Arlo Declines Proposed Move to Magistrate Judge; Case Reassigned

Defendant Arlo Technologies declined to have a U.S. magistrate judge conduct further proceedings in a fraud suit brought by plaintiff Henry Carter, said a Thursday declination (docket 5:23-cv-00534) filed in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose. The case was reassigned to U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer for Northern California. Carter’s February complaint alleges Arlo’s “End-of-Life Policy” for video storage for its Arlo security kit was a breach of contract (see 2302070045). The company notified Carter in January that seven-day free cloud storage might be reduced or unavailable upon each camera product's end-of-life effective date.