Denise K. LaRue
Judge LaRue no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge LaRue decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Social Security appeals she enforces the ALJ's affirmative procedural duties strictly: an ALJ must ask the vocational expert on the record whether the proffered jobs conflict with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, and a claimant does not forfeit that argument by failing to raise it at the hearing because the duty rests on the ALJ.
“because the ALJ failed in his initial duty to ask the VE whether his proffered jobs were consistent with the DOT, Mr. Hutchinson did not forfeit his argument of error.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“this magistrate judge recommends that the Commissioner's decision denying Plaintiff's application for disability benefits and a period of disability be REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings as instructed above.”
“this magistrate judge recommends that the Commissioner's Motion to Dismiss or Alternatively for Summary Judgment [dkt. 12] be granted and this Cause be dismissed.”
“Having reviewed Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue's Report and Recommendation that Corey E. Horton's supervised release be revoked, pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. 3401(i), Rule 32.1(a)(1) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Title 18 U.S.C. 3583, the Court now approves and adopts the Report and Recommendation”
“the U. S. Magistrate Judge RECOMMENDS the Court adopt the above report and recommendation revoking Mr. Gladney's supervised release and imposing a sentence of imprisonment of 27 months in the custody of the Attorney General or his designee with no supervised release to follow.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Her assigned docket is dominated by consent personal-injury diversity suits against national retailers (slip-and-fall cases against Wal-Mart and Kroger), together with Social Security disability appeals heard on referral and a criminal-duty matter. This matches her role centered on civil discovery, mediation, and consent dispositions. All sampled cases terminated within her tenure (she died in office in August 2017).
A historical record
Judge LaRue no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.