Valerie Figueredo

How Judge Figueredo rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Position
magistrate
Appointed by
Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Commissioned
2022-04-18
Education
B.A. in finance and political science, University of Miami; J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Signed orders read
1

How Judge Figueredo decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

In enforcing a forum-selection clause, Figueredo focused on its precise text and rejected a reading that extended a borrower-only restriction to the bank.

“Defendants’ interpretation of the forum-selection clause finds no support in the text of the clause.”

Signed rulings

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

PNC Bank, National Association v. Optimity Advisors, LLC
1:22-cv-07011 · 2023-04-17
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Denied

“For the reasons set forth, Defendants' motion to dismiss is denied.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The fixed nine-docket sample contains four Social Security appeals, three wage-and-hour cases, one foreclosure and loan-enforcement action, and one copyright matter. The sample was selected for complete outcome-bearing timelines and does not describe Figueredo's full referral, discovery, settlement, or civil caseload.

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