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Judge Vince Chhabria

Federal civil cases assigned to Judge Vince Chhabria.

Judge Vince Chhabria has 4,780 federal civil cases in this index, filed between 2006 and 2026, most often Product Liability and Civil Rights matters. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement.

Appointment & Background

Appointed by
President Barack Obama
Confirmed
03/05/2014
Status
Active
Confirmation vote
58–41
Born
1969 · San Francisco, CA

Judicial record from the Federal Judicial Center biographical directory, via CourtListener.

4,780
Lawsuits
677
Open
4,103
Terminated
2006–2026
Span
3,290 of these cases (69%) are Product Liability filings consolidated as a multidistrict litigation (MDL) — thousands of near-identical suits managed together before this judge. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.

Cases by State

AL — 0 casesAZ — 0 casesAR — 0 casesCA — 4,780 casesCO — 0 casesCT — 0 casesDE — 0 casesDC — 0 casesFL — 0 casesGA — 0 casesID — 0 casesIL — 0 casesIN — 0 casesIA — 0 casesKS — 0 casesKY — 0 casesLA — 0 casesME — 0 casesMD — 0 casesMA — 0 casesMI — 0 casesMN — 0 casesMS — 0 casesMO — 0 casesMT — 0 casesNE — 0 casesNV — 0 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 0 casesNM — 0 casesNY — 0 casesNC — 0 casesND — 0 casesOH — 0 casesOK — 0 casesOR — 0 casesPA — 0 casesRI — 0 casesSC — 0 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 0 casesTX — 0 casesUT — 0 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 0 casesWA — 0 casesWV — 0 casesWI — 0 casesWY — 0 cases

Open Cases Over Time

2006peak 3,129 open2026

Case Types Over Time

20062026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractLaborFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

20062026

Case Types

Product Liability3,290
Civil Rights255
Contract195
Labor186
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions150
Real Property128

Where Filed

  • District Court, N.D. California4,766
  • District Court, E.D. California14
Clustered litigation · MDL 3,290 Product Liability member cases 69% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated as a multidistrict litigation and managed together before this judge — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 3,290 member cases →

1,490 Other Cases — Newest First

Showing 1–50 of 1,490