Kent J. Dawson
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDER Granting 21 Motion for Summary Judgment. Clerk to enter Judgment for Defendant. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 4/17/07.”
“ORDER Granting 29 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 4/25/12.”
“ORDER granting in part and denying in part 134 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 09/30/2007.”
“ORDER denying 135 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 09/30/2007.”
“ORDER Granting in part and Denying in part 18 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 6/27/07.”
“ORDER denying 4 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 6/9/08.”
“ORDER that Defendants' 28 Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED in part, as to Plaintiff's claim brought under 42 USC 1983. Plaintiff's remaining claims are remanded to state court pursuant to 28 USC 1447(c). Case terminated. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 11/19/09.”
“Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment and Injunctive Relief (# 54) is DENIED.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant BLM's Motion for Summary Judgment (# 56) is GRANTED.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant LVMPD's Counter-Motion for Summary Judgment (# 58) is GRANTED.”
“Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Suppress Involuntary Statements (# 18), Defendant's Supplemental Motion to Suppress (#28), and Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Count Two of the Indictment (# 13) are DENIED.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendations (# 25) entered April 23, 2009, are ADOPTED and AFFIRMED, and Defendant's Motion to Suppress in Violation of the Fifth and Fourth Amendments (# 16) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, and that Defendant's Motion to Suppress Identification Evidence (# 17) is DENIED.”
“For the reasons stated herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (#28) is GRANTED.”
“Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment (# 2) is GRANTED;”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
As a senior judge, Dawson's sampled recent assignments skew heavily toward prisoner motions to vacate under 28 U.S.C. 2255 and Social Security appeals, with an occasional consumer-credit case. The case-duration figure below comes from an older terminated civil matter.
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