Claudia Ann Wilken

United States District Court for the Northern District of California district Appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic) 22 signed orders read

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Totah v. Bies
4:10-cv-05956-CW · 2011-04-06
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“The Court denies Totah's motion to remand, Docket No 25, and denies Bies' motion to dismiss, Docket No. 10.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Therefore, dismissal of Totah's complaint against Bies pursuant to the statute of limitations is unwarranted. ... The Court denies Totah's motion to remand, Docket No 25, and denies Bies' motion to dismiss, Docket No. 10.”

Mortimer v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
4:12-cv-01936-CW · 2012-08-02
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Chase's motion to dismiss is granted. Mortimer's FCRA, CCRAA and UCL claims are dismissed with leave to amend to allege an actual factual inaccuracy.”

California Institute of Computer Assisted Surgery, Inc. v. Med-Surgical Services, Inc.
4:10-cv-02042-CW · 2010-08-03
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's motion to dismiss is GRANTED. (Docket No. 12). Dismissal, however, is with leave to amend for Plaintiff to remedy this deficiency, if it can truthfully do so.”

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. v. Kozumi USA Corp.
4:12-cv-02582 · 2012-10-30
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES Defendants' motion to dismiss (Docket No. 40) and DENIES Defendants' motion to modify the preliminary injunction (Docket No. 84).”

Preliminary injunction (defendant) Denied
Pinnavaia v. Moody-Stuart
4:09-cv-03803 · 2009-12-11
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Based on the foregoing, this case is dismissed. Dismissal is without prejudice to refiling if Plaintiff obtains representation by an attorney.”

Hilsenrath v. Equity Trust (Jersey) Limited
4:07-cv-03312 · 2008-03-17
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court grants Defendants' motions to dismiss (Docket Nos. 4, 21, 40, 41, 45, 70, 83). The dismissal is without leave to amend and without prejudice to refiling in the appropriate jurisdiction or jurisdictions.”

Wehlage v. EmpRes Healthcare Inc.
4:10-cv-05839 · 2012-02-06
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendants' motion to dismiss the CLRA damages claims for lack of notice is granted. Plaintiffs are granted leave to amend to include claims for damages once they can show they have complied with the notice requirements of section 1782(d), the thirty day notice period has passed and Defendants did not correct or agree to correct the alleged violation.”

Clerkin v. MyLife.com, Inc.
4:11-cv-00527 · 2011-08-15
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS without prejudice Gorall's Rule 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction (Docket No. 39),”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“GRANTS in part Defendants' Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss and DENIES it in part (Docket No. 42)”

In re Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) Antitrust Litigation
4:07-md-01819 · 2010-12-07
Daubert motion (defendant) Denied

“Thus the Court DENIES the joint motions to exclude Dr. Levy's expert opinion, Docket No. 1052, and to exclude Dr. Dwyer's expert opinion, filed under seal pursuant to the Court's order, Docket No. 1083.”

Class certification (defendant) Granted in part

“The Court also DENIES the motion to decertify the DP Plaintiff class. The Court GRANTS the motion to decertify the Tennessee IP Plaintiff class, and in all other respects DENIES the motion to decertify the IP classes.”

Hines v. California Public Utilities Commission
4:07-cv-04145 · 2010-07-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS the CPUC's Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 284) and DENIES Plaintiff's motion for a continuance pursuant to Rule 56(f) (Docket No. 348) and motion for summary judgment (Docket No. 358).”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied
Williams v. United States Department of Labor
4:11-cv-06653 · 2012-05-01
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons set forth above, Defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is GRANTED (Docket No. 8). Dismissal is without leave to amend, because no additional allegations could cure the deficiencies identified above.”

Adobe Systems Incorporated v. Kornrumpf
4:10-cv-02769 · 2011-07-25
Motions to dismiss (plaintiff) Granted in part

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS in part Adobe's motion to dismiss and DENIES it in part (Docket No. 55) and DENIES Defendants' motion for a preliminary injunction (Docket No. 68).”

Preliminary injunction (defendant) Denied

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

As a senior judge in Oakland, Wilken has a concentrated but high-profile caseload that includes NCAA antitrust litigation, post-conviction petitions, civil-rights claims, stockholder suits, and contract disputes. The durations below come from a sample of cases filed from 2018 through 2020 that later terminated, rather than a complete count; the NCAA name-image-and-likeness litigation lasted about five years.

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