Victor A. Bolden
How Judge Bolden rules, drawn from 16 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Bolden decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Treats PLRA administrative exhaustion as a fact question for trial where the availability of the grievance remedy is genuinely disputed, declining to grant summary judgment on exhaustion.
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' motion for summary judgment is DENIED.”
Procedural preferences
Applies the liberal Rule 15(a) amendment standard, granting leave to amend absent a showing of prejudice, bad faith, or futility by the opposing party.
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' motion for leave to file an Amended Complaint and to amend the case caption.”
Cautions
Dismisses meritless pro se collateral attacks on state family-court proceedings with prejudice on judicial-immunity and Rooker-Feldman grounds, denying leave to amend where amendment would be futile.
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' motions to dismiss are GRANTED with prejudice.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' motions to dismiss are GRANTED with prejudice.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Defendants' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED in part, and DENIED in part. The hostile work environment claim is dismissed, but the Title VII disparate impact claim against DMHAS, and the Section 1983 claim against Ms. Hyatt will proceed to trial.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' motion for summary judgment is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' motion for leave to file an Amended Complaint and to amend the case caption.”
“The Defendants' motion to strike [ECF No. 33] is GRANTED as to the request to strike all allegations relating to claims and defendants dismissed on initial review and DENIED as to the request for more definite statement.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' motion for summary judgment DENIED.”
“For the reasons stated below, the motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.”
“motion to dismiss, ECF No. 27, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part”
“motion to dismiss, ECF No. 19, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part”
“second motion for summary judgment is GRANTED”
“motion for summary judgment is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part”
“motion for summary judgment is DENIED”
“the claims against Nurses Scott and Stork must be dismissed with prejudice under Rule 37(b)(2)(A)(v)”
“summary judgment will enter in favor of Nurses Ostheimer and Jackson”
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