Calendar for: Judge Susan Illston
Courtroom #1, 17th Floor
Courtroom Deputy: Esther Chung


Last Updated: Nov 17 2025 7:03AM
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Friday, Nov 21 2025
10:00AM
- Civil L&M - Zoom
Court Reporter: Ana Dub
3:21-cv-07171-SI - Center For Biological Diversity et al v. United States Bureau of Land Management et al
P: Justin Augustine, Lisa Belenky, Victoria Bogdan Tejeda, Matthew Sanders
Motion for Vacatur/Remedy
3:23-cv-03579-SI - Gallagher v. City and County of San Francisco et al
Motion to Set Aside Default, Motion for Default Judgment
11:00AM
- Criminal L&M - In Person
Court Reporter: Ana Dub
3:17-cr-00396-SI-1 - USA v. Carlos Orellana
AUSA: Michael Lagrama/DEF: Elizabeth Falk/Probation: Kevin Maynor/Interpreter: Cristina Visus
Status Conference re SRV/PRBV
3:20-cr-00332-SI-1 - USA v. Jaray Washington
AUSA: Jonah Ross/DEF: John Jordan/Probation:
Change of Plea Hearing
3:22-cr-00257-SI-1 - USA v. Dmitry Vasilev
AUSA: Claudia Quiroz, Ryan Rezaei, Catherine Alden-Pelker/DEF: Matthew Dirkes/Pretrial: Brad Wilson/Interpreter: Marina Brodskya
Status Conference
3:23-cr-00403-SI-1 - USA v. Rodolfo Pada
AUSA: David Lee/DEF: James Reilly
Status Conference
3:24-cr-00467-SI - USA v. Jaray Washington
Change of Plea Hearing
02:30PM
- Initial Case Management Conferences - Zoom 161-210-8939/Pswd: 539983
3:24-cv-01751-SI - 505 SFD, LLC v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
P: Paymon Hifair
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-01544-SI - Maxwell Olson v. News Nation Network Pvt. Ltd. et al
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-01547-SI - Timmer v. News Nation Network Pvt. Ltd. et al
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-05431-SI - Estate of Dakota Michael Anderson-Turner v. County of Lake et al
P: Sanjay Schmidt, T. Kennedy Helm, Grace Jun/D: Kevin Peek (Brooks, Wilcox, Hallman, Vargas, Cal. Forensics)John Whitefleet (County, Villalobos, Castillo, Masedo)
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-07088-SI - Urban v. Client Services, Inc. et al
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
03:00PM
- Further Case Management Conferences - Zoom 161-210-8939/Pswd: 539983
3:22-cv-05939-SI - James et al v. Contra Costa County et al
D: Patrick Hurley
Status Conference
3:23-cv-04287-SI - Regalado, Sr. et al v. BNSF Railway Company
P: Christopher Yuhl (Perez), Jessica Danielski (Regalado)/D: David Beach, Nick Rineberg (Bloomfield); Stephanie Quinn (BNSF, Amtrak)
Further Case Mgmt Conference
3:24-cv-03695-SI - H.W. et al v. Jensen
Status Conference
3:24-cv-03737-SI - Nieves et al v. BNSF Railway Company et al.
P: Kimberly Levy/D: Theodore Hoppe (Somerhalder)
Further Case Mgmt Conference
3:24-cv-03752-SI - Perez v. BNSF Railway Company et al
Robert LUke (Perez)
Further Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-03489-SI - Green v. BMW of North America LLC
Further Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-04907-SI - Clark v. Ocean Angel VI, LLC
P: Aksana Coone, Charles Naylor/D/Plaintiff in Limitation: Ocean Angel
Further Case Mgmt Conference
Friday, Nov 28 2025
- JUDGE UNAVAILABLE ALL DAY
Friday, Dec 5 2025
10:00AM
- Civil L&M - Zoom
3:20-cv-00076-SI - Sayce v. Forescout Technologies, Inc. et al
Motion for Attorney Fees
Motion for Settlement
Motion Hearing
3:21-cv-01486-SI - Moradpour v. Velodyne Lidar, Inc. et al
Motion for Disbursement of Funds
11:00AM
- Criminal L&M - In Person
3:18-cr-00086-SI - USA v. Judson Stiglich
Status Conference
3:22-cr-00256-SI-1 - USA v. Aliaksandr Klimenka
Motion to Compel
02:30PM
- Initial Case Management Conferences - Zoom 161-210-8939/Pswd: 539983
3:25-cv-00990-SI - Taylor v. ConverseNow Technologies, Inc.
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-07509-SI - Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 99.7.59.143
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
03:00PM
- Further Case Management Conferences - Zoom 161-210-8939/Pswd: 539983
3:24-cv-08437-SI - Airwair International LTD., a company of the United Kingdom v. Zoetop Business Co., Limited d/b/a Shein, a Hong Kong corporation
Further Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-04648-SI - Shilman v. Libbey Glass LLC et al
Further Case Mgmt Conference
Friday, Dec 12 2025
10:00AM
- Civil L&M - Zoom
11:00AM
- Criminal L&M - In Person
3:25-cr-00146-SI - USA v. Johnny Jameson
Change of Plea Hearing
02:30PM
- Initial Case Management Conferences - Zoom 161-210-8939/Pswd: 539983
3:25-cv-04028-SI - Koltys v. Bisignano
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-05185-SI - Thompson v. Observe.AI, Inc.
P: Adrian Gucovschi
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-06558-SI - Adelaja v. Guillen et al
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
03:00PM
- Further Case Management Conferences - Zoom 161-210-8939/Pswd: 539983
3:23-cv-01037-SI - Ibarra v. Martin O'Malley
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
3:25-cv-02060-SI - Radice v. Jerusalem Boxing Club, LLC et al
Further Case Mgmt Conference
Friday, Dec 19 2025
10:00AM
- Civil L&M - Zoom
3:23-cv-03579-SI - Gallagher v. City and County of San Francisco et al
Cross Motions for Summary Judgment
3:23-cv-04247-SI - Martinez v. Napa State Hospital et al
Motion to Dismiss
3:23-cv-05069-SI - Fan v. NBA Properties Inc. et al
Motion for Attorney Fees
3:25-cv-04051-SI - Dougherty et al v. Zynga Inc.
Motion Hearing
Motion to Compel
Motion to Dismiss
Motion to Stay
3:25-cv-04869-SI - Arkin et al v. United States of America
Motion to Dismiss Hearing
3:25-cv-05431-SI - Estate of Dakota Michael Anderson-Turner v. County of Lake et al
Motion to Dismiss
11:00AM
- Criminal L&M - In Person
3:24-cr-00445-SI-1 - USA v. Futseng Chen
AUSA: David Ward/DEF: Edward Smock/Probation: Pepper Friesen
Sentencing
3:25-cr-00056-SI - USA v. Marco Hernandez
Status Conference
3:25-cr-00056-SI - USA v. Robert Strzelecki
Status Conference
3:25-cr-00283-SI - USA v. Lary Amador Garin
Status Conference
3:25-cr-00283-SI - USA v. Jonatas Costa
Status Conference
3:25-cr-00283-SI - USA v. Carmen Valerio Ramos
Status Conference
02:30PM
- Initial Case Management Conferences - Zoom 161-210-8939/Pswd: 539983
3:25-cv-06253-SI - Litvinova v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals et al
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
03:00PM
- Further Case Management Conferences - Zoom 161-210-8939/Pswd: 539983
3:23-cv-02691-SI - Young v. Wenger et al
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
3:23-cv-06441-SI - Hunt v. Sunrise Operations LLC
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Further Case Mgmt Conference
3:24-cv-06511-SI - Viral DRM LLC v. Navarro et al
Status Conference
3:24-cv-09273-SI - Mattei v. FCA US, LLC
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Further Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-00811-SI - Ballard v. Insomniac Holdings, LLC
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
3:25-cv-00827-SI - Malone v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Further Case Mgmt Conference
Monday, Dec 22 2025
- CHAMBERS DARK
Tuesday, Dec 23 2025
- CHAMBERS DARK
Wednesday, Dec 24 2025
- CHAMBERS DARK
Thursday, Dec 25 2025
- CHAMBERS DARK
Friday, Dec 26 2025
- CHAMBERS DARK
Saturday, Dec 27 2025
- CHAMBERS DARK
Sunday, Dec 28 2025
- CHAMBERS DARK
Monday, Dec 29 2025
- CHAMBERS DARK
 
 
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NOTICE IN ALL CIVIL AND CRIMINAL MATTERS PENDING BEFORE

JUDGE SUSAN ILLSTON OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Updated:  November 13, 2025

Any person appearing in the Courtroom must be fully vaccinated and boosted.

This Schedule remains in effect until further order of the Court.

Civil Case Management Calendar: Case Management Conferences will remain on Zoom until further notice.

  • Initial Case Management Conferences will take place Fridays, at 2:30 p.m.
  • Further Case Management Conferences will take place Fridays, at 3:00 p.m.

Parties shall confirm the time of their Case Management Conference by checking the docket the day before, as these times may change depending on the Court’s caseload.

Civil Law and Motion Calendar: Civil Law and Motion matters will be held on Fridays, at 10 a.m. via Zoom.  If parties wish to appear in person they can file a joint Stipulation requesting in-person hearing.  

Hearing dates do not need to be reserved.  However, parties should review the dates listed below regarding closed dates for Notices.  All Motions must be noticed pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-3 (a) and (c).  

Tentative Rulings are not provided before the hearing date.

Criminal Calendar: Criminal Law and Motion are held on Fridays at 11 a.m. Parties can request Zoom appearances for out of custody status hearings and sentencings.  Changes of Plea must be in-person.  Zoom hearings will be held before in-person hearings.  

CHAMBER'S COPIES:  Chamber's copies shall be provided for any document over 10 pages.  

All courtesy copies must be unstapled and three-hole punched at the left margin.  Please do NOT provide binders with the courtesy copies.  All courtesy copies must bear the ECF stamp (case number, document number, date and page number) on the top of each page.  The courtesy copies must be delivered to the Clerk’s Office no later than noon two (2) days after filing of the document.  (E.g., courtesy copies due at noon on Tuesday for sentencing memos filed the Friday prior.)  For motions to seal, the parties shall refer to the specific instructions regarding courtesy copies contained in Section 9(c) of Judge Illston’s Standing Order.   Please direct any questions regarding courtesy copies to sicrd@cand.uscourts.gov.

CLOSED FOR FURTHER SETTINGS

No matters can be scheduled on the following dates:

November 27 - 28, 2025

December 22-31, 2025

January 1-2, 2026

March 23 - 27, 2026

May 25 - 29, 2026

Counsel are hereby given notice that such absence constitutes a certificate of unavailability. If urgency requires, counsel in any case assigned or referred to Judge Illston may request a hearing before the General Duty Judge pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1 (c) by contacting Judge Illston's Courtroom Clerk (sicrd@cand.uscourts.gov).