Enjolique Aytch Lett
How Judge Lett rules, drawn from 7 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Lett decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In a pretrial-detention proceeding under 18 U.S.C. 3142 she parses the grounds separately, denying detention on dangerousness where no firearm was recovered but crafting a strict multi-condition release package where obstruction and nonappearance risk are shown.
“the Court affirms Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett’s Order denying the Government’s Motion for Pretrial Detention.”
Procedural preferences
Treats broadly pleaded economic damages as opening corresponding financial discovery, while tailoring a subpoena's time period to the alleged injury window and preserving confidentiality protections.
“those averments open the door to the discovery at issue”
Requires a self-represented applicant for an ex parte temporary restraining order to satisfy Rule 65's notice certification; self-representation does not excuse the procedural requirement.
“there is no certification from the pro se Plaintiff that he attempted to give notice to the Defendant(s)”
Cautions
Applies the FAA's heavy presumption in favor of confirming arbitration awards, rejecting vacatur theories under 9 U.S.C. 10(a): an arbitrator's legal error is not grounds for vacatur, and alleged perjury must be materially related to a fair hearing.
“the Undersigned hereby recommends that the Motion to Vacate be DENIED and the Motion to Confirm be GRANTED.”
Willing to recommend 'exceptional case' fees under 35 U.S.C. 285 and 28 U.S.C. 1927 where a patent plaintiff asserts already-invalidated claims, pleads a shotgun complaint, and de facto lead counsel drives vexatious litigation.
“the Court RECOMMENDS that the District Court GRANT Defendant's Motion for Attorney's Fees Against Plaintiff and award the amount of $33,986.43 under the provision for an ‘exceptional’ case under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and $50,619.59 under 28 U.S.C. § 1927.”
Scrutinizes fee applications for billing judgment, reducing awards for duplicative staffing, quarter-hour billing, and vague entries while preserving privilege over disclosed invoices.
“because some of the entries include duplicative work ... the Court imposes a 5% fee reduction. ... the majority of the Yanowitch entries are billed in increments of .25 ... and a number of the entries are vague ... Accordingly, the Court imposes a 25% reduction”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Undersigned hereby recommends that the Motion to Vacate be DENIED and the Motion to Confirm be GRANTED.”
“the Court RECOMMENDS that the District Court GRANT Defendant's Motion for Attorney's Fees Against Plaintiff and award the amount of $33,986.43 under the provision for an ‘exceptional’ case under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and $50,619.59 under 28 U.S.C. § 1927.”
“the Undersigned RECOMMENDS that the Court GRANT the Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment [ECF No. 272] and enter judgment for Plaintiff BlueStar Expo, Inc. in the amount of $300,000 plus post-judgment interest.”
“the Court affirms Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett’s Order denying the Government’s Motion for Pretrial Detention.”
“Petitioner's Verified Motion for an Award of Fees and Sanctions and Motion to Compel Disclosure from BDO [ECF No. 179] is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows: 1. The Court AWARDS Petitioner fees in the amount of $222,100.50 as it relates to the Coffey Burlington firm. 2. The Court AWARDS Petitioner fees in the amount of $38,854.69 as it relates to the Yanowitch & Co. firm.”
“The Court DENIES Petitioner's request to impose further sanctions and compel Respondent to identify the number of timekeepers who billed time to this matter and the total fees incurred.”
“Petitioner's Motion for an Order Preserving Attorney-Client and Work Product Protections, or in the Alternative, for an In-Camera Inspection of Unredacted Attorney Invoices [ECF No. 176] is GRANTED insofar as the attorney-client and work product privileges are preserved, and the disclosure of billing records did not waive those protections.”
“Defendant’s Motion to Compel [ECF No. 103] is GRANTED in part;”
“Plaintiff’s Corrected and Renewed Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction, [ECF No. 7], be DENIED without prejudice”
“Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction, [ECF No. 4] be DENIED as moot.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All reviewed cases are pending direct or magistrate-duty assignments, so this sample does not yet support terminated-case durations or disposition figures.
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