Mustafa T. Kasubhai
How Judge Kasubhai decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Frames merits review around the rule of law and procedural regularity; in the gender-affirming-care funding case he stressed that courts judge 'the lawfulness of the process (or lack thereof)' by which a policy is made, and found the agency's declaration unlawful for that reason.
“Unserious leaders are unsafe. There is nothing more serious than our leaders' dedication to the rule of law so that we might maintain the integrity of our constitutional democracy.”
Procedural preferences
On injunctive relief he insists on the governing standard (relief 'no more burdensome to the defendant than necessary to provide complete relief to the plaintiffs') and is unimpressed by a brief that simply piles up case citations without articulating that standard.
“Defendants' spaghetti-at-the-wall case law citation is unhelpful.”
Where he enjoins conduct that poses no realistic harm to the defendant, he declines to require a Rule 65(c) security bond.
“No security is required under Rule 65(c) because “there is no realistic likelihood of harm to the defendant from enjoining [its] conduct.””
Motion outcomes
Counted from classified signed orders only. Percentages are shown only where the sample is large enough to be meaningful; smaller samples are reported as raw counts.
| Motions to dismiss N = 2 |
Denied: 2 | counts only |
| Summary judgment N = 1 |
Granted: 1 | counts only |
| Temporary restraining order N = 1 |
Granted in part: 1 | counts only |
A "1 of 1" is one ruling, not a tendency. Treat small samples as illustrative, not predictive.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. ECF No. 13. For the following reasons, Defendants' motion is denied.”
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 73) is DENIED.”
“Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 32) is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order is granted in part. The Court does not reach Plaintiff's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, filed in the same brief as the Temporary Restraining Order, to allow Defendant an opportunity to respond.”
District-judge order adopting Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke's F&R (after de novo review of plaintiff's objections) dismissing a pro se complaint for lack of jurisdiction, leave to amend denied. Sua sponte/jurisdictional disposition with no contested party motion -- excluded from district motion stats. Grounding quote: 'The Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Clarke's Findings and Recommendation, ECF No. 10. This matter is DISMISSED and leave to amend is DENIED. Any remaining pending motions are DENIED as moot.'
MAGISTRATE-ERA Findings & Recommendation, signed 'KASUBHAI, United States Magistrate Judge' on 2024-09-17 -- before his 2024-11-22 district commission. Holiday Farm Fire litigation; recommends GRANTING defendant Eugene Water & Electric Board's partial motion to dismiss on statute-of-limitations grounds. A recommendation, not a final ruling -- excluded from district stats. Grounding quote: 'Before the Court is Defendant Eugene Water & Electric Board's ("EWEB") Partial Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint... Defendant EWEB's Motion should be GRANTED.'
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Kasubhai's docket caseload under assigned_judge='Kasubhai' (sample of 20, filed 2025-2026). District-era assignments lean heavily toward civil-rights employment and 'other', Social Security appeals, immigration, personal injury (FTCA), prisoner civil rights, trademark, and some criminal. Nearly all are 2025-2026 and still PENDING, so case durations are largely unavailable -- consistent with a judge commissioned 2024-11-22. No contested case durations recorded this build.