Calendar for: Judge Edward M. Chen
Courtroom 5, 17th Floor
Courtroom Deputy: Vicky Ayala


Last Updated: Jun 15 2025 5:02PM
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Monday, Jun 16 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Tuesday, Jun 17 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
09:00AM
3:20-cv-07122-EMC - Zeff v. Greystar California, Inc.
Status Conference
3:20-cv-09222-EMC - Yearby v. American National Insurance Company
Status Conference
Wednesday, Jun 18 2025
10:00AM
EMC - UNDERSEAL v. UNDERSEAL
EMC - UNDERSEAL v. UNDERSEAL
EMC - UNDERSEAL v. UNDERSEAL
EMC - UNDERSEAL v. UNDERSEAL
EMC - UNDERSEAL v. UNDERSEAL
03:00PM
EMC - UNDERSEAL v. UNDERSEAL
Friday, Jun 20 2025
09:00AM
3:21-cv-04062-EMC - Guardant Health, Inc. v. Natera, Inc.
Motion for Attorney Fees
Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law
Motion for Miscellaneous Relief
Motion for Permanent Injunction
Motion to Alter Judgment
Monday, Jun 23 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Tuesday, Jun 24 2025
01:00PM
3:25-cv-01766-EMC - National TPS Alliance et al v. Noem et al
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
01:30PM
3:25-cv-01946-EMC - Zambrana v. Amazon.com Services LLC
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-02007-EMC - Ram v. Sun Country Airlines
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-02143-EMC - K. v. G6 Hospitality, LLC, et al
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
02:30PM
3:21-cv-00778-EMC - ESC-Toy Ltd. v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC et al
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
3:21-cv-04094-EMC - Mish v. TForce Freight, Inc.
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
3:22-cv-01177-EMC - Victor Gonzalez v. TForce Freight, Inc. et al
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
3:22-cv-04755-EMC - Tappin v. TForce Freight, Inc.
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
3:23-cv-00522-EMC - Myers et al. v. Sazerac Company, Inc.
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Further Case Mgmt Conference
Thursday, Jun 26 2025
09:00AM
3:19-cr-00413-EMC - USA v. Jonathan Ponce
Sentencing
3:19-cr-00621-EMC - USA v. Ahmad Abouammo
Sentencing
3:21-cr-00257-EMC - USA v. Jonathan Ponce
Sentencing
3:23-cr-00228-EMC - USA v. Marco Martinez
Status Conference
01:30PM
3:21-cv-01998-EMC - Wills v. City of Monterey et al
Motion for Summary Judgment
3:22-cv-02130-EMC - Gutzalenko et al v. City of Richmond et al
Motion for Summary Judgment
3:23-cv-00023-EMC - Align Technology, Inc. v. SmileDirectClub, LLC et al
Withdraw as Party's Only Attorney
3:24-cv-02066-EMC - Daugherty et al v. Padagis Israel Pharmaceuticals Limited et al
Further Case Mgmt Conference
Motion for Miscellaneous Relief
Motion to Dismiss
Friday, Jun 27 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Monday, Jun 30 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Tuesday, Jul 1 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Wednesday, Jul 2 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Thursday, Jul 3 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Friday, Jul 4 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Tuesday, Jul 8 2025
01:30PM
3:25-cv-00815-EMC - BloomTech Inc. v. RSUI Indemnity Company et al
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-01169-EMC - Lee v. Marriott International, Inc. et al
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
3:25-cv-01694-EMC - Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company v. Pepe's Foods, Inc.
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
02:30PM
3:11-cv-01729-EMC - Thomas et al v. Howrey LLP
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Status Conference
3:24-cv-02744-EMC - Samuels et al v. Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation
Status Conference
Wednesday, Jul 9 2025
09:00AM
3:21-cv-04062-EMC - Guardant Health, Inc. v. Natera, Inc.
Evidentiary Hearing
02:30PM
3:17-cr-00533-EMC-12 - USA v. Merl Frederick Hefferman
Status Conference
3:20-cr-00240-EMC - USA v. Kenneth Franklin
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
3:24-cr-00341-EMC - USA v. Jonathan Pulliam
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Status Conference
Thursday, Jul 10 2025
09:00AM
3:15-cr-00132-EMC - USA v. Karl Davidson
Status Conference
3:23-cr-00210-EMC - USA v. Henry Muller
Sentencing
3:24-cr-00158-EMC - USA v. Rajesh Kapoor
Restitution Hearing
3:25-cr-00108-EMC - USA v. Antoine Videau
Status Conference
Trial Setting Hearing
01:30PM
3:18-cv-00510-EMC - FullView, Inc. v. Polycom, Inc.
Motion for Miscellaneous Relief
3:25-cv-02149-EMC - Gradney et al v. Polar Beverages
Motion to Dismiss
3:25-cv-03530-EMC - Rios et al v. HRB Digital LLC et al
Motion Hearing
Friday, Jul 11 2025
09:00AM
3:24-cv-08660-EMC - Coronavirus Reporter Corporation et al v. Apple Inc
Motion for Sanctions
Motion to Dismiss
3:25-cv-00666-EMC - McBride v. Commissioner of Social Security
Motion to Dismiss
3:25-cv-01766-EMC - National TPS Alliance et al v. Noem et al
Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
Tuesday, Jul 15 2025
02:30PM
3:18-cv-05529-EMC - Truman v. Alvior et al
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
3:19-cv-01988-EMC - Rattagan v. Uber Technologies, Inc. et al
Status Conference
3:23-cv-04640-EMC - Anicama v. Oracle America, Inc. et al
For connection information, please see the judge's page.
Status Conference
Thursday, Jul 17 2025
09:00AM
3:19-cr-00530-EMC - USA v. Joseph Corey
Status Conference
3:20-cr-00481-EMC - USA v. Joseph Corey
Status Conference
3:21-cr-00306-EMC - USA v. Luis Tzun-Magana
Status Conference re SRV/PRBV
3:25-cr-00089-EMC - USA v. Daniel Nguyen
Change of Plea Hearing
01:30PM
3:21-cv-03649-EMC - Netflix, Inc. v. CA, Inc. et al
Motion for Miscellaneous Relief
3:23-cv-00871-EMC - Floyd v. 24 Hour Fitness USA, LLC.
Motion for Summary Judgment
3:25-cv-02344-EMC - Diversified Restaurant Group, LLC et al v. Houston Casualty Company et al
Motion to Dismiss
3:25-cv-02701-EMC - Shirokov et al v. Ardatovskiy et al
Motion to Dismiss/Lack of Jurisdiction
Initial Case Mgmt Conference
Motion for Discovery
Motion for Miscellaneous Relief
3:25-cv-03388-EMC - Turbin et al v. Thumbtack, Inc.
Motion to Compel
3:25-cv-03601-EMC - Allen v. 1798, LLC
Motion to Compel
Monday, Jul 21 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Tuesday, Jul 22 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Wednesday, Jul 23 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
Thursday, Jul 24 2025
- Judge Unavailable - All Day
 
 
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District Judge Edward M. Chen, Courtroom 5, 17th Floor
Courtroom Deputy:  (415) 522-2034

Copies of Judge Chen's Standing Orders are available in the clerk's office in any division of the Northern District or here on the website under Standing Orders. 

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***IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CASES BEFORE JUDGE CHEN***

Effective June 1, 2024, all civil law and  motion hearings and civil pretrial conferences will be held in-person in Courtroom 5, 17th Floor.  All parties are required to arrive 30 minutes prior to the scheduled hearing time to check-in with the Courtroom Deputy.  If counsel wishes to appear by Zoom, such request (and reason therefor) must be filed on the docket and shall be made no later than 14 days in advance of the hearing.  

All criminal hearings and conferences will remain scheduled by videoconference on Wednesdays, unless an in-person hearing is requested.  In-Person hearings on criminal matters are now available to be set on Thursdays mornings from 9AM - 12:00PM noon.  All live in-court appearances will be held in Courtroom #5, 17th Floor.

Initial Case Management Conferences, Further Case Management Conferences, and Status Conferences in all civil matters are now regularly scheduled on Tuesdays at 1:30PM and 2:30PM, respectively, effective July 1, 2021. These hearings will be conducted via Zoom.   Standing Order revised.

CHAMBER COPIES:

Hard chamber copies no longer required. Exceptions to this are pretrial conferences, summary judgments, claims constructions.  Parties are to review revised Civil Standing Order - General for further details. 

CIVIL LAW AND MOTION HEARINGS:

The Court will generally limit the number of motions on any civil law-and-motion date to 6 matters; counsel should not notice a motion on a date that already has 6 cases with a motion(s) pending. 

 If 6 matters are already pending but there is good cause to add another matter to the calendar, a party may file an administrative request for relief at the time it files its substantive motion, asking for its matter to be added to the otherwise full calendar.  There may be good cause where, e.g., a party is moving for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction; a party is filing a motion for summary judgment in accordance with the schedule laid out in the pretrial order; or a party's motion needs resolution based on other deadlines set by the Court.

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To enter Judge Chen's virtual courtroom, please click the link below:

https://cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1619911861?pwd=TjVma1lnMlJlNHR3ZE9QMkFjNkFndz09

Webinar ID: 161 991 1861
Password: 912881

For important information and guidance on technical preparation, please see https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/zoom/.

All cases are being heard via the Zoom Webinar link above.

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***THIS COURT DOES NOT RESERVE HEARING DATES AND DOES NOT ISSUE TENTATIVE RULINGS***

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Court Schedule (subject to change if in trial:)

Criminal Law and Motion (Remote): Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
Criminal Law and Motion (In-custody and Live Appearances): Thursday at 9:00 a.m.

Civil Case Management Conferences and Status Conferences:
Tuesday - Initial Case Management Conferences at 1:30 p.m. and
Further Case Management Conferences and Status Conference at 2:30 p.m.

Civil Law and Motion: Thursday at 1:30 p.m. (Court does not reserve hearing date; Judge Chen does not issue tentative rulings)

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Pretrial Conference: Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.

Trial: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Dark on Thursday)

 NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY

Please take notice that the Honorable Edward M. Chen, United States District Judge, will not be available on the following days:

January 1-3, 15-20, 27-31, 2025

February 3, 4, 13, 14, 2025

March 10-14; 31, 2025

April 1-4;  23-30, 2025

May 1-16, 2025

June 2-6; 13 (available until 12:00 PM), 16, 17, 23, 27, 30 2025

July 1-3; 21-24, 2025

September 5, 24-26, 2025

October 27-29, 2025

November 6-21, 2025

December 8-12, 2025

All counsel are hereby given notice that such absence constitutes a certificate of unavailability pursuant to Civil L.R. 1-5(p).

If urgency requires, counsel in cases assigned to Judge Chen may request a hearing before the General Duty Judge as provided in Civil Local Rule 7-1(c).