Judith C. Herrera

United States District Court for the District of New Mexico district Senior status Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican) 20 signed orders read

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Brown v. McGill
1:08-cv-00453-JH-RLP
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“For the forgoing reasons, Defendants' Motion to Dismiss FMLA Claims is denied.”

Collins v. Taos Board of Education
6:10-cv-00407-JCH-LFG
Sua sponte dismissal (court) Granted

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Count V of Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint is dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”

Lincoln Benefit Life Company v. Guerrero
1:14-cv-01077-JCH-WPL · 2016-06-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant Imara Guerrero’s Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 38] is hereby GRANTED.”

Hedges v. Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.
1:10-cv-00212-JCH-KBM · 2011-03-25
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss [Doc. 10] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”

Gutierrez v. Cobos
2:12-cv-00980-JCH-GBW · 2014-03-26
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant Deputy Eby’s Motion To Dismiss [Doc. 60] is GRANTED”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the Motion To Dismiss filed by Defendants Garcia, Ojeda, and Saenz [Doc. 62] is GRANTED”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant Sheriff Cobos’s Motion To Dismiss [Doc. 64] is GRANTED.”

Delgado v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company
2:15-cv-00196-JCH-GJF · 2017-12-13
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Counts III and IV of Plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. 32) is GRANTED.”

Rodriguez-Ortega v. Rich
1:21-cv-01129-JCH-KK · 2024-08-20
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant Padilla’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 189) is GRANTED and Count IX is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Moot / procedural

“Defendant Padilla’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Claim (Count IX) (ECF No. 118) is DENIED as MOOT because this Court has dismissed the claim on summary judgment.”

Woodward v. Social Security Administration
1:16-cv-00775-JCH-KK · 2018-07-31
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Claims for Violation of his Weingarten Rights (Count VI and for Violation of the 14th Amendment (Count VII), filed January 12, 2018 (Doc. 50), is GRANTED”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s First Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff’s Claims for Race Discrimination (Count I), filed on January 12, 2018 (Doc. 49), is GRANTED”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s Provisional Second Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff’s Claims for Retaliation (Count III), Gender Discrimination (Count IV) and Hostile Work Environment (Count II/Harassment (Count V), filed January 16, 2018 (Doc. 52), is GRANTED.”

Gonzales v. Martinez
1:14-cv-00245-JCH-KK · 2016-11-15
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the motion for summary judgment Defendants incorporated in their Martinez Report (Doc. 54) is GRANTED as to Plaintiff’s federal constitutional claims.”

Walker v. BOKF, National Association
1:18-cv-00810-JCH-JHR · 2019-07-15
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Class Action Complaint [ECF No. 5] is GRANTED.”

Walker v. BOKF, National Association
1:18-cv-00810-JCH-JHR · 2020-03-20
Motion for reconsideration (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff Berkley V. Walker’s ‘Motion for Reconsideration and Memorandum of Law in Support’ (ECF No. 21) is DENIED.”

Elisberg v. Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Inc.
1:05-cv-00461-JCH-KBM · 2006-08-10
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant Presbyterian’s Motion for Summary Judgment as to Plaintiff Givens’s claims is GRANTED; (2) Defendant Presbyterian’s Motion for Summary Judgment as to Plaintiff Martinez’s claims is DENIED”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant ARAMARK’s Motion for Summary Judgment as to Plaintiff Givens’s claims is GRANTED; and (2) Defendant ARAMARK’s Motion for Summary Judgment as to Plaintiff Martinez’s claims is DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 330 days (N = 9).

Median motion-to-ruling time: 222.5 days (N = 6).

Senior Judge Herrera continues to receive new cases in Albuquerque. The sampled caseload includes Federal Tort Claims Act motor-vehicle and personal-injury suits, prisoner motions to vacate, diversity insurance and contract disputes, fraud and fiduciary-duty cases, FMLA and civil-rights matters, and criminal cases. This describes caseload composition, not motion outcomes.

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