Robert Porter Chamberlin
How Judge Chamberlin decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Enforces jurisdictional limits where state-law claims are only remotely connected to a bankruptcy and the statutory abstention elements are met.
“the law gives the court no choice but to abstain from hearing non-core cases premised on state law”
Allows a first amendment before dismissing a pro se complaint when the identified pleading defect may be curable.
“district courts should not dismiss pro se complaints pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) without first providing the plaintiff an opportunity to amend”
Procedural preferences
Applies the federal service rules after removal and may extend the service period when removal occurred before service was perfected.
“the federal rules govern procedure once a case is removed to a district court”
Cautions
Will impose dismissal with prejudice after repeated discovery failures and ignored warnings when lesser sanctions would be ineffective.
“Dismissal with prejudice is a harsh sanction. However, Rivera's actions, or lack thereof, have earned it under each rule.”
Treats repeated fabricated citations after explicit warnings as willful misconduct that can justify dismissal with prejudice.
“the Court further concludes that Plaintiff's conduct was willful and in bad faith”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Plaintiff's Amended Motion to Remand [21] is GRANTED, and this action shall be REMANDED to the Circuit Court of Grenada County, Mississippi.”
“Parker-Hannifin's Motion to Dismiss [13] is GRANTED.”
“LeSueur's Motions for Clerk's Entry of Default [24, 25, 26] are DENIED.”
“Trans Union's Motion to Dismiss [Doc. 7] is therefore DENIED without prejudice.”
“Defendant Pinnacle Bank's [46] Motion to Dismiss / Motion for Sanctions and Plaintiff Joshua Harris's [57] Motion to Vacate are DENIED AS MOOT.”
“finding as moot (57) Motion to Vacate in case 3:25-cv-00157-RPC-RP”
“finding as moot (47) Motion to Vacate in case 3:25-cv-00158-RPC-RP”
“The Court has reviewed the Motion [40] and finds it to be well-taken. Therefore, the Motion [40] is GRANTED. This matter is hereby DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“ORDER dismissing as moot 10 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim.”
“Nelson's Motion to Join and Remand is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. The motion is GRANTED to the extent it seeks joinder of Trustmark as a required party pursuant to Rule 19. The motion is DENIED to the extent it seeks remand of this action to state court”
“Allstate's Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“the Court DENIES without prejudice GML's motion to dismiss”
“and DENIES McFarland's motions to dismiss.”
“Wortham's Motion for Extension of Time to Perfect Service of Process [Doc. 25] is GRANTED”
“Plaintiff's Motion to Proceed in forma pauperis [2] is DENIED”
“Respondent's Motion [8] to Dismiss should be GRANTED, and the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus will be DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to exhaust available state court remedies.”
“Davenport's Motion to Remand [Doc. 10] is GRANTED, and the matter is REMANDED to state court.”
“MAIC's Motion to Dismiss [Doc. 6] is dismissed as MOOT.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 1 days (N = 4).
The early assignment set includes employment and civil-rights cases, consumer-credit disputes, insurance and personal-injury matters, habeas and prisoner cases, labor claims, Social Security appeals, and commercial litigation.
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