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J. Boone refuses to dismiss a church’s claims against the U.S. Attorney General and others arising from a raid, arrest and seizures of its holy ayahuasca tea, which contains trace amounts of DMT, citing financial and spiritual losses. The district court has jurisdiction, the church has standing and it has sufficiently pleaded a prima facie case under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Boone, Filed On: January 9, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv545, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Constitution, Government, Jurisdiction
J. Boone recommends granting a petition for approval of a minor’s compromise in the amount of $19,000 arising from the death of his father, who suffered a seizure while incarcerated. The amount is a fair and reasonable settlement.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Boone, Filed On: December 20, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv538, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Settlements, Damages
J. Boone approves a $252,000 PAGA settlement of a worker’s wage itemization-related claims against Starbucks. The settlement is fair, adequate and reasonable.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Boone, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv746, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Settlements, Class Action, Labor
J. Boone grants, in part, both parties’ ex parte motions to modify the scheduling order of an employment discrimination action. The parties were engaged in negotiations up to the deadline, trial is not imminent and prejudice is minimal.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Boone, Filed On: August 18, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv594, NOS: Labor/Management Relations - Labor, Categories: Civil Procedure, Discovery, Employment Discrimination
J. Boone denies an individual’s ex parte application to extend the deadline to file a reply and for leave to take depositions in her putative class labor action. Due, in part, to her delay, she fails to show that such an extraordinary remedy is warranted.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Boone, Filed On: August 10, 2023, Case #: 1:19cv484, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Civil Procedure, Class Action, Labor
J. Boone recommends denying, in part, a food product company’s motion to dismiss an assurance group's claims related to metal pieces found in tortillas made with the company's cashew flour. The assurance group adequately pleads its claims for breach of implied warranty of merchantability, breach of implied warranty of fitness for particular purpose and unjust enrichment.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Boone, Filed On: June 29, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv904, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Warranty, Contract
J. Boone recommends granting a city and city officials’ motion to dismiss a former baseball player’s discrimination, retaliation and contract claims related to his 25-year lease of a city-owned sports complex. He fails to show that issues over the parties' contract were due to discrimination due, in part, to the lack of allegations of direct discrimination, or that the officials showed racial animus or mentioned his race.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Boone, Filed On: June 21, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv1069, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Contract