William M. Nickerson
How Judge Nickerson rules, drawn from 14 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Nickerson no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Nickerson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
At the pleading stage in Cook, Nickerson treated an immediate change in customer behavior following targeted product criticism as enough to plead causation.
“That immediate temporal connection is sufficient to establish the requisite causation, at least at this stage in the litigation.”
Procedural preferences
In the McCoy forfeiture action, Nickerson enforced a show-cause deadline after the government neither opposed summary judgment nor answered repeated requests for its position.
“The government has failed to show cause as to why the currency should not be released to McCoy and, as such, this Court will grant McCoy’s motion for summary judgment.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the government’s motion to exclude reference to treble damages will be granted”
“the government’s motion to strike and/or limit expert testimony will be denied”
“Defendants’ motion in limine will be denied”
“the Court concludes that it must grant GE Capital’s motions for sanction and will enter default judgment”
“this Court will grant McCoy’s motion for summary judgment.”
“Plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment on Count II contribution in the amount of $89,109.50 will be granted.”
“Plaintiff has also filed a motion for leave to file an amended complaint. Defendant has consented to this motion and it will be granted.”
“the Court will deny Defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint.”
“the Court will grant the motion for reconsideration.”
“Plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss will be granted”
“Defendants’ motion to transfer will be denied as moot.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand will be granted.”
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss will be denied.”
“Defendants’ motion is denied as moot.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion for Remand will be granted.”
“the motion will be denied.”
“Defendants’ motion is denied as moot.”
“Defendants' motions to dismiss will be denied.”
“Defendants’ Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment will be denied.”
“both Plaintiff’s motion and Defendant’s counter motion will be denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 228.5 days (N = 10).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 1 days (N = 3).
The sampled early-2009 matters included a Section 2255 petition, civil and criminal forfeiture, FOIA, contract, criminal prosecution, ERISA, civil rights, habeas, and personal-injury litigation. All sampled cases were terminated, consistent with a closed 2017 service period.
A historical record
Judge Nickerson 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.