Anna Elizabeth Wagner St. John
How Judge John rules, drawn from 6 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge John decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A request to separate claims may succeed when severance protects a non-debtor claim from a bankruptcy stay and remand will not affect the debtor's estate.
“The only way to allow Huynh to proceed against Motwani without risk of prejudice is for the Court to sever those claims that are not related to LKM’s bankruptcy, namely those claims asserted against Motwani.”
A dismissal motion should address the operative amended complaint claim by claim; briefing directed at superseded or nonexistent claims may be denied without prejudice.
“the Motion fails to adequately address the sufficiency of the claims that are actually before the Court”
Procedural preferences
Severance is disfavored where liability proof overlaps and splitting the case would duplicate discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation.
“judicial economy weighs against severance. The parties have litigated this case jointly for more than two years and have completed discovery.”
Cautions
Jurisdictional allegations for a limited-liability company must identify every member and each member's citizenship; repeating conclusions after an order to cure can result in dismissal without prejudice.
“Plaintiff has failed to establish that diversity jurisdiction exists under 28 U.S.C. § 1332.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ORDERED that the motion to sever claims and to abstain and remand 35 is GRANTED.”
“Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) 45 is GRANTED. All claims against Defendants Jeray Jambon Jarreau and Hillary Danos are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Sever34 is DENIED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Shamrock Marine, LLC’s Motion to Dismiss13 is GRANTED. Franklin’s claims asserted on behalf of her minor child KF and the minor child MB, as pled in her own Answer and Claim, are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
St. John dismissed the action without prejudice after the plaintiff repeated conclusory citizenship allegations and failed to establish complete diversity despite an order to cure the jurisdictional pleading.
“IT IS ORDERED that Navy Federal Credit Union’s Motion to Dismiss20 is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to refiling a motion that addresses the claims actually asserted in Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint.”
Caseload & timing
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The post-appointment docket is still overwhelmingly pending, so no representative case-duration measure is reported.
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