Robin M. Meriweather
Motion outcomes
Counted from classified signed orders only. Percentages are shown only where the sample is large enough to be meaningful; smaller samples are reported as raw counts.
| Summary judgment N = 2 |
Granted in part: 2 | counts only |
| Preliminary injunction N = 1 |
Granted: 1 | counts only |
| Default judgment N = 1 |
Denied: 1 | counts only |
| Motions to compel N = 1 |
Moot / procedural: 1 | counts only |
| Modify supervised release N = 1 |
Granted: 1 | counts only |
| Motion for attorney fees N = 1 |
Granted in part: 1 | counts only |
| Supervised release revocation N = 1 |
Granted: 1 | counts only |
A "1 of 1" is one ruling, not a tendency. Treat small samples as illustrative, not predictive.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“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”
“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.”
“ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation is hereby ADOPTED and Defendant Antonio Lee Alston's supervision shall be revoked”
“ORDERED that the plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, Dkt. 10, is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”
“ORDERED that the Defendant's Cross Motion for Summary Judgment, Dkt. 13, is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.
Two distinct caseloads. (1) SUBSTANTIVE/REFERRAL (from the R&Rs read, NOT a counted distribution): IDEA / special-education merits and attorneys'-fee disputes (H.R.; Smith; Shaw v. D.C. -- a recurring specialty), civil discovery management (Doe v. D.C. motion-to-compel; Mannina spoliation), default-judgment/jurisdiction R&Rs (Brightwell), and criminal supervised-release/probation R&Rs (Alston; Taylor). Referring district judges seen: Timothy J. Kelly, Ketanji Brown Jackson, James E. Boasberg, Dabney L. Friedrich, Royce C. Lamberth, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Thomas F. Hogan. (2) DIRECT MAGISTRATE-DUTY (enumerable via assigned_judge, all from 2024, her final year): criminal complaints and seizure/forfeiture warrants (e.g. United States v. ALL FUNDS FROM ONE CRYPTOCURRENCY ACCOUNT, 1:24-sz-00027) and -mj criminal-duty matters (Tasker, Wroblewski, Camden, Amos, Hutchinson). These are short administrative-lifecycle dockets, not civil merits.