Martha Vazquez

United States District Court for the District of New Mexico district Senior status Appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic) 26 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Serna v. Keleher
1:22-cv-00575-MV-LF
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint [Doc. 13] is GRANTED, as follows: the Sernas' federal due process claim is dismissed with prejudice; and the Sernas' state law claims are dismissed without prejudice.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment for Recovery of Fraudulent Transfer of Property [Doc. 24] is DENIED.”

Second Presbyterian Church of Albuquerque v. Church Mutual Insurance Company
1:23-cv-00530-MV-JFR
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment on Limitations Grounds [Doc. 20] is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, as follows: judgment as a matter of law is granted in Church Mutual's favor as to Second Presbyterian's breach of contract claim (Count I); Second Presbyterian's NMUICPA claim (Count II) and Second Presbyterian's bad faith claim (Count III) remain viable.”

Motion other (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's Motion for Certification of Question of Law to the New Mexico Supreme Court [Doc. 30] is DENIED.”

Perez (Secretary of Labor) v. ZL Restaurant Corporation
1:13-cv-00075-MV-GBW
Motion for relief from judgment (defendant) Denied

“Defendant Lixin Zhang's Letter Motion for Relief from Judgment [Doc. 42] ... will be DENIED.”

Motion for relief from judgment (defendant) Denied

“Respondents File it as a Motion to Dismiss and Newly Discovered Evidence That to Plaintiff [Doc. 45] will be DENIED.”

Hendricks v. Alum Financial, LLC
1:21-cv-00798 · 2024-09-12
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Debt Pay, Inc's Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint [Doc. 41] is GRANTED, as follows: the Second Amended Complaint is dismissed as to Debt Pay Pro.”

New Mexico Public Schools Insurance Authority v. Express Scripts, Inc.
1:23-cv-01034 · 2024-08-28
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted in part

“Plaintiff's Motion to Remand (Doc. 15) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, and the case is hereby REMANDED to the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Moot / procedural

“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss the Second and Third Counts of Plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. 6) ... are DENIED AS MOOT.”

State of New Mexico ex rel. Stone v. Board of County Commissioners for the County of Quay
1:22-cv-00805 · 2024-05-01
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs' Motion to Sever and Remand Claims Arising Under the New Mexico Civil Rights Act and New Mexico Tort Claims Act [Doc. 17] is DENIED.”

Tichenor v. New Mexico Title Loans, Inc.
1:15-cv-00810 · 2016-05-02
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted

“the Motion to Remand and for Costs and Memorandum in Support, filed September 21, 2015, [Doc. 8], is granted. This matter is remanded to the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico.”

Other motion (defendant) Moot / procedural

“Because this Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, it will not consider Defendants' Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceeding, [Doc. 4].”

Olivas v. Las Cruces Medical Center, LLC
2:11-cv-00151 · 2011-12-08
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's Motion to Remand (Doc. 4) is DENIED.”

United States v. Baines
2:06-cr-01797 · 2007-04-09
Motion to exclude expert (defendant) Denied

“Defendant's motion to exclude expert testimony on fingerprint evidence is DENIED.”

Romero v. Schum
6:07-cv-01093 · 2009-05-29
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the Court concludes that Defendant is entitled to qualified immunity on Plaintiff's excessive force claim.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff failed to meet his burden of showing that he is entitled to summary judgment on the excessive force claim.”

Garcia v. City of Albuquerque
6:08-cv-00144 · 2009-05-15
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“the Court will grant Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Timely Name Fictitious Defendants in part and dismiss the three remaining John/Jane Doe defendants.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Armijo's Motion for Summary Judgment now before the Court will be denied without prejudice.”

Other motion (plaintiff) Granted

“GRANT Plaintiffs' Motion to Substitute Jose Carrasco for John Doe Officer and Dismiss Defendants Jojola and Napoleone.”

United States v. Diaz
1:19-cr-03336 · 2023-12-21
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the Court finds that, under Toombs, a technical violation of the Speedy Trial Act occurred as outlined above, and that dismissal of the indictment is warranted on that basis ... dismissal will be without prejudice.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 294 days (N = 7).

Median motion-to-ruling time: 188 days (N = 2).

Senior Judge Vazquez has served in Santa Fe since 1993 and was Chief Judge from 2003 through 2010. The sampled caseload includes removed civil-rights and personal-injury cases, prisoner civil-rights and detention matters, motions to vacate sentences, diversity contract disputes, and criminal cases. This describes caseload composition, not motion outcomes.

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