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Vince Girdhari Chhabria

United States District Court for the Northern District of California district Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic) 15 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Bondy v. Monsanto Company (In re Roundup Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2741)
3:19-cv-06446-VC · 2020-05-15
Voluntary dismissal (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss Without Prejudice is GRANTED. IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: May 15, 2020”

Stemcell Technologies Canada Inc. v. StemExpress, LLC
3:21-cv-01594 · 2022-02-21
Motions to dismiss (plaintiff) Granted in part

“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.”

Garcia v. Dhugga
3:21-cv-07542 · 2022-09-13
Voluntary dismissal (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“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.”

Doe I v. Google LLC
3:23-cv-02431 · 2023-10-11
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Denied

“The plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is denied.”

Motion to appoint counsel (plaintiff) Denied

“The plaintiffs’ motion to appoint interim lead counsel and lead plaintiff is also denied.”

Foral v. Monsanto Co. (In re Roundup Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2741)
3:20-cv-03440 · 2024-03-12
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Monsanto’s motion to dismiss under Rule 41(b) is therefore granted. The above-captioned action is dismissed without prejudice.”

Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
3:23-cv-03417-VC · 2025-06-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“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.”

Media Matters for America v. X Corp.
3:25-cv-02397-VC · 2025-07-03
Special motion to strike (defendant) Granted in part

“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.”

In re Vaxart, Inc. Securities Litigation
3:20-cv-05949 · 2025-07-07
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“The motion for summary judgment is denied. The plaintiffs’ motion to strike is denied.”

Police & Fire Retirement System of City of Detroit v. Crane (In re Epocrates Securities Litigation)
3:13-cv-00945 · 2015-03-13
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“The motion to dismiss is denied. A telephonic case management conference is scheduled for April 7, 2015”

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. v. Silergy Corp.
5:14-cv-01745 · 2015-06-18
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“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.”

Motions to stay (defendant) Denied

“The defendants' motion to stay the litigation is denied without prejudice to refiling that motion if the PTAB decides to institute inter partes review.”

Hicks v. PGA Tour, Inc.
3:15-cv-00489 · 2016-02-09
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“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”

Motions to strike (plaintiff) Denied

“The caddies' motion to strike, Dkt. No. 82, is accordingly DENIED.”

Aulbach v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
3:16-cv-06485 · 2017-05-04
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS ... Accordingly, the complaints are dismissed with leave to amend. ... Any amended complaints are due within 28 days”

Caseload & timing

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Chhabria's San Francisco caseload is dominated by the Roundup products-liability multidistrict litigation, including hundreds of individual glyphosate cases. It also includes patent, antitrust, employment and civil-rights, employee-benefit collection, technology, copyright, and First Amendment matters.

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