Smith v. Rack Room Shoes, Inc.
- Lin
- 3:24-cv-06709
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Demetrius Smith v. Rack Room Shoes, Judge Lin ordered Rack Room Shoes to correct or explain a disputed case citation by October 9, 2025.
Rack Room Shoes, Inc., which was ordered to correct or explain the citation in its opposition brief.
What happened
In Demetrius Smith, et al. v. Rack Room Shoes, Inc., Rack Room Shoes cited a Ninth Circuit case in opposing the plaintiffs’ motion to amend.
The court could not locate the cited case or the quoted passage. It ordered Rack Room Shoes to provide a corrected citation and explain how the case came to be cited in its brief by October 9, 2025.
Judge Rita F. Lin issued the order on October 2, 2025. The opinion does not decide the plaintiffs’ motion to amend.
The detailed version
- Smith v. Rack Room Shoes, Inc. · No. 3:24-cv-06709
- Lin
- Oct. 2, 2025
Background
In its opposition to the plaintiffs’ motion to amend, Rack Room Shoes cited In re W. Coast Lamps, 755 F.3d 1142, 1147 (9th Cir. 2014), and quoted that case. The court stated that it was unable to locate the cited case or the relevant quotation.
Order
The court ordered Rack Room Shoes to provide a corrected citation and otherwise explain how the case came to be cited in its brief. The deadline was October 9, 2025.
What the Order Did Not Decide
The order does not state how the court would rule on the plaintiffs’ motion to amend or resolve any other issue in the case.
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