Geraldine Mund
How Judge Mund rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Mund decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Relief from a judgment may be warranted when a party's failure to present evidence resulted from excusable neglect and the party lacked prior knowledge of the relevant facts.
“Ballmer’s failure to submit evidence of Matthew’s lack of knowledge”
Contract language and established rulings carry particular weight when resolving a summary-adjudication request.
“the Court’s ruling is based primarily on the express terms of the DMA”
Procedural preferences
Telephone appearances are generally permitted, subject to listed exceptions.
“Telephonic appearances are allowed in all matters before Judge Mund in Courtroom 303 except the following”
A person appearing by telephone should review any posted tentative ruling before the hearing.
“each individual who appears telephonically should have reviewed the Tentative Ruling prior to the hearing”
Cautions
Reconsideration is an exceptional remedy and should not become a routine attempt to relitigate an adverse result.
“reconsideration must be ‘used sparingly in the interests of finality and”
Ordinary telephone appearances must be arranged by 3:00 p.m. on the day before the hearing unless the court approves a late request.
“The 3:00 p.m. deadline for scheduling telephonic appearances noted below”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION IN”
“GRANTING IN PART, DENYING IN PART,”
“NONDISCHARGEABLE JUDGMENT”
“the Court is granting judgment to Susan Licursi”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Motion is DENIED.”
“The Motion is granted”
“Grant as to the mistake in not calling the doctors. Deny on all other grounds.”
“Judgment is granted to the Defendants on the second claim for restitution and/or”
“The Motion is granted in part and denied in part.”
“MEMORANDUM OF DECISION GRANTING”
“This MSJ is granted in part:”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The five terminated sampled matters lasted 487 to 824 days, with a median of 820 days. The five newest sampled matters remained pending. This boundary sample is descriptive and is not a complete caseload census.
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