Lawrence E. Kahn
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, Dkt. No. 33, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part ... Motion to Dismiss on Plaintiffs' claims of fraud in the inducement and failure to perform, is GRANTED”
“Dugan's Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 106) is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED, that Dugan is DISMISSED as a defendant herein”
“Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 28) is GRANTED as to Plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment medical indifference claim against Kinter and DENIED as to Plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment excessive force claim against Newell and Baker”
“the motion for summary judgment and partial motion to dismiss, Dkt. No. 25, is DENIED”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that on 09/30/2022 Senior Judge Lawrence E. Kahn GRANTED Defendants Elizabeth White’s and Geraldine Wilson’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 59) and DISMISSED the Complaint (Dkt. No. 1) in its entirety without leave to amend”
“ORDERED, that Defendant’s motion to dismiss Count 1 of the Indictment as violating the Speedy Trial Act is GRANTED without prejudice”
“ORDERED, that Defendant’s motion to dismiss Count 2 of the Indictment for lack of jurisdiction is GRANTED”
“the Court concludes that Defendant has no expectation of privacy in the apartment of Shelly Flora and denies Defendant’s motion to suppress and Defendant’s request for a Franks hearing to determine the validity and veracity of the information which led to the issuance of the search warrant.”
“ORDERED, that Defendant’s omnibus motion is DENIED in all other respects”
“ORDERED, that this action is DISMISSED, and it is further ORDERED, that Defendant’s Motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 21) is DENIED as moot”
“ORDERED, that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss be GRANTED in part and DENIED in part; and it is further ORDERED, that Defendants Motion to Dismiss be GRANTED, and the Plaintiff’s Complaint DISMISSED without prejudice as to Defendants Bayne, Uhler, and Morley. If Plaintiff wishes to file an amended complaint, he must do so within forty-five (45) days of this Memorandum-Decision and Order; and it is further ORDERED, that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss be DENIED as to Defendant Downer”
“ORDERED, that Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief (Dkt. No. 22) be DENIED without prejudice”
“ORDERED, that Plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, Dkt. No. 4, is hereby DENIED”
“ORDERED, that Plaintiff’s Motion for a preliminary injunction (Dkt. No. 4) is DENIED”
“ORDERED, that the Court conditionally decertifies the Nuisance Damage Class sua sponte pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(c)(1)(C), contingent on Plaintiffs’ filing of the Third Amended Master Consolidated Complaint with the Court. Accordingly, upon Plaintiffs’ filing of the Third Amended Master Consolidated Complaint with the Court pursuant to Local Rule 15.1(c), the Nuisance Damage Class will be decertified pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(c)(1)(C) without further order of the Court. The Court finds that no further alterations to class certification in the September 2022 Order—other than decertification of the Nuisance Damage Class—are necessary at this time”
“Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion for Reconsideration is denied in its entirety.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 285.5 days (N = 8).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 336 days (N = 1).
Kahn's reviewed senior-status docket is weighted toward Social Security disability appeals, Federal Tort Claims Act suits, state-prisoner habeas petitions, self-represented civil-rights cases, and occasional diversity commercial or contract disputes. Many matters proceeded through magistrate-judge referrals.
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