Dolly Maizie Gee
How Judge Gee decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Omission-based consumer-protection claims (CLRA/UCL) require a genuine, non-de-minimis safety hazard; minor injuries defeat materiality even at summary judgment.
“Having now reviewed the evidence in the light most favorable to Plaintiff, the Court finds this to be the case [that the injury was so de minimis as to not raise any safety concern].”
Scrutinizes piece-rate / incentive compensation plans by working concrete numerical hypotheticals; separates a plan's unlawful DESIGN from proof that violations actually occurred (a damages question).
“The hypothetical demonstrates that the PPP was designed in such a way that minimum wage violations could result. The parties have not asked the Court to decide at this juncture whether violations did in fact occur.”
Procedural preferences
Enforces signed arbitration agreements on individual claims under the FAA / Concepcion, treating a motion to compel like summary judgment (facts viewed for the non-movant).
“Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration is GRANTED as to Plaintiffs individual claims.”
Resolves threshold-immunity defenses decisively at the pleading stage rather than deferring them -- grants CDA 230 immunity on a motion to dismiss over an argument that the record is too 'scant' to decide it early.
“insofar as Aimco argues that it would be premature for the Court to decide the CDA preemption issue at this stage of the litigation, the Court rejects that argument.”
Cautions
Polices Rule 201 judicial-notice requests strictly -- denied notice of agency one-on-one communications (hearsay / not public record) and of other courts' complaints (irrelevant).
“The Court DENIES United's requests for judicial notice for the reasons set forth below.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Having duly considered the parties’ written submissions and oral argument, the Court now GRANTS Defendant’s motion.”
“Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration of individual claims, and dismiss class and representative claims, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration is GRANTED as to Plaintiffs individual claims.”
“For the reasons that follow, the motions are hereby granted in part and denied in part.”
“Having duly considered the parties' written submissions, the Court GRANTS Defendants' MSJ.”
“For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and DENIES Defendant's cross-motion for summary judgment.”
“For the reasons set forth below, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED. In light of the Court's ruling on the motion to dismiss, the Court DENIES as moot the motion to strike, motion for preliminary injunction, and motion to expedite discovery.”
“For the reasons set forth below, Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED and Defendants' motion to consolidate cases is DENIED as moot.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Judge Gee's 2026 calendar is heavily weighted toward immigration-detention habeas petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, together with ADA access suits and prisoner habeas matters. The reviewed 2017-2018 terminations were mostly short procedural dispositions, including screening decisions, serial ADA filings, and habeas dismissals. Their durations measure the life of each case, not the time required to decide a contested motion.
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