Josephine L. Staton
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.”
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.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The reviewed docket is weighted toward pending 2026 alien-detainee habeas petitions, ADA Title III access suits, and prisoner or state-custody matters. Only two reviewed cases had terminated, so the available duration figures are limited.
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