Ruben B. Brooks
How Judge Brooks rules, drawn from 2 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Brooks no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Brooks
Ruben B. Brooks served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of California beginning in 1993 and later served on recall. He earned degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles and Yale Law School.
How Judge Brooks decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Majors v. Tilton, Brooks recommended denial of one habeas petition after concluding that AEDPA deference foreclosed the evidence claim and Stone v. Powell barred the Fourth Amendment claim. The district judge adopted the recommendation over objection.
“United States Magistrate Judge Ruben B. Brooks, which recommends denying the Petition.”
Cautions
In Rogers v. Giurbino, he recommended dismissing individual-capacity First Amendment claims on qualified immunity and RLUIPA damages claims with prejudice while allowing amendment of official-capacity injunctive claims; the district court adopted the recommendation.
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 145) is adopted in its entirety. The motion to dismiss (ECF No. 129) filed by Defendants Giurbino and Uribe is granted. The motion to dismiss (ECF No. 131) filed by Defendant Kuzil-Ruan is granted. Plaintiff's First Amendment claims against all Defendants in their individual capacity are dismissed with prejudice based on qualified immunity. Plaintiff's RLUIPA claims for damages against all Defendants are dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiff's RLUIPA and First Amendment claims for injunctive relief against all Defendants in their official capacity are dismissed with leave to amend.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“United States Magistrate Judge Ruben B. Brooks, which recommends denying the Petition.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 145) is adopted in its entirety. The motion to dismiss (ECF No. 129) filed by Defendants Giurbino and Uribe is granted. The motion to dismiss (ECF No. 131) filed by Defendant Kuzil-Ruan is granted. Plaintiff's First Amendment claims against all Defendants in their individual capacity are dismissed with prejudice based on qualified immunity. Plaintiff's RLUIPA claims for damages against all Defendants are dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiff's RLUIPA and First Amendment claims for injunctive relief against all Defendants in their official capacity are dismissed with leave to amend.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 305 days (N = 6).
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Brooks was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of September 30, 2022.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 0 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
A historical record
Judge Brooks no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.