Alice R. Senechal
How Judge Senechal decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Senechal recommends granting Rule 12 motions to dismiss on threshold immunity and jurisdiction grounds -- FTCA/sovereign immunity for federal defendants, Bivens limits, and Eleventh Amendment/tribal immunity -- and district judges adopt her recommendations over objection.
“United States Magistrate Judge Alice R. Senechal issued a Report and Recommendation, recommending the Court grant each motion to dismiss ... The motions to dismiss (Doc. 58; Doc. 63; Doc. 68) are GRANTED.”
Cautions
She recommends denying a motion for injunctive relief that seeks to enjoin persons who are not defendants or that rests on claims not pleaded or already dismissed.
“The Report and Recommendation recommends that Plaintiff Ryan Corman's motion for injunctive relief be denied. ... Corman's motion for injunctive relief is DENIED.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“United States Magistrate Judge Alice R. Senechal issued a Report and Recommendation, recommending the Court grant each motion to dismiss ... The motions to dismiss (Doc. 58; Doc. 63; Doc. 68) are GRANTED.”
“The Report and Recommendation recommends that Respondent Chad Pringle's motion to dismiss be granted and that Petitioner Jason Vogt's habeas petition be dismissed with prejudice. ... IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the respondent's motion to dismiss is GRANTED. Vogt's habeas petition is DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“The Report and Recommendation recommends that Plaintiff Ryan Corman's motion for injunctive relief be denied. ... Corman's motion for injunctive relief is DENIED.”
In a pro se Section 1983 case proceeding under 28 U.S.C. 1915, Senechal first screened the complaint and recommended that Olson proceed on his excessive-force claim if he identified the three deputy defendants by name. After Olson failed to amend or identify them by the extended deadline, she issued a second report and recommendation proposing dismissal, which Judge Welte adopted: 'Olson's complaint (Doc. 16) is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.' This screening and case-management disposition did not resolve a party motion.
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Social Security appeals run roughly 5-12 months; pro se screening/civil-rights cases terminate fast (weeks to a couple of months). Small recency sample; not a representative caseload distribution.
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