Craig B. Shaffer
Court record, service history and public docket data for Judge Shaffer.
Judge Shaffer no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Shaffer
Craig B. Shaffer served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Colorado from January 2001 until May 2018. A former Navy judge advocate, he worked extensively on electronic discovery and taught at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
How Judge Shaffer decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Buhendwa’s suit, he found the board members in privity with the transit district and treated official-capacity claims against them as barred by res judicata.
“Because the board members are in privity with the RTD, plaintiff's claims against them in their official capacity are barred by the doctrine of res judicata.”
Procedural preferences
In Buhendwa’s case, he found the federal statutory claims precluded and declined supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state claim.
“Because the Court has independently determined that plaintiff's federal statutory claims are barred by the doctrine of res judicata, the Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over plaintiff's state law claim, and dismisses this claim without prejudice.”
Cautions
In Truby’s case, the district judge adopted Shaffer’s report and recommendation as the court’s order.
“Magistrate Judge Shaffer's Report and Recommendation is AFFIRMED and ADOPTED as an Order of this Court (Doc. # 64);”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. # 47) is GRANTED;”
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 48) is GRANTED; ... Plaintiff's Claim Two is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. # 32) is DENIED.”
“defendant Regional Transportation District's Motion to Dismiss [Docket No. 10] is GRANTED.”
“defendants Charles L. Sisk, Bruce Daly, Natalie Menten, ... and the (15) Board of Directors' Motion to Dismiss [Docket No. 31] is GRANTED.”
A historical record
Judge Shaffer no longer hears cases. 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.