Kirtan Khalsa
How Judge Khalsa decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
On Rule 12 motions, splits the disposition claim-by-claim and ties prejudice to curability: treats administrative-exhaustion defects as jurisdictional (Rule 12(b)(1)) dismissals WITHOUT prejudice that may be refiled once exhaustion is shown, while dismissing legally foreclosed claims (e.g. prima facie tort) WITH prejudice under Rule 12(b)(6).
“NMHRA ... is dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction pursuant to rule 12(b)(1) ... ; Moody's prima facie tort claims are dismissed with prejudice for failure to state a claim pursuant to rule 12(b)(6)”
Motion outcomes
Counted from classified signed orders only. Percentages are shown only where the sample is large enough to be meaningful; smaller samples are reported as raw counts.
| Motions to dismiss N = 1 |
Granted in part: 1 | counts only |
| Habeas petition N = 1 |
Denied: 1 | counts only |
A "1 of 1" is one ruling, not a tendency. Treat small samples as illustrative, not predictive.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss ... is granted in part and denied in part as follows: (a) ... NMHRA ... is dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction pursuant to rule 12(b)(1) ...; (b) Moody's prima facie tort claims are dismissed with prejudice for failure to state a claim pursuant to rule 12(b)(6) ...; (c) Moody's claim under the New Mexico Unfair Practices Act ... is dismissed without prejudice for failure to state a claim”
“Petitioner's Motion Under 28 U.S.C. 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence ... is DENIED, and this case is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 333.5 days (N = 10).
Judge of record by consent on a steady stream of Social Security disability appeals (DIWC/DIWW, SSID Tit. XVI; 42:405(g)); criminal-duty magistrate (preliminary/detention hearings, criminal forfeiture); and a referral magistrate on diversity insurance, consumer-credit (FDCPA), and civil-rights sec.1983 dockets (referred out to other magistrates -- Yarbrough, Robbenhaar, Fashing, Ritter -- and/or handled via her own R&Rs). NOT a grant rate -- role/composition only.