Erickson Productions Inc v. Kraig R Kast

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ERICKSON PRODUCTIONS INC, et al., Case No. 13-cv-05472-DMR

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. INTRADISTRICT TRANSFER

KRAIG RUDINGER KAST, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 448 Defendants.

On April 5, 2023, the Ninth Circuit reversed this court’s February 12, 2021 judgment awarding Plaintiffs Erickson Productions, Inc. and Jim Erickson $450,000 in statutory damages for Defendant Kraig Kast’s willful copyright infringement and remanded the case for a jury trial on the issues of willfulness and statutory damages. Erickson Prods., Inc. v. Kast, No. 21-15459, 2023 WL 2783243, at *2 (9th Cir. Apr. 5, 2023). On April 24, 2023, Kast, who is representing himself, filed a motion to withdraw his consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction and to reassign the case to the San Francisco courthouse. [Docket No. 448.] On April 26, 2023, Chief Judge Richard Seeborg denied Kast’s motion to withdraw consent and noted that determination of the transfer motion…