Charles Reginald Wilson
How Judge Wilson rules, drawn from 41 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Wilson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
When a statute precisely identifies what officers may demand, he applies those limits as written and treats a demand for additional information as unsupported by the statutory text.
“Section 15-5-30 does not require anyone to produce an ‘ID’ or ‘driver’s license’ as Officer McCabe demanded. Indeed, it does not require anyone to produce anything.”
He resists narrowing broad statutory language through an unstated limitation, beginning with the enacted text rather than a more restrictive characterization offered by a litigant.
“But nothing in the plain text of the statute requires this limitation.”
In employment-discrimination cases he treats each denial of a protected employment benefit as independently actionable, even when other benefits remain available on equal terms.
“Insurance coverage conditioned upon one’s protected status therefore violates Title VII. An employer is not shielded from liability when it engages in discriminatory practices concerning some treatment and not others.”
Procedural preferences
In disability-benefits review he distinguishes functional limitations caused by an impairment from the scheduling burden of treatment, excluding appointment-related absences from the residual-functional-capacity inquiry.
“We hold that a claimant’s medical appointments and whether those appointments affect the claimant’s ability to work are not appropriate factors for the ALJ to consider when addressing the claimant’s RFC.”
He enforces preservation rules for allegedly inconsistent jury verdicts: waiting until post-trial motions, without explaining the failure to object earlier, forfeits the inconsistency challenge.
“Here, Gray did not object to the verdicts as inconsistent until her post-trial motions, at which point Koch Foods and Ala-Koch claimed that she waived the right to contest the verdicts for that reason. And on appeal, she fails to explain her failure to object to the purportedly inconsistent verdicts. Gray thus waived her ability to contest the verdicts as inconsistent.”
In Pine Hill, Wilson’s opinion credited the removing contractor’s account of the alleged contamination and declined to treat the plaintiff’s disclaimer of military-source contamination as dispositive.
“We credit the government contractor’s theory of the case.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“It follows that the district court's grant of a declaratory judgment to York absolving York of liability for Williams's loss was in error. Accordingly, we REVERSE the district court's grant of a declaratory judgment, and REMAND for further proceedings. REVERSED and REMANDED.”
“The district court's decision to dismiss this case without prejudice for failure to timely effect service was premature ... Therefore, we reverse the order of the district court and remand the case for reconsideration in light of this opinion. REVERSED and REMANDED.”
“We affirm Mock's conviction, but vacate and remand his sentence because the district court's findings were inadequate to support application of 2A2.1(a)(1). ... AFFIRMED IN PART; VACATED AND REMANDED IN PART”
“Because the ALJ asked the vocational expert a hypothetical question that failed to include or otherwise implicitly account for all of Winschel's impairments, the vocational expert's testimony is not 'substantial evidence' and cannot support the ALJ's conclusion ... Accordingly, we reverse. ... REVERSED and REMANDED.”
“We hold that organizing assistance can be a thing of value that, if demanded or given as payment, could constitute a violation of 302. Because the dismissal of Martin Mulhall's complaint was based on a contrary conclusion, we reverse. ... REVERSED AND REMANDED.”
“We agree with the district court that the CAA's plain language bars Toro's self-petition, and we also find that a rational basis exists for treating battered aliens differently based on the immigration status of their Cuban spouses. Therefore, we affirm the district court's dismissal of Toro's complaint. ... AFFIRMED.”
“We hold that possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the Sentencing Guidelines, and we affirm Hall's sentence. AFFIRMED.”
“We agree with Jimenez that no reasonable construction of the evidence presented at trial permits a finding that he intentionally misapplied funds. Therefore, we reverse his conviction.”
“After careful consideration of the parties' briefs and the records, we agree with GEICO and vacate the final judgment and remand.”
“we determine that Nagel's sentence is both procedurally and substantively sound. ... Accordingly, we affirm the district court.”
“At this stage, we conclude that Doe #1 and Doe #3 have alleged plausible ex post facto challenges to the residency restriction. Therefore, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“We affirm the award of $2,500 in liquidated damages. ... Because we hold that the district court erred in calculating Ela's attorneys' fees award, we reverse and remand for reconsideration. ... AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.”
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