Kenly Kiya Kato
How Judge Kato decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
On a motion to dismiss, grants it in part and denies it in part, giving the plaintiff a short window to file an amended complaint or elect to proceed on the surviving claims.
“MINUTES (In Chambers) Order GRANTING IN PART and DENYING IN PART Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [Dkt. 31] by Judge Kenly Kiya Kato. For the reasons set forth above, Defendants' Motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as follows. No later than 14 days from the date of this Order, Plaintiff shall file either (1) a First Amended Class Action Complaint, or (2) a statement indicating Plaintiff intends to proceed on the remaining causes of action in the Complaint.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“MINUTES (In Chambers) Order GRANTING IN PART and DENYING IN PART Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [Dkt. 31] by Judge Kenly Kiya Kato. For the reasons set forth above, Defendants' Motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as follows. No later than 14 days from the date of this Order, Plaintiff shall file either (1) a First Amended Class Action Complaint, or (2) a statement indicating Plaintiff intends to proceed on the remaining causes of action in the Complaint.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
A sample of her assigned cases drawn from the docket record, limited to her Article III tenure. Young district docket (commission November 2023) sitting in Riverside (Eastern Division): insurance total-loss class actions, FCRA/consumer-credit suits, ADA Title III, employment civil-rights, a products-liability case transferred to MDL, pro se civil and habeas, and a federal-criminal calendar. Many civil cases settle, consolidate, transfer, or arbitrate. Durations below are filed-minus-terminated for terminated dockets in the sample (note: Stott's 'termination' was a CONSOLIDATION into Abraham, not a merits resolution; Olden was an MDL transfer).
Put Judge Kato's record to work
Ezel drafts and answers grounded in this exact profile: how Judge Kato actually rules, not a generic AI guess.
Opens in Ezel Pro. Every answer is grounded in Judge Kato's own signed orders and cites them.