S. James Otero

Cases in this dataset

12 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.

Case volume by filing year

• 20041
• 20101
• 20143
• 20152
• 20162
• 20172
• 20181

Recent cases

• Juan J. Vargas v. Castaneda5:18-cv-01844 · 2018-08-29
• Falcon Ventures, LLC v. Haystack Ventures International, LLC2:17-cv-02649 · 2017-04-06
• Tod Eddie Bense v. United States2:17-cv-00782 · 2017-01-31
• United States v. Velda Harris5:16-cv-02347 · 2016-11-11
• United States v. Larssen2:16-cr-00270 · 2016-04-19
• Board of Directors of the Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan v. J.C. Studios LLC2:15-cv-10010 · 2015-12-31
• United States v. Hanson2:15-cr-00398 · 2015-07-21
• Deon Thomas v. Portfolio Recovery Associations LLC5:14-cv-01254 · 2014-06-19
• Deon Thomas v. Portfolio Recovery Associations, LLC5:14-cv-00998 · 2014-05-19
• Deon Thomas v. Portfolio Recovery Associations, LLC5:14-cv-00999 · 2014-05-19

Career history

• District Court, C.D. California · 2003-02-12 to End not recorded · Barack Hussein Obama

• Stanford University J.D. 1976

Sources and corrections

• courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07

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