Paul L. Abrams
How Judge Abrams rules, drawn from 5 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Abrams no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Abrams decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Remand followed where a later medical examination was credited over three contemporaneous opinions without a sufficiently specific explanation of its relevance to the insured period.
“The ALJ’s reasons for crediting Dr. Conaty’s opinion over those of Dr. Lazar, Dr. Sabourin, and Dr. Hartman, to the extent any reasons were explicitly provided, failed to reach the level of specificity required.”
Summary judgment was denied on copyright ownership where testimony about direction, workplace, and payment created a factual dispute over whether the design was a work made for hire.
“there remain sufficient facts regarding her employment as a TSI staff designer such that a triable issue exists regarding the authorship of the FEATHERS design”
Pre-certification employee contact information was discoverable where it could bear on commonality and typicality, and a protective order could address privacy concerns.
“This information must be disclosed to enable plaintiff to proceed; a protective order can strike the appropriate balance between the need for the information and the privacy concerns.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: (1) plaintiffs request for reversal, or in the alternative, remand, is granted; (2) the decision of the Commissioner is reversed; and (3) this, action is remanded to defendant for further proceedings consistent with this Memorandum Opinion.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants’ motion for summary judgment is denied with respect to the first and second causes of action involving claims of copyright infringement, and granted with respect to the third cause of action alleging a violation of 17 U.S.C. § 1202.”
“Plaintiffs Motion for Contempt is granted as follows”
“Accordingly, plaintiffs Motion is granted in part”
“It is recommended that the District Court issue an Order: (1) accepting this Report and Recommendation; and (2) directing that judgment be entered denying the Petition arid dismissing this action with prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All twenty sampled matters had terminated. Their median duration was 290 days, with a range of 20 to 1,039 days.
A historical record
Judge Abrams no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.