Cathy Seibel
How Judge Seibel rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Seibel decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A municipal failure-to-train claim must identify a concrete program deficiency and connect it causally to the alleged constitutional injury.
“Plaintiff must identify a specific deficiency in the village’s training program and establish that deficiency is closely related to the ultimate injury such that it actually caused the constitutional deprivation.”
Procedural preferences
She evaluates amendment requests for delay, bad faith, repeated pleading failures, prejudice, and futility while applying Rule 15's liberal standard.
“Leave to amend, though liberally granted, may properly be denied for: ‘undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the opposing party by virtue of allowance of the amendment, futility of amendment, etc.’”
Cautions
A request to replead should explain how new allegations would cure the identified defect; a substantive deficiency makes amendment futile.
“the problem with her claims ‘is substantive[,] ... better pleading will not cure it,’ and ‘[r]epleading would thus be futile.’”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the village defendant’s motion is granted as to D’Agata and Gorr and denied as to the village.”
“Zangala’s motion 4s denied.”
“Plaintiffs motion is denied as to D’Aga-ta, Gorr and the village but granted as to Zangla. -”
“For the reasons stated above, Defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED.”
“For the reasons stated above, the Order of the Bankruptcy Court is AFFIRMED.”
“For the reasons stated above, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Second Amended Complaint is GRANTED.”
“For the reasons stated above, the Bankruptcy Court’s Claim # 18 Order is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings.”
“For the reasons stated above, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.”
“For the reasons stated above, Defendants’ Motion to dismiss is GRANTED and the Complaint is dismissed in its entirety.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, and Plaintiffs Cross-Motion is GRANTED.”
“For the reasons stated above, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.”
“Accordingly, Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED, Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED, and the case is dismissed.”
“For the reasons stated above, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint is GRANTED.”
“Accordingly, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is GRANTED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 170 days (N = 8).
Five of the eight sampled matters involved labor, employment, or disability-access claims; two were prisoner matters.
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