Helena M. Barch-Kuchta
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 16) is DENIED. ... Defendant's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 21) is GRANTED and the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security is AFFIRMED”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 14) is DENIED. ... Defendant's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 16) is GRANTED and the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security is AFFIRMED”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 15) is DENIED. ... Defendant's Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 17) is GRANTED and the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security is AFFIRMED”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 12) is GRANTED. ... Defendant's Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 16) is DENIED.”
“The parties' Joint Motion to Remand (Doc. No. 17) is GRANTED, the final decision of the Commissioner is REVERSED and this case is REMANDED for further proceedings”
“the Court grants the joint motion to remand (Doc. No. 17) and REVERSES the Commissioner's decision. This case is REMANDED to the Commissioner of Social Security for further proceedings”
“the Court grants the joint motion to remand (Doc. No. 19) and REVERSES the Commissioner's decision. This case is REMANDED to the Commissioner of Social Security for further proceedings”
“The Commissioner of Social Security's decision is REVERSED, judgment shall be entered in favor of Plaintiff, and this case is REMANDED to the Commissioner of Social Security for further proceedings”
“Defendants' motion to strike plaintiff's surreply (Doc. No. 73) is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiff's motion for recusal (Doc. No. 8) is DENIED.”
“Finding the petition successive, the undersigned recommends that the petition be dismissed.”
“The first amended petition (Doc. No. 6) be DISMISSED for failure to state a cognizable claim, and the alternative, as an unauthorized successive petition.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Barch-Kuchta presides over a substantial Fresno-division consent Social Security docket in which the parties proceed under 28 U.S.C. 636(c) and she enters the final merits judgment herself. Her broader referral docket carries prisoner civil-rights (42 U.S.C. 1983) and habeas (28 U.S.C. 2254) matters.
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