Alicia O. Valle
How Judge Valle decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On complex regulatory and personal-injury matters Valle recommends granting Rule 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss and defense summary-judgment motions where the pleadings or record fail as a matter of law, and district judges adopt over the plaintiff's objections.
“Magistrate Judge Valle's R&R [ECF No. 74] is ADOPTED AND AFFIRMED ... Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint [ECF No. 55] is GRANTED. The Second Amended Complaint [ECF No. 50] is DISMISSED with prejudice. ... Plaintiff's Objections [ECF No. 77] are OVERRULED.”
Procedural preferences
On an attorney charging-lien dispute she recommends striking a lien and denying enforcement where a valid Florida charging lien is missing -- there was no contract between the attorney and the party who actually recovered.
“the Gonzalez firm's Motion to Enforce Charging Lien (ECF No. 160) be DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE”
For civil contempt, Valle requires clear and convincing evidence of a violated, lawful, clear order and an ability to comply. In Guenther she relied on circumstantial proof of actual notice, repeated noncompliance, and the absence of evidence that the respondent could not appear.
“A finding of civil contempt must be supported by clear and convincing evidence.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Magistrate Judge Valle's R&R [ECF No. 74] is ADOPTED AND AFFIRMED ... Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint [ECF No. 55] is GRANTED. The Second Amended Complaint [ECF No. 50] is DISMISSED with prejudice. ... Plaintiff's Objections [ECF No. 77] are OVERRULED.”
“Plaintiff's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 62] is DENIED.”
“Magistrate Judge Alicia O. Valle's Report and Recommendation (DE 75) on Defendant's motion for summary judgment (DE 35). The Report recommends that Defendant's motion for summary judgment be granted. ... The conclusions in the Report (DE 75) are AFFIRMED AND ADOPTED. Defendant's motion for summary judgment (DE 35) is GRANTED.”
“the undersigned respectfully RECOMMENDS that the Notice of Charging Lien (ECF No. 103) be STRICKEN, the Gonzalez firm's Motion to Enforce Charging Lien (ECF No. 160) be DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, and the Franks' Motion for Summary Judgment or to Adjudicate (ECF No. 161) be GRANTED.”
“the Gonzalez firm's Motion to Enforce Charging Lien (ECF No. 160) be DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE”
“(viii) GRANT the Motion (ECF No. 3) and issue a new TRO to expire within 14 days of the date of issuance”
“(i) find Respondent Elizabeth Macpherson and maternal grandmother Kathy Horsford in CIVIL CONTEMPT for failure to obey this Court’s Orders”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 172 days (N = 18).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 9 days (N = 20).
This caseload description is not a base rate. Valle serves in two roles: she issues recommendations to district judges on referred matters, and she signs final orders in cases where the parties consent to her jurisdiction. Her consent docket is dominated by FLSA wage-and-hour suits that resolve quickly at settlement conferences, where her recurring dispositive task is reviewing settlements for fairness under Lynn's Food.
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Opens in Ezel Pro. Every answer is grounded in Judge Valle's own signed orders and cites them.