Josephine L. Staton
How Judge Staton rules, drawn from 6 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Staton decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Treats a Rule 12(c) motion as functionally identical to a Rule 12(b)(6) motion and declines to find FDCA preemption of state consumer-protection claims at the pleading stage.
“For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Defendant’s Motion.”
Will find specific personal jurisdiction over foreign defendants on a purposeful-direction theory, denying their jurisdictional and forum-non-conveniens motions.
“Having considered the parties’ briefs and heard oral argument, the Court DENIES each of the motions.”
Procedural preferences
Parses claims one at a time, analyzing each disclosure-adequacy theory individually and granting a motion to dismiss in part rather than wholesale.
“the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss.”
In one trade-secret and RICO case, treated amendment claim by claim: the trade-secret claim was dismissed with prejudice while the RICO claim received leave to amend.
“The claim for trade secret misappropriation in violation of the DTSA is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The RICO claim is DISMISSED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court GRANTS Record Companies’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and DENIES Blue-Beat’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment.”
“the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss.”
“For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Defendant’s Motion.”
“Having considered the parties’ briefs and heard oral argument, the Court DENIES each of the motions.”
“the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, and GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment.”
“For the above reasons, the Court GRANTS the Motion to Dismiss. The claim for trade secret misappropriation in violation of the DTSA is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The RICO claim is DISMISSED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND.”
“Because the Court has dismissed the operative complaint, Gorovenko's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 105) is DENIED AS MOOT.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The bounded recent docket review includes immigration and prisoner matters, ADA access suits, employment and insurance disputes, and consumer or contract cases. Many 2026 matters were still pending, while several early-2024 and early-2025 cases ended through settlement, amendment, or other procedural resolution before a contested merits ruling.
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