Lawrence R. Sommerfeld
How Judge Sommerfeld rules, drawn from 4 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
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.”
Cautions
Applied controlling circuit precedent to recommend denial of a Second Amendment challenge to a felon-in-possession indictment; the district judge adopted the recommendation over objection.
“The undersigned further RECOMMENDS that Bailey’s Motion to Dismiss Indictment [Doc. 22] be DENIED based on controlling authority.”
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.”
“The undersigned RECOMMENDS that Bailey’s Motion to Suppress [Doc. 21] be DENIED”
“The undersigned further RECOMMENDS that Bailey’s Motion to Dismiss Indictment [Doc. 22] be DENIED based on controlling authority.”
“it is RECOMMENDED that the instant motion to vacate (Doc. 216) be DENIED as untimely”
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