Charles R. Breyer
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Court finds the Report correct, well-reasoned, and thorough, and ADOPTS it in every respect. Accordingly, Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED, and the complaint is DISMISSED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND.”
“defendants' motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 22) on grounds that plaintiff failed to properly exhaust available administrative remedies before filing suit is GRANTED and, pursuant to the law of the circuit, plaintiff's claims are DISMISSED without prejudice.”
“For the foregoing reasons, defendants' motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 36) is GRANTED.”
Removed breach-of-contract/fraud action. After the defendant filed a motion to dismiss (dkt. 12, filed 2024-12-12) and the plaintiff failed to file any opposition by the 2024-12-26 deadline, Breyer issued a sua sponte order to show cause why the case should not be terminated for failure to prosecute under Rule 41(b), and vacated all hearing dates/deadlines on the MTD pending a response. No motion was decided here. He promptly polices litigant inaction, converting an unopposed dispositive motion into a Rule 41(b) failure-to-prosecute OSC rather than summarily granting it. The order recites that the MTD was filed 2024-12-12, which can ground a cross-source latency once the MTD is actually ruled on.
“Accordingly, defendants’ motion for summary judgment on all claims is GRANTED.”
“Summary judgment is therefore GRANTED to Defendant.”
“For the foregoing reasons, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment.”
“Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is DENIED, and Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.”
“Accordingly, the motion for partial summary judgment is DENIED without prejudice.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS the Motion to Dismiss the TAC WITH PREJUDICE.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court grants AAO’s motion to dismiss. Because it is possible that Dr. Weiss could allege facts that give rise to a valid cause of action against AAO, the Court grants Dr. Weiss leave to amend his complaint.”
“The Court denies Dr. Weiss’s motion for a preliminary injunction.”
“their motions to dismiss are hereby GRANTED and the case DISMISSED without prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled dockets span pro se 'v. United States' actions, a civil forfeiture in rem, an SEC securities-enforcement action, a diversity product-liability suit, an ADA access suit, and Volkswagen 'Clean Diesel' MDL member actions. The contested matters typically resolved by settlement (Bettencourt v. Sharkninja settled on the eve of a March 2025 jury trial; the Two Condominiums forfeiture settled in January 2023) or by transfer into a multidistrict proceeding (Moon v. Generac transferred to the Generac MDL in the Eastern District of Wisconsin). Durations below are from eight terminated civil dockets in the sample.
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