Robin M. Meriweather

United States District Court for the District of Columbia magistrate Retired 2024 · served 2017–2024 7 signed orders read

Judge Meriweather no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Doe v. District of Columbia
1:05-cv-01060 · 2017-03-31
Motions to compel (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“the District's rolling production of records responsive to Interrogatory No. 9 under the terms of the November 17, 2016 Protective Order has, at this juncture, resolved the dispute upon which the Motion to Compel was based. ... Consequently, the Court denies the Motion. ... such denial shall be without prejudice to the Plaintiffs' ability to renew the Motion”

Smith v. District of Columbia
1:17-cv-02020 · 2018-08-08
Motion for attorney fees (plaintiff) Granted in part

“In a thorough 23-page Report, Judge Meriweather recommended granting much of her request and awarding $86,208.98 in fees and $2,695.50 in costs. ... the Court will adopt the Report and grant in part and deny in part Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees and Costs.”

United States v. Alston
1:03-cr-00059 · 2018-08-10
Supervised release revocation (government) Granted

“ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation is hereby ADOPTED and Defendant Antonio Lee Alston's supervision shall be revoked”

Shaw v. District of Columbia
1:17-cv-00738 · 2019-02-08
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“ORDERED that the plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, Dkt. 10, is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“ORDERED that the Defendant's Cross Motion for Summary Judgment, Dkt. 13, is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”

United States v. Taylor
1:91-cr-00567 · 2019-03-01
Modify supervised release (government) Granted

“No objection to the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather having been filed, it is hereby ADOPTED. The Court GRANTS the Probation Office's request to modify the terms of Christopher Taylor's supervised release.”

Brightwell Dispensers Limited v. Dongguan Isce Sanitary Ware Industrial Co. Ltd.
1:17-cv-01783 · 2019-12-20
Default judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather's Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED as to its findings and conclusions. ... FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment is DENIED and, for want of jurisdiction, this case is DISMISSED.”

H.R. v. District of Columbia
1:21-cv-01856 · 2022-04-29
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Granted

“ORDERED that the R&R, ECF No. 8, is ADOPTED in its entirety; it is further ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction, ECF No. 4, is GRANTED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Her District of Columbia work included special-education merits and fee disputes, civil discovery, default-judgment and jurisdiction recommendations, supervised-release matters, and criminal magistrate-duty proceedings such as complaints and seizure warrants.

A historical record

Judge Meriweather 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.