Victoria Marie Calvert
How Judge Calvert decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Rigorous, layered statutory/contract interpretation. Reads agreements as a whole and refuses constructions that render text superfluous; for negotiable instruments she holds a specific set-off/recoupment provision governs over general 'absolute and unconditional' payment language, and that a UCC instrument stays subject to a same-transaction recoupment claim.
“the provision in the MSA about offsetting losses against the Note is a specific provision that governs over the more general provision in the Note that payment is 'absolute and unconditional.'”
In equity she weighs the public-interest and irreparable-injury prongs heavily, and treats an injury curable by money (or by a debtor's right to redeem collateral) as defeating a preliminary injunction.
“An injury is 'irreparable' only if it cannot be undone through monetary remedies... LifeBrite cannot show an irreparable injury if it is reasonably certain that ECHP can fully discharge the obligations on the Note.”
Procedural preferences
Enforces jurisdictional limits firmly — applies the immigration 1252(a)(2)(B) jurisdictional bar (Patel v. Garland) even outside the removal context and even where it forecloses APA review of a USCIS adjustment denial. Follows persuasive/unpublished Circuit authority and invites supplemental briefing before deciding close questions.
“while the CAA is not enumerated in the jurisdictional bar, Section 1182(h) plainly is... As such, the Court lacks jurisdiction over this APA case.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the United States' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 7) is GRANTED and this civil action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”
“ADOPTS the R&R (Doc. 95) in its entirety as the Order of this Court, and DENIES Hayes' and Flores' motions to dismiss (Docs. 80, 81).”
“Plaintiff LifeBrite Hospital Group, LLC's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 34) is DENIED.”
“Defendant ECHP, Inc.'s Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply (Doc. 41) is granted.”
“ORDERED in Case No. 1:22-cv-01692-VMC, Roland v. Wingate Management Company, LLC, the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 95) is DENIED.”
“FURTHER ORDERED in Case No. 1:22-cv-01693-VMC, Long v. Wingate Management Company, LLC, the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 97) is DENIED.”
“FURTHER ORDERED in Case No. 1:22-cv-01694-VMC, Newton v. Wingate Management Company, LLC, the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 96) is DENIED.”
“FURTHER ORDERED in Case No. 1:22-cv-01695-VMC, Phillips v. Wingate Management Company, LLC, the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 96) is DENIED.”
“FURTHER ORDERED in Case No. 1:22-cv-01696-VMC, Sims v. Wingate Management Company, LLC, the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 121) is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that Home Depot’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim (Doc. 21) is GRANTED, the Court holds that Claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 8,856,185 is patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101, and this civil action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The Clerk is directed to close the case.”
“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint. (Doc. 53). The Clerk is DIRECTED to close the case.”
“Here, Plaintiffs’ request for leave to amend has not been raised properly because it is imbedded in the final sentence of their opposition memorandum and does not identify how further amendment would address the deficiencies in the Amended Complaint. Moreover, after extensive analysis of the statements included in the Amended Complaint, the Court finds that any amendment would be futile.”
“FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 3) is GRANTED, and the Court ENTERS the following preliminary injunction: As to Class A: Defendants are DIRECTED to immediately cease tapering hormone therapy doses to class members for the purpose of S.B. 185 compliance. Defendants are FURTHER DIRECTED to resume providing class members hormone therapy according to the applicable standard of care without regard to S.B. 185 compliance... As to Class B: Defendants are DIRECTED to evaluate class members for hormone therapy according to the applicable standard of care without regard to S.B. 185 compliance.”
“ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Provisional Class Certification (Doc. 2) is GRANTED and the Court CERTIFIES the following two classes: A. All individuals incarcerated in GDC facilities who are receiving hormone therapy now proscribed by S.B. 185 or who were receiving hormone therapy proscribed by S.B. 185 on May 8, 2025... B. All individuals incarcerated in GDC facilities not in Class A who identify as transgender and request hormone treatment now proscribed by S.B. 185.”
“For the above reasons, Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration (Docs. 44) and Renewed Motion to Compel Arbitration (Doc. 78) are DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 1115 days (N = 8).
The sampled civil docket includes an inherited 2019-2020 filing cohort and the cases underlying the published orders. It contains a notable securities-fraud cluster, along with wage-and-hour, ADA and Title VII employment, civil-rights, consumer, contract, and diversity matters. The criminal docket includes a significant Justice Department antitrust procurement-fraud case.
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