Roszel Cathcart Thomsen
How Judge Thomsen rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Thomsen no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Thomsen decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In McFarland, Thomsen treated the absence of record evidence showing knowing falsehood or reckless disregard as decisive at summary judgment.
“there is no basis in the record to support a finding of knowing falsehood or reckless disregard on the part of defendant”
In Baker, Thomsen applied the statutory filing deadline despite acknowledging that the result appeared unfair.
“That result in the instant case seems unfair”
In Osborne, Thomsen paired habeas relief with substitute civilian service equivalent to the petitioner's remaining active-duty obligation.
“conditioned that petitioner serve in the civilian work program administered by the Selective Service System or similar work approved by this Court”
Procedural preferences
In Frost, Thomsen endorsed liberal interrogatories for legitimate purposes but required counsel to exercise judgment and rejected oppressive questioning.
“Although this Court is committed to the liberal use of interrogatories for legitimate purposes, the Court expects counsel to use some judgment in preparing interrogatories.”
In Flinchum, Thomsen allowed a late claim where the initial filing period was short but protected timely claimants by subordinating the late claim.
“the shortness of the time allowed by the original order would make it unduly harsh to deny him and his insurer the right to join with the other claimants”
In Meadows, Thomsen permitted discovery aimed at facts usable on cross-examination to test a party's credibility.
“An interrogatory to a party designed to elicit facts which may be used in cross examination to affect credibility of that party is a proper subject of discovery.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The court will enter a judgment order directing that, unless such a hearing as is described in 2, above, is held on or before September 30, 1975, the defendant Administrator of Veterans Affairs shall deliver to the Clerk of this Court the material listed in 2(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v), above”
“Plaintiff is not entitled to any relief against the Civil Service Commission or its Director.”
“under the statute and the authorities, I must dismiss the suits.”
“Defendant’s motion to strike the judgment is hereby denied.”
“declaring that the contested property holding requirements violate the Fourteenth Amendment”
“granting a permanent injunction against their enforcement.”
“The Court will therefore sustain plaintiffs’ objections to the interrogatories listed above”
“The motion under § 2255 filed by Sanders is hereby denied.”
“Judgment will be entered for plaintiffs.”
“That the petition for writ of habeas corpus be and the same is hereby granted, conditioned that petitioner serve in the civilian work program”
“The interest paid by Taxpayer on those mortgages was therefore deductible.”
“The claimed deduction must be disallowed.”
“Defendant’s motion for summary judgment will, accordingly, be granted.”
“His motion for a protective order is granted, without prejudice to plaintiff’s right to file a reasonable set of interrogatories.”
“Insofar as the motion to strike is based upon the alleged illegal stopping of the car and the alleged illegal arrest of the defendant, it is hereby denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No indexed assigned dockets were returned, so no sampled case mix is reported.
A historical record
Judge Thomsen 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.