NetChoice v. Bonta
| California Northern District Court | |
| Judge: | Beth Labson Freeman |
| Case #: | 5:25-cv-03178 |
| Nature of Suit | 950 Other Statutes - Constitutionality of State Statutes |
| Cause | 42:1983 Civil Rights Act |
| Case Filed: | Apr 09, 2025 |
| Last checked: Wednesday Apr 09, 2025 9:08 AM PDT |
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Defendant
Rob Bonta
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Plaintiff
NetChoice
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| Docket last updated: 04/25/2025 11:59 PM PDT |
| Friday, April 25, 2025 | ||
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order
Order on Stipulation
Fri 04/25 11:49 PM
ORDER GRANTING 28 STIPULATION CONTINUING DEFENDANT'S TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS COMPLAINT. Signed by Judge Beth Labson Freeman on 4/25/2025. (blflc1, COURT STAFF) |
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motion
Stipulation and Proposed Order
Fri 04/25 10:14 AM
STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER re1 Complaint filed by Rob Bonta.(Meyerhoff, Robert) |
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Att: 1
Proposed Order
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| Friday, April 18, 2025 | ||
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order
Order ~Util - Terminate Motions Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings
Fri 04/18 6:09 PM
ORDER approving 26 Stipulation. Response re 20 Motion for Preliminary Injunction due by 5/15/2025. Reply due by 5/29/2025. Hearing set on 6/26/2025 09:00 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 1, 5th Floor before Judge Beth Labson Freeman. Signed by Judge Beth Labson Freeman on 4/18/2025. (blflc1, COURT STAFF) Modified on 4/18/2025 (blflc1, COURT STAFF) |
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motion
Stipulation and Proposed Order
Fri 04/18 9:12 AM
STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER re20 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by NetChoice.(Sieff, Adam) |
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Proposed Order
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Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings
Fri 04/18 6:11 PM
Set/Reset Deadlines as to20 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction . Responses due by 5/15/2025. Replies due by 5/29/2025. Motion Hearing set for 6/26/2025 09:00 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 1, 5th Floor before Judge Beth Labson Freeman. (blflc1, COURT STAFF) |
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| Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | ||
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order
Order
Tue 04/15 5:18 PM
ORDER RE HEARING DATE AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON 20 PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. Signed by Judge Beth Labson Freeman on 4/15/2025. (blflc1, COURT STAFF) |
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Clerk's Notice ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings
Tue 04/15 10:43 AM
CLERK'S NOTICE RESETTING MOTION HEARING AND CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AFTER REASSIGNMENT. Motion Hearing as to 20 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction reset for 7/17/2025 09:00 AM and Initial Case Management Conference reset for 7/17/2025 11:00 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 1, 5th Floor. Case Management Statement due by 7/10/2025. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (tsh, COURT STAFF) |
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| Monday, April 14, 2025 | ||
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Case Assigned/Reassigned
Mon 04/14 2:58 PM
ORDER REASSIGNING CASE IT IS ORDERED that this case is reassigned using a proportionate, random and blind system pursuant to General Order No. 44 to Judge Beth Labson Freeman. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen no longer assigned to the case, except for Discovery purposes. Counsel are instructed that all future filings shall bear the updated judicial initials immediately after the case number. Counsel are reminded to verify the location of the judge on the court website. All hearing and trial dates presently scheduled are vacated. However, existing briefing schedules for motions remain unchanged. Motions must be renoticed for hearing before the judge to whom the case has been reassigned, but the renoticing of the hearing does not affect the prior briefing schedule. Other deadlines such as those for ADR compliance and discovery cutoff also remain unchanged. Notice: The assigned judge participates in the Cameras in the Courtroom Pilot Project. See [LINK:General Order 65] and [LINK:cand.uscourts.gov/cameras] . Mark B. Busby Clerk, United States District Court (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (smc, COURT STAFF) |
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Clerk's Notice of Impending Reassignment - Text Only
Mon 04/14 2:35 PM
CLERK'S NOTICE OF IMPENDING REASSIGNMENT TO A U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE: The Clerk of this Court will now randomly reassign this case to a District Judge because either (1) a party has not consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge, or (2) time is of the essence in deciding a pending judicial action for which the necessary consents to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction have not been secured. You will be informed by separate notice of the district judge to whom this case is reassigned. ALL HEARING DATES PRESENTLY SCHEDULED BEFORE THE CURRENT MAGISTRATE JUDGE ARE VACATED AND SHOULD BE RE-NOTICED FOR HEARING BEFORE THE JUDGE TO WHOM THIS CASE IS REASSIGNED. This is a text only docket entry; there is no document associated with this notice. (sfb, COURT STAFF) |
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Proposed Order
Mon 04/14 1:36 PM
Proposed Order re20 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by NetChoice. (Clement, Paul) |
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motion
Preliminary Injunction
Mon 04/14 1:09 PM
MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by NetChoice. Motion Hearing set for 5/20/2025 10:00 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 6, 4th Floor before Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen. Responses due by 4/28/2025. Replies due by 5/5/2025.(Clement, Paul) |
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Att: 1
Exhibit A - SB 1144,
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Att: 2
Exhibit B - B. Cleland Declaration,
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Att: 3
Exhibit C - A. O'Connell Declaration,
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Att: 4
Exhibit D - N. Garnett Declaration,
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Att: 5
Exhibit E - A. Sieff Declaration
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notice
Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney
Mon 04/14 11:32 AM
NOTICE of Appearance filed by Robert Leslie Meyerhoff on behalf of Rob Bonta (Meyerhoff, Robert) |
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service
Certificate/Proof of Service
Mon 04/14 11:20 AM
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by NetChoice re10 Certificate of Interested Entities,,,,, 3 Case Assigned by Intake,, (Sieff, Adam) |
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| Friday, April 11, 2025 | ||
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service
Summons Returned Executed
Fri 04/11 12:18 PM
SUMMONS Returned Executed by NetChoice. Rob Bonta served on 4/9/2025, answer due 4/30/2025. (Sieff, Adam) |
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misc
Consent/Declination to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge
Fri 04/11 11:30 AM
CONSENT/DECLINATION to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge by NetChoice.. (Sieff, Adam) |
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service
Certificate/Proof of Service
Fri 04/11 11:05 AM
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by NetChoice re8 Summons Issued,2 Certificate of Interested Entities,1 Complaint (Sieff, Adam) |
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Electronic Filing Error
Fri 04/11 11:48 AM
[LINK:Electronic filing error] . Incorrect event used for summons returned executed.This filing will not be processed by the clerks office.Please re-file in its entirety using "Summons Returned Executed/Unexecuted" event. Re:15 Certificate of Service filed by NetChoice (ark, COURT STAFF) |
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| Thursday, April 10, 2025 | ||
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order
Order on Motion for Pro Hac Vice
Thu 04/10 8:57 AM
ORDER granting 7 Application for Admission Pro Hac Vice (Joseph J. DeMott). Signed by Judge Susan van Keulen on 4/10/2025. (svklc1, COURT STAFF) Modified on 4/10/2025 (svklc1, COURT STAFF) |
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Order on Motion for Pro Hac Vice
Thu 04/10 8:55 AM
ORDER granting 6 Application for Admission Pro Hac Vice (James Y. Xi). Signed by Judge Susan van Keulen on 4/10/2025. (svklc1, COURT STAFF) |
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Order on Motion for Pro Hac Vice
Thu 04/10 8:54 AM
ORDER granting 5 Application for Admission Pro Hac Vice (Erin E. Murphy). Signed by Judge Susan van Keulen on 4/10/2025. (svklc1, COURT STAFF) |
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Order on Motion for Pro Hac Vice
Thu 04/10 8:53 AM
ORDER granting 4 Application for Admission Pro Hac Vice (Paul D. Clement). Signed by Judge Susan van Keulen on 4/10/2025. (svklc1, COURT STAFF) |
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| Wednesday, April 09, 2025 | ||
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notice
Certificate of Interested Entities, Corporate Disclosure Statement, or Rule 7.1 Disclosures
Wed 04/09 3:57 PM
Certificate of Interested Entities by NetChoice identifying Other Affiliate Netflix, Inc., Other Affiliate eBay Inc., Other Affiliate Google, Other Affiliate Expedia, Inc., Other Affiliate StubHub, Inc., Other Affiliate YouTube, Other Affiliate Alibaba.com, Other Affiliate Pinterest, Inc., Other Affiliate Hotels.com, LP, Other Affiliate Lyft, Inc., Other Affiliate AOL, Other Affiliate HomeAway.com, Inc., Other Affiliate Etsy, Inc., Other Affiliate Reddit, Inc., Other Affiliate Waymo LLC, Other Affiliate PayPal, Inc., Other Affiliate Snap, Inc., Other Affiliate Airbnb, Inc., Other Affiliate Yahoo!, Other Affiliate Nextdoor, Inc., Other Affiliate Duolingo, Inc., Other Affiliate Meta Platforms, Inc., Other Affiliate Turo, Inc., Other Affiliate Pindrop Security, Inc., Other Affiliate Orbitz, Other Affiliate Travelocity, Other Affiliate VRBO, Other Affiliate X CORP., Other Affiliate Dreamwidth Studios, LLC, Other Affiliate Earnin US LLC, Other Affiliate Fluid Market Inc., Other Affiliate Hims & Hers Health, Inc., Other Affiliate OfferUp Inc., Other Affiliate SidePrize LLC, Other Affiliate Swimply, Inc., Other Affiliate The Travel Technology Association, Other Affiliate Trivago N.V., Other Affiliate VSBLTY Group Technologies Corp., Other Affiliate Wing Aviation LLC, Other Affiliate Amazon.Com, Inc. for NetChoice. re1 Complaint (Sieff, Adam) |
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order
Initial Case Management Scheduling Order with ADR Deadlines
Wed 04/09 2:42 PM
Initial Case Management Scheduling Order with ADR Deadlines: Case Management Statement due by 7/1/2025. Initial Case Management Conference set for 7/8/2025 09:30 AM in San Jose, - Videoconference Only. (aea2, COURT STAFF) |
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service
Summons Issued
Wed 04/09 2:33 PM
Summons Issued as to Rob Bonta. (aea2, COURT STAFF) |
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motion
Pro Hac Vice
Wed 04/09 10:51 AM
MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number CCANDC-20546666.) Filing fee previously paid on April 9, 2025 filed by NetChoice. (DeMott, Joseph) |
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motion
Pro Hac Vice
Wed 04/09 10:37 AM
MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-20546602.) filed by NetChoice. (Xi, James) |
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motion
Pro Hac Vice
Wed 04/09 10:33 AM
MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-20546584.) filed by NetChoice. (Murphy, Erin) |
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motion
Pro Hac Vice
Wed 04/09 10:32 AM
MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-20546580.) filed by NetChoice. (Clement, Paul) |
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~Util - Case Assigned by Intake
Wed 04/09 10:10 AM
Case assigned to Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen. Counsel for plaintiff or the removing party is responsible for serving the Complaint or Notice of Removal, Summons and the assigned judge's standing orders and all other new case documents upon the opposing parties. For information, visit E-Filing A New Civil Case at http://cand.uscourts.gov/ecf/caseopening. Standing orders can be downloaded from the court's web page at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Upon receipt, the summons will be issued and returned electronically. A scheduling order will be sent by Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) within two business days. Consent/Declination due by 4/23/2025. (kam2, COURT STAFF) |
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notice
Certificate of Interested Entities, Corporate Disclosure Statement, or Rule 7.1 Disclosures
Wed 04/09 9:10 AM
Certificate of Interested Entities by NetChoice re1 Complaint (Sieff, Adam) |
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Complaint
Wed 04/09 9:09 AM
COMPLAINT against Rob Bonta ( Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACANDC-20545820.). Filed by NetChoice.(Sieff, Adam) |
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Att: 1
Civil Cover Sheet,
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Summons
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Electronic Filing Error
Wed 04/09 2:27 PM
[LINK:Electronic filing error] . Filer did not add all interested parties when prompted. Re-file this document in its entirety and when prompted, enter all affiliates or corporate parents.This filing will not be processed by the clerks office.Please re-file in its entirety. Re:2 Certificate of Interested Entities filed by NetChoice (aea2, COURT STAFF) |
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