Peter David Welte
How Judge Welte decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Grants summary judgment for FCRA defendants who rely on reputable court-record sources with no notice of systemic errors, disposes of a case on alternative holdings (reasonable procedures and lack of actual damages), and is reluctant to exclude late-disclosed evidence absent bad faith.
“Advantage's motion for summary judgment is granted because Fraase did not suffer any actual damages.”
Procedural preferences
Affirms his magistrate judge's discovery rulings and protects a set trial date against stay tactics, holding stay-pending-appeal or -mandamus movants to the actual stay factors.
“On these facts, a stay pending review of the petition for a writ of mandamus is not warranted, and the Assembly's motion (Doc. No. 82) is DENIED.”
Cautions
Resists deciding statutory-interpretation questions on a thin record and will not certify questions to the state supreme court while material facts remain unresolved, denying partial summary judgment where fact issues abound.
“East Central's motion for partial summary judgment (Doc. No. 28) is DENIED.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“East Central's motion for partial summary judgment (Doc. No. 28) is DENIED.”
“Additionally, the City's motion to certify (Doc. No. 34) is DENIED.”
“And in turn, the Turtle Mountain plaintiffs' motion to set deadlines (Doc. No. 75) is GRANTED.”
“On these facts, a stay pending review of the petition for a writ of mandamus is not warranted, and the Assembly's motion (Doc. No. 82) is DENIED.”
“Fraase's motion for partial summary judgment (Doc. 64) is DENIED, and Advantage's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 66) is GRANTED.”
“Advantage's motion for summary judgment is granted because Fraase did not suffer any actual damages.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Durations span a fast alien-detainee habeas (12 days) to a 5.6-year prisoner-civil-rights case (2047 days). EEOC v. LM Wind Power remains pending (filed 2023-05-04, no termination). Small keyword sample; not a representative caseload.
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