Otis D. Wright II

Last updated
Otis Dalino Wright II
Otis Wright District Judge.jpg
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Assumed office
April 16, 2007
CaseYearReason for becoming widely discussed or noted
Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins 2011Ruled against plaintiff's standing to sue because he had not alleged a sufficiently individualized injury. Wright was reversed by the unanimous United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which was itself then found to be in error by the U.S. Supreme Court. [7] On remand, the Ninth Circuit again found the plaintiff had standing to sue. [8]
Prenda Law 2013Ruling against a "notorious" U.S. law firm and principals, which was viewed by onlookers and the court as engaging in copyright trolling and alleged legal extortion practices, often via shell companies. The case resulted in sanctions and law firm dissolution. Wright's opinion included a number of Star Trek catchphrases. [9] [10]
U.S.A. v. Hudson, Whitfield & Dunlap 2014Ruling against legitimacy of a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF") fictional stash-house robbery sting operation; such operations had drawn significant media and judicial concerns previously for a perceived inherent lack of fairness.
Alan Baker v. Allstate Insurance Company2019Imposed sanctions in the amount of US$ 17,808 [11] after plaintiff's attorney Christopher Hook sent widely publicized [12] emails containing profanities and threats to counsel for Allstate. [13]
SpaceX v. U.S. Air Force2020SpaceX was not entitled to relief after the Air Force awarded contracts to United Launch Alliance (ULA), Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman to help those companies with costs of developing new rockets and infrastructure. [14]
TikTok v. Trump 2020Lawsuit challenging an executive order banning TikTok; the case impacted the nearly 80 million [15] TikTok users in the United States and drew significant attention from the press. The case was voluntarily dismissed in the Central District of California in September 2020 [16] and filed instead in the District of Columbia. [17]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ronald S. W. Lew</span> American judge (1941–2023)

Ronald Sing Wai Lew was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James E. Rogan</span> American politician (born 1957)

James Edward Rogan is an American judge of the Superior Court of California, adjunct law professor, author and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from California. He also formerly served as United States Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, California State Assembly Majority Leader, a judge of the California Municipal Court, a gang murder prosecutor with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office and a civil litigator in private law practice. In January 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Rogan to be a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California, but the Senate failed to act on the nomination before the expiration of Bush's term in office.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">R. Gary Klausner</span> American judge (born 1941)

Robert Gary Klausner is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nora Margaret Manella</span> American judge from California

Nora Margaret Manella is the Presiding Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Consuelo Bland Marshall</span> American judge (born 1936)

Consuelo Bland Marshall is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Donald W. Molloy</span> American judge (born 1946)

Donald William Molloy is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James V. Selna</span> American judge (born 1945)

James V. Selna is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas J. Whelan (judge)</span> American judge (born 1940)

Thomas John Whelan is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacqueline Nguyen</span> American judge (born 1965)

Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 2009 to 2012 and as a California superior court judge from 2002 to 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dolly Gee</span> American judge (born 1959)

Dolly Maizie Gee is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucy Koh</span> American judge (born 1968)

Lucy Haeran Koh is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Koh previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 2010 to 2021. She also served as a California state court judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court from 2008 to 2010. She is the first Korean American woman to serve on a federal appellate court in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gonzalo P. Curiel</span> American judge (born 1953)

Gonzalo Paul Curiel is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beverly Reid O'Connell</span> American judge (1965–2017)

Beverly Ann Reid O'Connell was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Prenda Law, also known as Steele | Hansmeier PLLP and Anti-Piracy Law Group, was a Chicago-based law firm that ostensibly operated by undertaking litigation against copyright infringement. However, it was later characterized by the United States District Court for Central California in a May 2013 ruling as a "porno-trolling collective" whose business model "relie[d] on deception", and which resembled most closely a conspiracy and racketeering enterprise, referring in the judgment to RICO, the U.S. Federal anti-racketeering law. The firm ostensibly dissolved itself in July 2013 shortly after the adverse ruling although onlookers described Alpha Law Firm LLC as its apparent replacement. In 2014, the ABA Journal described the "Prenda Law saga" as having entered "legal folklore".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carl J. Nichols</span> American judge (born 1970)

Carl John Nichols is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel P. Collins</span> American judge (born 1963)

Daniel Paul Collins is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stanley Blumenfeld</span> American judge (born 1962)

Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He formerly served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2006 to 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fernando Aenlle-Rocha</span> Cuban-American judge (born 1961)

Fernando Lazaro Aenlle-Rocha is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and former California state court judge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong</span> American judge (born 1976)

Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong is an American attorney serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She previously served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2015 to 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fred W. Slaughter</span> American judge (born 1973)

Fred Wallace Slaughter is an American lawyer who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He previously served as a judge on the California Superior Court for Orange County from 2014 to 2022.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session. 4.J 89/2:S.HRG.110-138/ PT.1 (2007)
  2. 1 2 3 Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Five to Los Angeles County Superior Court Archived 2010-10-08 at the Wayback Machine , Press Release: Office of the Governor (October 28, 2005).
  3. ↑ Kenneth Ofgang, Superior Court Judge Otis D. Wright II Confirmed to U.S. District Court for Central District of California, Metropolitan News-Enterprise (March 19, 2007).
  4. ↑ "California Courts and Judges". James Pub. 1 January 2006 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "PN1952 — Otis D. Wright III — The Judiciary". Congress.gov.
  6. ↑ Otis D. Wright II at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  7. ↑ Note, The Supreme Court, 2015 Term — Leading Cases , 130 Harv. L. Rev. 437 (2016).
  8. ↑ Note, Recent Case: Ninth Circuit Allows Fair Credit Reporting Act Class Action to Proceed Past Standing Challenge , 131 Harv. L. Rev. 894 (2018).
  9. ↑ Prenda hammered: Judge sends porn-trolling lawyers to criminal investigators, arstechnica.com
  10. ↑ Masnick, Mike (May 21, 2013). "Bad Day For Prenda Continues: Judge Rejects Stay, Adds $1k Per Day For Each Day They Don't Pay Up". TechDirt . Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Order awarding in part, defendant's costs and fees" (PDF). February 28, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  12. ↑ Matt Naham (December 5, 2019). "Allstate Lawyers Say Attorney Made Threats, Called Them 'F***tards' and Worse. He Says It Was a 'Negotiating Tactic.'". Dan_Abrams#Law_&_Crime . Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  13. ↑ Michael Hiltzik (December 17, 2019). "Column: A lawyer tried to win his case with obscene insults. That only infuriated the judge". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  14. ↑ "California judge ends SpaceX's lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force". The Communicator. 2020-10-03. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  15. ↑ "TikTok Statistics - Everything You Need to Know [August 2020 Update]". Wallaroo Media. 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  16. ↑ "Docket for TikTok Inc. v. U.S. Department of Commerce, 2:20-cv-07672 - CourtListener.com". CourtListener. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  17. ↑ "Docket for TikTok Inc. v. Trump". CourtListener. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
Legal offices
Preceded byJudge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
2007–present		Incumbent
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.