Echeverria-Corzan v. Fox Corporation
- Martinez-Olguin
- 3:25-cv-04253
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
- 2
In Sonni Echeverria-Corzan v. Fox Corporation, Judge Martinez-Olguin denied Fox’s motion to dismiss a California privacy claim.
Sonni Echeverria-Corzan, Fox Corporation, Fox News Network, LLC, and the other parties to the case; the parties must submit a supplemental case-management statement by November 20, 2025.
What happened
Sonni Echeverria-Corzan sued Fox Corporation and others. Fox Corporation and Fox News Network, LLC asked the court to dismiss the complaint.
The court found that the complaint plausibly stated a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy Act, a state law concerning privacy violations. The court compared the case with earlier decisions involving online tracking software.
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin denied the motion to dismiss for the reasons stated at the hearing. The court also ordered the parties to submit a supplemental case-management statement by November 20, 2025.
The detailed version
- Echeverria-Corzan v. Fox Corporation · No. 3:25-cv-04253
- Martinez-Olguin
- Nov. 7, 2025
Background
Sonni Echeverria-Corzan brought this case against Fox Corporation and others. Fox Corporation and Fox News Network, LLC filed a motion to dismiss. The court heard that motion on November 6, 2025.
Legal issue
The complaint asserted a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy Act, or CIPA, California Penal Code sections 630 and following. The court considered whether the complaint plausibly stated such a claim based on allegations involving online tracking software. It found the technology sufficiently similar to technology discussed in earlier Northern and Southern District of California decisions that found online tracking software could violate CIPA. The opinion states that the court gave its reasons at the hearing but does not provide those reasons in detail.
Ruling
The court denied the motion to dismiss. The court also held an initial case-management conference and ordered the parties to submit a supplemental case-management statement by November 20, 2025.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.