Leslie A. Bowman
How Judge Bowman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Her R&Rs, routinely adopted by the district judge, recommend granting class certification in public-employer benefits-exclusion civil-rights suits.
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 105) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Certify Class (Doc. 88) is granted.”
On a criminal multiplicity challenge she recommends consolidating duplicative counts, requiring the government to elect a single count or seek a superseding indictment to avoid jury prejudice.
“The Report and Recommendation (doc. 209) is accepted and adopted; Defendant's Motion to Consolidate Counts 8 through 10 (doc. 148) is GRANTED to the extent provided in this Order”
Cautions
On remand motions she adheres strictly to Ninth Circuit 'direct action' precedent, holding an insurance bad-faith action is not a direct action under 28 U.S.C. 1332(c)(1), so complete diversity exists and remand is denied.
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 14) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Remand (Doc. 4) is denied.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 105) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Certify Class (Doc. 88) is granted.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 14) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Remand (Doc. 4) is denied.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 21) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Under 28 U.S.C. 2254 (Doc. 1) is denied.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 302) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Aaron Abel Lizarraga is found to have violated Standard Conditions #2 and #10 of his Supervised Release.”
“The Report and Recommendation (doc. 209) is accepted and adopted; Defendant's Motion to Consolidate Counts 8 through 10 (doc. 148) is GRANTED to the extent provided in this Order”
Put Judge Bowman's record to work
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