Otis D. Wright II

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Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
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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 Inc. v. Donald J. Trump and U.S. Department of Commerce2020Case dismissed as of September 22, 2020 [15] . [16] The case impacts the nearly 80 million [17] TikTok users in the United States and has drawn significant attention from the press.

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  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. ↑ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.792522/gov.uscourts.cacd.792522.21.0_1.pdf
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