Edmund F. Brennan
Judge Brennan no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Respondent's November 26, 2007, motion to dismiss be granted in part and denied in part as discussed above”
“Petitioner's December 26, 2007, motion to stay this action be denied”
“Respondent's July 29, 2016 motion to dismiss (ECF No. 15) be granted in part such that petitioner's ground four for relief (alleging ineffective assistance of counsel) be dismissed”
“the July 20, 2012 motion for summary judgment (Dckt. No. 56) be granted as to defendants Berchtold and Brimhall and denied as to defendants Nangalama, Hale, Duc, and Bal”
“Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment is granted ... The matter is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this order”
“Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 14) is GRANTED ... This matter is REMANDED for additional administrative proceedings”
“defendant's motion to dismiss (ECF No. 42), construed as a motion for summary judgment, be granted, that judgment be entered in favor of defendants, and that this action be closed, without prejudice”
“defendant's motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 33) be granted and this case dismissed without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies”
“defendant's request to strike plaintiff's unauthorized sur-reply (ECF No. 38) is granted”
“Plaintiff's motion for leave to file a fifth amended complaint (ECF No. 45) is GRANTED”
“defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings (ECF No. 42) be DENIED as moot”
“defendants' motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 45) be GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART ... summary judgment be entered as to plaintiff's claim against Kirkendall-Cooper; and ... summary judgment be denied as to plaintiff's claim against Wong”
“Defendants' motion to dismiss, ECF No. 97, be granted; ... Plaintiff's fifth amended complaint be dismissed without further leave to amend”
During statutory screening of a prisoner's civil-rights complaint, he found the claims barred by Heck v. Humphrey because success would invalidate the plaintiff's still-operative death-sentence conviction. He recommended dismissal without leave to amend as futile and directly granted the application to proceed in forma pauperis.
During in forma pauperis screening of a pro se civil-rights complaint, he found the claims barred by judicial and prosecutorial immunity, the rule that public defenders are not state actors, Heck v. Humphrey, and the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. He recommended dismissal without leave to amend and directly granted the application to proceed in forma pauperis.
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Edmund F. Brennan was the consent (636(c)) assigned magistrate judge on a Sacramento docket that carried a large block of Social Security appeals, in which he entered the final consent judgment. His broader docket also carried referred prisoner civil-rights (42 U.S.C. 1983) and state habeas (28 U.S.C. 2254) matters and a criminal duty calendar.
A historical record
Judge Brennan 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.