Kristine Anne Gerhard Baker
How Judge Baker decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
When the parties file a joint stipulation of dismissal, denies any pending summary-judgment motion as moot rather than reaching its merits.
“the Court adopts the parties' joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice (Dkt. No. 25). The Court denies as moot defendant AOIC's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No.13).”
Cautions
Grants a defendant's motion for summary judgment where the plaintiff fails to raise a triable issue, dismissing the claims with prejudice.
“the Court grants defendant Arkansas Department of Workforce Services' motion for summary judgment against Plaintiff Lee Reddix (Dkt. No. 10). Mr. Reddix's claims are dismissed with prejudice.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“USA's motion for summary judgment is granted (Dkt. No. 33). ... Dunn's complaint is dismissed with prejudice (Dkt. No. 2).”
“Dunn's motion for summary judgment is denied (Dkt. No. 30).”
“the Court grants defendant Arkansas Department of Workforce Services' motion for summary judgment against Plaintiff Lee Reddix (Dkt. No. 10). Mr. Reddix's claims are dismissed with prejudice.”
“the Court adopts the parties' joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice (Dkt. No. 25). The Court denies as moot defendant AOIC's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No.13).”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Felony criminal cases run roughly 1.3-3+ years to termination; the 2017-filed civil matters ran ~1.5-3 years through summary judgment; some later civil matters were transferred or dismissed early. Small mixed sample; not a representative distribution.
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