Gregory A. Presnell
How Judge Presnell decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On Section 1983 summary-judgment motions Presnell separates the surviving constitutional core from the municipal-liability and tort add-ons: he lets individual-capacity Fourth Amendment claims reach a jury while granting summary judgment for the official-capacity/Monell defendant and dismissing an emotional-distress claim.
“it is ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 42) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART as follows: 1. In regards to Defendant Jerry L. Demings, in his capacity as Sheriff of Orange County, Florida, Summary Judgment is GRANTED as to all Counts in the Amended Complaint; 2. In regards to Defendant Gerald Cavis, Summary Judgement is DENIED as to Counts I and II, but GRANTED as to Count III.”
Procedural preferences
He sequences federal-then-state analysis with discipline: having granted summary judgment on the federal claim, he declines supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state-law count and dismisses it without prejudice.
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment on Count I (Doc. 36) is GRANTED; ... The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of Defendant on Count I”
When no party objects to a magistrate judge's recommendation, Presnell confirms and adopts it as part of his order before entering the recommended relief.
“No objections have been filed. Therefore, it is ORDERED as follows: 1. The Report and Recommendation is CONFIRMED and ADOPTED as part of this Order.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“it is ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 42) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART as follows: 1. In regards to Defendant Jerry L. Demings, in his capacity as Sheriff of Orange County, Florida, Summary Judgment is GRANTED as to all Counts in the Amended Complaint; 2. In regards to Defendant Gerald Cavis, Summary Judgement is DENIED as to Counts I and II, but GRANTED as to Count III.”
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment on Count I (Doc. 36) is GRANTED; ... The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of Defendant on Count I”
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Count II (Doc. 36) is GRANTED; ... Count II is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE”
Confronted with counsel who could not agree on where to hold a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition, which Presnell called 'the latest in a series of Gordian knots that the parties have been unable to untangle without enlisting the assistance of the federal courts,' he denied the motion and directed the lawyers to settle the question by a single game of rock-paper-scissors. He offered an appeal hearing if either side disputed the game's outcome. The order illustrates his impatience with attorney gamesmanship over routine discovery logistics.
“The Plaintiff's Amended Motion and Incorporated Memorandum of Law in Support of its Renewed Motion for Entry of Default Judgment is GRANTED IN PART.”
“The Supplemental Motion for Attorney's Fees and Additional Interest is GRANTED IN PART.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled civil cases provide illustrative caseload context rather than weighted counts. No authoritative caseload baseline was available.
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