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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled Mar. 13, 2026

Head v. Sports

Full caption

O’SEAN HEAD, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated v. Underdog Sports, LLC d/b/a Underdog Fantasy

Judge
Charles Breyer
Docket
3:25-cv-05542
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
6

Counsel11 of record
PLAINTIFF
Margot P. Cutter Cutter Law PC
Charles Blake Stevens Foley & Lardner LLP
Fernando Peter Silva , II Tycko & Zavareei LLP
James J. Bilsborrow Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C.
Katherine Marie Aizpuru Tycko and Zavareei LLP
Wesley Michael Griffith Almeida Law Group LLC
INTERESTED PARTY
Nicholas David Lauber Frost LLP
DEFENDANT
Jonah Dylan Mitchell Reed Smith LLP
Quynh La Reed Smith LLP
John C. Calhoun Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Samuel Newland Rudman Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

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Civil ProcedureClass Action
In one sentence

In O’SEAN HEAD v. Underdog Sports, Judge Breyer ordered a 30-day stay while the parties continued settlement negotiations.

Who this affects

The stay affects O’Sean Head, the proposed class, and Underdog Sports, LLC d/b/a Underdog Fantasy by pausing proceedings for 30 days while settlement negotiations continue.

What happened

O’SEAN HEAD v. Underdog Sports, LLC d/b/a Underdog Fantasy is a proposed class action that the parties said they were trying to settle. They reported substantial progress in negotiations involving this case and a related case in the Eastern District of New York.

The parties jointly requested an additional 30-day pause in the case so they could finalize a settlement. They agreed to file another joint status report about settlement by April 13, 2026.

Judge Breyer ordered the requested 30-day stay pursuant to the parties’ agreement. The order did not decide the claims or state that a settlement had been reached.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Head v. Sports · No. 3:25-cv-05542
Judge
Charles Breyer
Date
Mar. 13, 2026

Background

O’Sean Head brought this proposed class action against Underdog Sports, LLC d/b/a Underdog Fantasy. The complaint was filed on July 1, 2025. The parties were represented by counsel.

The parties reported that they had continued settlement negotiations and had made substantial progress. They also stated that Underdog was a defendant in a separate proposed class action in the Eastern District of New York and that both cases had been stayed while the parties negotiated a possible resolution of both matters.

Request and Ruling

The parties jointly stipulated to, and requested, an additional 30-day stay of proceedings to allow them to finalize a settlement. They agreed to submit a joint status report concerning the settlement’s status on or before April 13, 2026.

The court ordered the stay pursuant to the parties’ stipulation. The order did not resolve the underlying claims, approve a settlement, or state that the parties had finalized one.

The authoritative version

Read the full 6-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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