Robert Leon Wilkins
How Judge Wilkins rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Wilkins no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Wilkins decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In administrative-record litigation, he requires clear evidence that an agency omitted material it actually considered; possession or an indirect reference alone does not overcome the presumption that the record was properly compiled.
“The law provides a presumption that an agency properly compiled the Administrative Record that may be rebutted only upon ‘clear evidence to the contrary.’”
Procedural preferences
He enforced local filing deadlines for costs even after a post-trial motion, reasoning that a later filing could not revive a deadline that had already expired.
“there was no viable time period left to toll”
Cautions
A motion to reconsider must identify new law, new evidence, clear error, or manifest injustice; disagreement or an attempt to reargue the original motion is insufficient.
“Mere disagreement is not sufficient to prevail on a Rule 59(e) motion.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is granted and Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment is denied.”
“Hence, the petition will be denied and this case will be dismissed.”
“Hence, for reasons of comity and judicial economy, the Court will grant defendant’s motion and will dismiss this case without prejudice.”
“For these reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Time to File an Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 47) and Plaintiff’s Motion to Reinstate (Dkt. No. 48) are DENIED.”
“Therefore, the Defendant’s Motion to Clarify (Dkt. No. 50) is GRANTED as to these grounds. In all other respects, the motion is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion to stay is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Strike is hereby GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that the Conditional Motion to Amend is STRICKEN from the record.”
“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Wilson’s Motion to Retax, denying the imposition of any costs against Wilson under Federal Rule 54 and Local Civil Rule 54.1.”
“For these reasons, Defendants’ motion is hereby denied.”
“The Court finds that ATF conducted an adequate search for responsive records and is now entitled to summary judgment.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court will grant respondent’s motion to dismiss this habeas action as moot.”
“the Court will therefore grant CODACSA’s request and award $291,312.57 in attorneys’ fees and $33,620.19 in costs that CODACSA incurred in connection with this litigation.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The exact-name search returned twenty matters filed in 2013, including Social Security, personal injury, contract, information-access, habeas, immigration, bankruptcy-appeal, labor, and False Claims Act cases. This is a visible archive slice, not a complete caseload count.
A historical record
Judge Wilkins no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.