparable take, and applying the Ninth Circuit ESA injunction framework (presuming legal remedies inadequate and that the public interest favors protecting the species).
“Having considered the parties' submissions on the remedy, the relevant law, and the record in this case, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's request for permanent injunction and declaratory relief.”
Procedural preferences
Handling the remedies phase of an inherited SEC enforcement action, she granted the Commission's motion for disgorgement and civil penalties in part and granted its motion to strike a defendant's improper opposition declaration.
“The Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the SEC's Motion for Remedies. The court ORDERS Plaintiff to lodge a proposed judgment consistent with this Order within ten (10) days of the date of this Order.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“On November 20, 2025, the Court granted Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment. Dkt. No. 64.”
“Having considered the parties' submissions on the remedy, the relevant law, and the record in this case, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's request for permanent injunction and declaratory relief.”
“The Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the SEC's Motion for Remedies. The court ORDERS Plaintiff to lodge a proposed judgment consistent with this Order within ten (10) days of the date of this Order.”
“MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER GRANTING in Part and DENYIN in Part The SEC's Motion for Remedies [Dkt. 160] and GRANTING The SEC's Motion to strike [Dkt. 199] by Judge Anne Hwang”
“ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 104 by Judge Anne Hwang. (SEE DOCUMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS.) Case Terminated. Made JS-6.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Judge Hwang's initial calendar consisted of cases filed from 2020 through 2023 and transferred after her December 2024 commission, so their full durations span predecessor judges' tenure and are not attributed to her. Her own June-July 2026 intake is heavily weighted toward pending immigration-detention habeas petitions, with additional employment, copyright, immigration-mandamus, consumer, and criminal matters. Cases filed during her tenure remain too new to support a duration measure.
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