Vince Girdhari Chhabria
Motion outcomes
Counted from classified signed orders only. Percentages are shown only where the sample is large enough to be meaningful; smaller samples are reported as raw counts.
| Motions to dismiss N = 7 |
Granted: 4Granted in part: 2Denied: 1 | counts only |
| Summary judgment N = 3 |
Granted: 1Denied: 2 | counts only |
| Voluntary dismissal N = 2 |
Moot / procedural: 2 | counts only |
| Preliminary injunction N = 1 |
Denied: 1 | counts only |
| Motion to appoint counsel N = 1 |
Denied: 1 | counts only |
| Special motion to strike N = 1 |
Granted in part: 1 | counts only |
| Motions to stay N = 1 |
Denied: 1 | counts only |
| Motions to strike N = 1 |
Denied: 1 | counts only |
| Daubert motion N = 1 |
Denied: 1 | counts only |
A "1 of 1" is one ruling, not a tendency. Treat small samples as illustrative, not predictive.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss Without Prejudice is GRANTED. IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: May 15, 2020”
“The bulk of StemExpress's counterclaims survive this motion to dismiss ... However, the California Unfair Competition Law (UCL) claim is dismissed as it is displaced by the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (CUTSA) claim. Additionally, StemExpress has not adequately alleged that this Court has personal jurisdiction over Eaves, so all claims against him are dismissed as well.”
“The motion to dismiss is granted. The case is dismissed without prejudice. ... On July 12, 2022, Garcia moved to dismiss his ADA claim so that he could litigate both claims in a single forum.”
“The plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is denied.”
“The plaintiffs’ motion to appoint interim lead counsel and lead plaintiff is also denied.”
“Monsanto’s motion to dismiss under Rule 41(b) is therefore granted. The above-captioned action is dismissed without prejudice.”
“Meta's motion for partial summary judgment is granted as to the plaintiffs' claim under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. ... So because Meta's copying was not an infringement, its removal of CMI could not have furthered an act of infringement.”
“The special motion to strike is granted in part and denied in part. ... The motion is denied with respect to the second and third claims, which address foreign litigation. ... The motion is granted with respect to the first claim, regarding the Texas litigation. Media Matters has waived the right to sue for breach of contract based on X's failure to adhere to the forum selection clause in bringing the Texas case.”
“The motion for summary judgment is denied. The plaintiffs’ motion to strike is denied.”
“The motion to dismiss is denied. A telephonic case management conference is scheduled for April 7, 2015”
“ORDER DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS ... Silergy's motion to dismiss MPS's willful infringement claim is granted with respect to all three patents-in-suit. Dismissal is with partial leave to amend.”
“The defendants' motion to stay the litigation is denied without prejudice to refiling that motion if the PTAB decides to institute inter partes review.”
“The complaint is therefore dismissed. Dismissal is with prejudice, because the caddies have been unable to identify a way ... they could cure the defects in their complaint”
“The caddies' motion to strike, Dkt. No. 82, is accordingly DENIED.”
“ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS ... Accordingly, the complaints are dismissed with leave to amend. ... Any amended complaints are due within 28 days”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Chhabria's docket caseload under assigned_judge='Vince Girdhari Chhabria' (full middle name; the initial form 'Vince Chhabria' was not tested but the full form returns his docket directly). His SF (-VC) docket is dominated by the In re Roundup Products Liability Litigation MDL (hundreds of individual Monsanto/glyphosate cases -- the May/June 2026 head of his docket is almost entirely new '... v. Monsanto Company' filings), plus patent (MemoryWeb v. Samsung), antitrust (Top Agent Network v. NAR), employment/civil-rights, ERISA/benefit-fund collections, and high-profile technology/First Amendment matters (Kadrey v. Meta AI copyright; Media Matters v. X Corp.; Doe v. Google).