Tiffany R. Johnson
How Judge Johnson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Adopts magistrate Reports & Recommendations on clear-error review when no objections are filed (Singh v. ICE: 'The Court has reviewed the Final R&R for clear error and finds none. The Court ADOPTS ...'). Grounded.
“The Court has reviewed the Final R&R for clear error and finds none. The Court ADOPTS the findings and conclusions in the Final R&R [16] as the opinion and order of the Court.”
Her Civil Case Guidelines auto-stay discovery and Local Rule 16 obligations until 14 days after she rules on any dispositive motion; she enforces this by granting stay-discovery motions immediately (Martinez, 1-day latency), and expects a Certificate of Compliance with her Guidelines within 7 days of case assignment.
“[i]f a defendant files a dispositive motion, including a motion seeking partial disposition of the case, the parties' discovery obligations and obligations under Local Rule 16 are stayed until fourteen (14) days after an order on the motion is entered by the Court.”