Kea W. Riggs

United States District Court for the District of New Mexico district Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican) 29 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Sugar v. Tackett
1:20-cv-00331-KWR-LF
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment on Claims for Conversion and Unjust Enrichment (Doc. 70) is DENIED.”

Thaxton v. GEICO Advantage Insurance Company
1:18-cv-00306-KWR-KK
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant GEICO County's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. 53) is hereby GRANTED ... GEICO County Mutual Insurance Company is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of personal jurisdiction.”

Dimas v. Pecos Independent School District Board of Education
1:21-cv-00978-KWR-JFR
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. 29) is GRANTED IN PART with respect to Count II for Defendants Trujillo and Flores, and Count III for Defendants PISD Board of Education and Trujillo. ... DENIED AS MOOT with respect to Count I.”

Lopez v. Jensenlopez, et al. (consolidated with six related cases)
1:24-cv-00988-KWR-LF · 2025-07-07
Motion to reassign recuse (Samuel Rene Lopez) Denied

“For the reasons stated below, the Court DENIES the motions to reassign filed in the six cases identified above.”

United States v. Christopher Marquez
1:21-cr-01510-KWR · 2024-05-16
Motion to dismiss speedy trial (Christopher Marquez) Denied

“For these reasons, the Court finds that there was no violation of Defendant's statutory, due process, or constitutional speedy trial rights. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 90) is hereby DENIED.”

GJ Ranches, LLC v. Lumberton Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association and File Construction LLC
1:24-cv-00897-KWR-KK · 2025-05-19
Motion to amend order (Lumberton Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association) Denied

“Defendant has not demonstrated any compelling circumstances warranting amending the Court's original order. The Court will therefore DENY Defendant's Motion to Amend (Doc. 37).”

Motions to dismiss (Lumberton Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association) Granted in part

“which seeks to amend the Court's Memorandum Order and Opinion Granting Defendant's Partial Motion to Dismiss (doc. 34).”

Monarchy Real Estate Acquisitions & Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Ryan Vance, et al.
1:23-cv-00493-KWR-JFR · 2023-09-08
Motions to dismiss (multiple defendants (Live Oak Bank, First National Bank of Coffee County, Rocket Mortgage, Ryan Vance/Avance Group, Todd Hohmann, U.S. Bank, North Avenue Capital, United Wholesale Mortgage)) Granted in part

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the eight motions to dismiss (Docs. 10, 12, 23, 25, 26, 36, 46, 63) are GRANTED IN PART.”

Motion for leave to file late reply (United Wholesale Mortgage) Moot / procedural

“Therefore, the motion is denied as moot.”

Maria Coto v. Sentry Insurance Company, Viking Insurance Company of Wisconsin, and Dairyland Insurance Company
1:25-cv-00160-KWR-GJF · 2025-04-24
Motion to strike class allegations (Sentry Insurance Company and Dairyland Insurance Company) Moot / procedural

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the following motions are DENIED AS MOOT: Defendants' Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Putative Class Allegations (Doc. 7)”

Motions to dismiss (Viking Insurance Company of Wisconsin) Moot / procedural

“Defendant Viking Insurance Company of Wisconsin's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 9)... DENIED AS MOOT.”

Jeremy Pinson v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al.
1:21-cv-00185-KWR-JHR · 2021-03-03
Application to proceed ifp (Jeremy Pinson) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (Doc. 2) is DENIED”

Lindsi M. Zumwalt v. New Mexico State Police Officer Daniel Evans and the New Mexico Department of Public Safety
1:20-cv-01276-KWR-LF · 2022-11-02
Joint motion to dismiss (parties jointly) Granted

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this matter is hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Donald Thomas Sharp v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
1:21-cv-0770-KWR-SCY · 2022-03-24
Motion to discharge fees (Donald Thomas Sharp) Denied

“the Court will deny his Motion to Discharge Fees and Costs (Doc. 8).”

Summary judgment (Donald Thomas Sharp) Denied

“Motions for Summary Judgment (Docs. 10, 11) are DENIED.”

Mary F. McNeese v. United States of America
1:17-cv-01164-KWR-KK · 2021-09-20
Motion for leave to file summary judgment (Mary F. McNeese) Denied

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to file Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. 109) is hereby DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 129 days (N = 9).

Median motion-to-ruling time: 109 days (N = 1).

Judge Riggs sits in Albuquerque. The sampled caseload combines illegal-reentry, firearms, and drug prosecutions with prisoner and other civil-rights actions, diversity motor-vehicle and contract disputes, federal habeas petitions, and removed cases. This describes caseload composition, not motion outcomes.

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