Jennifer A. Dorsey

United States District Court for the District of Nevada district Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic) 17 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Carrington Mortg. Servs., LLC v. SFR Invs. Pool 1, LLC
377 F. Supp. 3d 1187 · 2019-03-28
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“I grant Carrington's motion and close this case.”

Desert Palace, Inc. v. Michael
370 F. Supp. 3d 1177 · 2019-03-28
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“I also grant Caesars summary judgment on its fraud claim because the factual findings that resulted from my sanctions order establish all the elements of that claim.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“directly awarding damages to Caesars is appropriate ... But because Caesars seeks summary judgment on Michael's counterclaim for the $ 582,000 it has on hold ... I deny, for now, Caesars's claim to these funds but grant it leave to renew its motion.”

Dinkins v. Schinzel
362 F. Supp. 3d 916 · 2019-01-24
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“I grant both motions in part and deny them in part, and I order the parties to a mandatory settlement conference before a magistrate judge.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part
Kinzer v. Allegiant Air, LLC
215 F. Supp. 3d 1018 · 2016-06-01
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted

“Granting Motion to Remand and Denying Motion to Dismiss as Moot”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Moot / procedural
Fed. Hous. Fin. Agency, Home Loan Mortg. Corp. v. LN Mgmt. LLC
369 F. Supp. 3d 1101 · 2019-03-11
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that LN Management LLC, Series 2937 Barboursville's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint [ECF No. 29] is GRANTED in Part and DENIED in Part. The claims by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and U.S. Bank LLC are DISMISSED with prejudice, but the claims by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as conservator of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, may proceed.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation's Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 31] is GRANTED in part; summary judgment is entered in favor of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation on its first and second causes of action.”

LHF Prods., Inc. v. Boughton
2:16-cv-01918 · 2017-10-23
Motion to sever (defendant) Granted

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all claims against defendants Gallego, Gyarfas, Templeton, and Walsh are SEVERED and DISMISSED from this case without prejudice to LHF's ability to bring these claims in new, separate actions.”

Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that LHF's motion for default judgment [ECF No. 55] is DENIED as moot with respect to Gallego, Gyarfas, Templeton, and Walsh and GRANTED with respect to Boughton.”

Motion for permanent injunction (plaintiff) Denied

“I decline to issue a permanent injunction against Boughton.”

Pasaye v. Dzurenda
375 F. Supp. 3d 1159 · 2019-03-22
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction [ECF No. 5] is GRANTED. Defendants are enjoined from enforcing AR 810.3's lineage requirement against the plaintiff and must allow him to participate in the Native American ceremonies it allows for other Native American practitioners, including the sweat lodge, prayer circle, drum circle, smudging, sacred pipe, and access to the Native American grounds.”

Motion for temporary restraining order (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order and motions for a decision [ECF Nos. 4, 17, 20] are DENIED as MOOT.”

Patel v. Dennett
389 F. Supp. 3d 888 · 2018-03-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Therefore, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Boe Dennett's motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 22] is DENIED.”

Fernandez v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
338 F. Supp. 3d 1193 · 2018-09-04
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Fernandez's motion for partial summary judgment [ECF No. 20] is GRANTED”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“her motion for partial summary judgment [ECF No. 19] is DENIED”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“State Farm's motion for partial summary judgment [ECF No. 21] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. I grant summary judgment in favor of Fernandez on her first cause of action for declaratory relief, and for State Farm on Fernandez's fifth, sixth, and seventh claims for violations of the Nevada Administrative Code, and on her prayer for punitive damages.”

United States v. Akel
388 F. Supp. 3d 1248 · 2019-07-25
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the government's motion to dismiss [ECF No. 125] is DENIED.”

Motion to modify sentence (defendant) Moot / procedural

“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Akel's original § 2255 petition [ECF No. 121] is DENIED AS MOOT.”

Universal N. Am. Ins. Co. v. Colosi
322 F. Supp. 3d 1071 · 2018-03-27
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Universal's motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 30] is GRANTED, and the Colosis' motion for partial summary judgment, or in the alternative, to stay proceedings [ECF No. 39] is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“the Colosis' motion for partial summary judgment, or in the alternative, to stay proceedings [ECF No. 39] is DENIED.”

Zervas v. USAA Gen. Indem. Co.
370 F. Supp. 3d 1169 · 2019-02-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“USAA's motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 14] is DENIED;”

Motion for leave to amend (plaintiff) Granted

“Zervas's motion for leave to amend her complaint [ECF No. 45] is GRANTED. Zervas has ten days to file her amended complaint in the form proposed at ECF No. 45.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The sampled recent docket is dominated by 2026 alien-detainee petitions under 28 U.S.C. 2241, alongside pro se and other civil matters. Because these recent cases were filed in May and June 2026 and remained pending, they do not support case-duration figures. The historical duration figure comes from the terminated Carrington case below.

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