Jennifer M. Rozzoni
How Judge Rozzoni decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
On qualified-immunity summary judgment she resolves the legal question on the briefs and, where the officers prevail, recommends dismissal with prejudice and treats pending damages-amendment motions as mooted.
“Because defendants have qualified immunity, I recommend the Court GRANT the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 40) and DENY the Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 45).”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“I find that the three defendants are entitled to qualified immunity as to both counts. Because defendants have qualified immunity, I recommend the Court GRANT the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 40) ... Finally, I recommend that the Court dismiss the case with prejudice.”
“I recommend the Court ... DENY the Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 45).”
“The PFRD recommends the Court grant the parties' Joint Motion to Approve Settlement Involving Minors and to Set a Fairness Hearing. Doc. 104. ... The Magistrate Judge's Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition, Doc. 118, is adopted. ... The Joint Motion to Approve Settlement Involving Minors and to Set a Fairness Hearing, Doc. 104, is granted.”
“I recommend that the Court GRANT IN PART and DENY IN PART defendants' Motion to Dismiss. I recommend the Court grant in part defendants' motion by finding that: (1) Plaintiff fails to state a § 1983 claim against defendants in their official capacity. ... I recommend the Court deny in part defendants' motion by finding that: (1) Plaintiff sufficiently states a failure to protect claim against each defendant in their individual capacities under § 1983. ... (2) Defendant Hatch is not entitled to qualified immunity at the pleading stage.”
“Mr. Manuelito fails to show that he is entitled to relief for any of these three grounds. I therefore recommend that the Court deny Mr. Manuelito's Motion to Correct an Illegal Sentence Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Doc. 3) with prejudice.”
“Having reviewed the parties' submissions and the relevant law, I recommend that the Court GRANT plaintiffs' Motion to Remand (Doc. 6) because removal was untimely.”
“The Motion for Discovery (Doc. 10) is denied. ... By local rule, I am assigned to decide the Motion for Discovery. See D.N.M.LR-Civ. 73.1(a) ... see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A).”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File a Surreply to the Reply in Support of Defendant Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's Motion for Protective Order (Doc. 93) is DENIED.”
“I recommend that the Court: 1. Dismiss this case without prejudice for impermissible claim splitting, and 2. Deny Ms. Saul's Request for Leave of Court to File Motion to Amend Complaint (Doc. 29) as futile.”
Acting on its own, the court struck both sides' briefing on a pending discovery motion for failing to follow its order, and warned plaintiff's counsel that fabricated and misrepresented case citations could lead to sanctions: "the Court hereby STRIKES defendant Albuquerque Public Schools' supplement response (Doc. 105) and plaintiff's reply (Doc. 107) to plaintiff's pending discovery motion (Doc. 88)."
“I therefore recommend that the Court deny Mr. Griego's Motion to Vacate Sentence Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Doc. 1) and dismiss the case with prejudice.”
“For that reason, I recommend that the Court dismiss Mr. Way's case without prejudice for failure to prosecute.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 293.0 days (N = 8).
By party consent, Judge Rozzoni enters final decisions in Social Security disability appeals. She also writes recommendations in civil-rights, prisoner, and post-conviction cases. This describes the composition of her work, not a grant rate.
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