Kristen L. Mix
Court record, service history and public docket data for Judge Mix.
Judge Mix no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Mix
Kristen L. Mix served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Colorado from August 2007 until August 2023. Before her appointment, she practiced commercial litigation, with a focus on labor and employment law, and taught at the University of Colorado Law School.
How Judge Mix decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Lawrence’s case, she recommended dismissal with prejudice because failure to exhaust barred the claims and amendment would be futile.
“Because the failure to exhaust bars the claims, allowing leave to amend would be futile and recommended dismissal with prejudice.”
In Johnson’s excessive-force case, she found disputed facts about continued force after resistance ended and denied qualified-immunity summary judgment to Kellison.
“because material facts remain in dispute as to whether Defendant Kellison continued to use force against Plaintiff when he was not resisting, Defendant Kellison is not entitled to summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds.”
Procedural preferences
In a prisoner civil-rights recommendation, Mix identified five potential constitutional claims in an unclear amended complaint; the district judge adopted the recommendation.
“the precise constitutional bases for Plaintiff's claims against each Defendant, even when liberally construing the Second Amended Complaint [#9], are unclear.”
In McKinney’s insurance case, she denied the Rule 12(f) request to strike complaint language but granted dismissal of the bad-faith claims under Rule 12(b)(6).
“It is DENIED to the extent it moves the Court to strike certain portions of the Amended Complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f). It is GRANTED to the extent it seeks dismissal of Plaintiff's statutory and common law bad faith claims pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).”
Cautions
In Canody’s case, the district judge found her recommendation sound and not clearly erroneous or contrary to law.
“the Court is satisfied that the Recommendation is sound and not clearly erroneous or contrary to law.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. # 16) is GRANTED, and Plaintiff's claims are hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“Defendants Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 16) is GRANTED; The Second Amended Complaint (ECF No. 9) is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE”
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 10) is GRANTED; Plaintiff's Complaint (ECF No. 1) is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE”
“Defendant's Partial Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim (Doc. # 28) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. It is DENIED to the extent it moves the Court to strike certain portions of the Amended Complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f). It is GRANTED to the extent it seeks dismissal of Plaintiff's statutory and common law bad faith claims pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).”
“The Court OVERRULES the objection (ECF No. 106), ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the recommendation (ECF No. 105), and GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Defendants' motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 70).”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Voluntary Dismissal (Doc. # 150) is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Criminal-duty matters open and close within days as warrants are issued and returned or complaints proceed to initial appearance, so they do not yield a meaningful civil case-duration distribution. Her civil work also includes referral matters and terminated consent cases not represented in this caseload snapshot.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Mix was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of September 30, 2025.
| 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 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| Mar 2022 | 6 | 7 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 10 |
| Mar 2021 | 7 | 9 |
| Sep 2020 | 1 | 4 |
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 Mix 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.