Rodolfo Armando Ruiz II
How Judge Ruiz decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Reluctant to resolve statutory sovereign-immunity on summary judgment where a defendant's intent or bad faith is disputed, treating intent as a jury question even on a video record.
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant's Motion, [ECF No. 43], is DENIED. Defendant shall file an answer to Plaintiff's Amended Complaint, [ECF No. 39], within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Order.”
Procedural preferences
Dismisses APA-delay and mandamus suits as moot once the agency grants the relief sought, and enforces response deadlines via Rule 41(b).
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, [ECF No. 7], is GRANTED. ... Plaintiff's Complaint, [ECF No. 1] is DISMISSED without prejudice.”
Stays general discovery where threshold jurisdictional and facial challenges are pending and discovery would be extensive and expensive.
“Defendants' Renewed Motion to Stay Discovery [ECF No. 59] is GRANTED. General discovery is STAYED until this Court issues an order on Defendants' Joint Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 56-3].”
Cautions
Will use inherent equitable power — including the fugitive-disentitlement doctrine — to dismiss a case with prejudice where a party flouts other courts' orders.
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 6] is GRANTED. The Complaint is DISMISSED with prejudice. All pending Motions are DENIED AS MOOT.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 6] is GRANTED. The Complaint is DISMISSED with prejudice. All pending Motions are DENIED AS MOOT.”
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, [ECF No. 7], is GRANTED. ... Plaintiff's Complaint, [ECF No. 1] is DISMISSED without prejudice.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 17] is DENIED.”
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 18] is GRANTED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant's Motion, [ECF No. 43], is DENIED. Defendant shall file an answer to Plaintiff's Amended Complaint, [ECF No. 39], within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Order.”
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, [ECF No. 148], is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. Count VIII of Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint ... alleging common law fraud as to Defendants Stingray and Mood Media is DISMISSED without prejudice and with leave to refile.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Default Final Judgment against Defendants, [ECF No. 28], is hereby GRANTED ... The Court finds that Prime does not owe any coverage obligations under commercial auto insurance policy number PC22101360 for any claims arising out of the Subject Accident.”
“Defendants' Renewed Motion to Stay Discovery [ECF No. 59] is GRANTED. General discovery is STAYED until this Court issues an order on Defendants' Joint Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 56-3].”
“Plaintiff's Motion [ECF No. 89] is GRANTED. The Clerk is instructed to transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and mark this case as CLOSED in this District.”
“ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendant's Motion, [ECF No. 11], is GRANTED and Plaintiff's attempted service on Defendant, [ECF No. 7], is QUASHED.”
“Appellee's Motion to Dismiss First Appeal, [ECF No. 5], and Motion to Dismiss Second Appeal, [ECF No. 25], are GRANTED.”
“it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendants' MTD is GRANTED due to Plaintiff's failure to exhaust his administrative remedies.”
“ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Motion, [ECF No. 27], is GRANTED as set forth herein.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 35 days (N = 4).
The reviewed 2020-2023 matters are weighted toward criminal and disability-access cases. Many of the consumer and insurance civil matters ended quickly through settlement or voluntary dismissal. This provides descriptive context rather than a caseload-wide rate.
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