Cristina D. Silva

United States District Court for the District of Nevada district Appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic) 13 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Beazley Underwriting Ltd v. Jumper Man Party Rentals, LLC
2:22-cv-01884-CDS-MDC · 2024-05-03
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“Beazley moves for summary judgment on all five counts. ECF No. 20. The motion is fully briefed. For the following reasons, I grant summary judgment in favor of Beazley and kindly direct the Clerk of Court to close this case.”

Ocasio v. Facility Concession Services
2:22-cv-02032-CDS-MDC · 2024-01-17
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that defendants' 24 motion to dismiss is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly and to close this case.”

Ocasio v. Facility Concession Services
2:22-cv-02032-CDS-MDC · 2024-05-23
Motion for relief from judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“ORDER granting in part and denying in part 53 Motion for Relief from Judgment. The court's dismissal of Ocasio's 2019 race and age discrimination claims stands. The court, however, grants Ocasio's motion regarding his 2019 retaliation claim; separately dismisses it for failure to state a claim; but permits Ocasio the opportunity file an amended complaint concerning his 2019 retaliation claim only.”

Rowe v. The State of Nevada
2:22-cv-00014 · 2023-03-17
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“ORDER Granting 10 Motion to Dismiss. ORDER Granting 17 Motion to Dismiss. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all claims against defendants 2011 Nevada State Assembly Members and 2011 Nevada State Senate Members are DISMISSED under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) for failure to serve. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly and CLOSE THIS CASE.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted
Sanders-Lee v. County of Clark
2:21-cv-00019 · 2023-05-04
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“ORDER Granting 22 Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment and Closing Case. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, the Clerk of the Court enter judgment accordingly and CLOSE THIS CASE.”

Reed v. Brown
2:23-cv-00331 · 2025-01-23
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“ORDER granting 23 Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying 27 Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied
Drowns v. GNLV, LLC
2:23-cv-02066 · 2025-07-14
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that GNLV's motion for summary judgement [ECF No. 24] is DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that GNLV's request that I find as a matter of law that Drowns was comparatively negligent is DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that GNLV's request that I find as a matter of law that Drowns failed to mitigate his damages is DENIED.”

Neilsen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
2:24-cv-00802 · 2024-07-10
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted

“ORDER Granting 9 Motion to Remand to State Court. Signed by Judge Cristina D. Silva on 7/10/2024.”

Scott v. Najara
2:23-cv-00990 · 2024-06-11
Motions to dismiss (respondent) Granted in part

“ORDER granting in part and denying in part 19 Motion to Dismiss as follows: (1) ground 1 is technically exhausted and procedurally defaulted, and I defer consideration of whether Scott can demonstrate cause and prejudice under Martinez to overcome the procedural default of ground 1 until after the filing of an answer and reply in this action, and (2) ground 6 is cognizable but unexhausted.”

Murphy v. Johnson
2:21-cv-00092 · 2024-07-11
Motions to dismiss (respondent) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that respondents' 44 motion to dismiss is DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondents have until September 11, 2024, to file an answer to the petition.”

Welch v. Liggett
2:19-cv-01243 · 2023-01-11
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“ORDER granting 129 Motion for Summary Judgment; ORDER denying as moot 139 Motion for Reconsideration. The Clerk of Court is instructed to enter judgment accordingly and CLOSE THIS CASE.”

Borenstein v. The Animal Foundation
2:19-cv-00985 · 2024-11-22
Motions to strike (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Borenstein's motion to strike ECF No. 466 is GRANTED. TAF is directed to refile by November 19, 2024, the same motion for summary judgment that was filed on June 21, 2024 found at ECF No. 432. Any response by Borenstein is due twenty-one days after the motion is docketed. Any reply by TAF is due seven days after the response is docketed. The Clerk of Court is instructed to strike ECF No. 432.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The reviewed docket spans insurance, employment, civil-rights, product-liability, and bankruptcy matters, often involving self-represented litigants. Several terminated cases ended through stipulated or voluntary dismissal, while one product-liability case was transferred into multidistrict litigation without a merits ruling. Case durations are calculated from filing and termination dates.

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