Lawrence R. Sommerfeld
How Judge Sommerfeld decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Enforces arbitration clauses, granting a motion to compel arbitration and staying the litigation while denying the plaintiff's motions to remand.
“Acima's motion to compel arbitration and stay litigation [ECF 3] is GRANTED.”
Procedural preferences
Overrules objections and adopts the report and recommendation as the order of the court, denying a partial motion to dismiss.
“MARTA's objections to the R&R [ECF 58] are OVERRULED, and undersigned ADOPTS the R&R [ECF 54] as the Order of this Court. MARTA's partial motion to dismiss the second amended complaint [ECF 47] is DENIED.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“MARTA's objections to the R&R [ECF 58] are OVERRULED, and undersigned ADOPTS the R&R [ECF 54] as the Order of this Court. MARTA's partial motion to dismiss the second amended complaint [ECF 47] is DENIED.”
“Acima's motion to compel arbitration and stay litigation [ECF 3] is GRANTED.”
“Jackson-Felder's motions to remand [ECFs 5, 7] are DENIED.”
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