Ramirez, Velez, Acuña, Gutierrez, Lopez and Piña Sue the United States in C.D. Cal. the Same Day; Velez and Gutierrez Have Since Dismissed Without Prejudice

Javier Ramirez (2:26-cv-05633), Andrea Velez (2:26-cv-05634), Joel Acuña (5:26-cv-02834), Juan Jose Gutierrez (2:26-cv-05646), Cary Lopez (2:26-cv-05628) and Angel Piña (5:26-cv-02843) each filed a complaint against the United States in the Central District of California; every docket stamps the complaint 05/26/2026. Luis Allen Carrillo is the attorney of record on the original complaints. These are separate actions, not a consolidated case.

What the docket pages show since filing:

• Related-case notice. Plaintiffs filed notices of related cases on 07/02/2026; the one in the Ramirez docket lists the other cases.
• Two dismissed without prejudice by the plaintiffs. Velez and Gutierrez each filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on 07/31/2026 stating the dismissal is without prejudice, which leaves each free to refile.
• Acuña moved. The docket lists entries titled “Transfer Case” and “Transferring Case” in early September. The text of those entries is not on the page, so the destination is not established here.
• Amended complaints. Ramirez, Lopez and Piña each have a First Amended Complaint stamped 09/29/2026. Piña’s drew a clerk’s notice of deficiencies on 09/30/2026 about how the defendants are named in the caption versus the body.

Related: 2026-02-18–retes-v-united-states-c-d-cal-2-26-cv-01761-damages-suit is a separate suit by a different legal team.