Luis Felipe Restrepo
How Judge Restrepo rules, drawn from 11 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Restrepo left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Restrepo
Luis Felipe Restrepo was a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Judge Restrepo received a commission on June 19, 2013. Judge Restrepo left the court on January 13, 2016 on appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
How Judge Restrepo decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In M.S. ex rel. Shihadeh v. Marple Newtown School District, Restrepo dismissed disability-related school claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction under the IDEA exhaustion framework applied in that 2015 decision. The plaintiffs had not completed the administrative process, and he found no applicable exception.
“Defendants’ request to dismiss this case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is granted due to plaintiffs’ failure to satisfy the exhaustion requirement.”
Procedural preferences
In Yarnall v. Philadelphia School District, Restrepo treated the plaintiffs’ privilege objection to producing a document as evidence that an attorney-client relationship existed as early as 2009.
“Plaintiffs’ refusal to produce this document on privilege grounds is evidence, in and of itself, that an attorney-client relationship existed as early as 2009.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED”
“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“For the reasons that follow, I will grant the motion.”
“Defendants’ request to dismiss this case is GRANTED;”
“the defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“Defendants’ Motion in Limine (Doc. 35) is hereby DISMISSED as moot.”
“Defendant’s motion is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiffs Motions in Limine (ECF Nos. 37, 38, 39, 40) are DENIED AS MOOT.”
“the motions will be granted in part and denied in part.”
“The defendants’ motion to strike testimony (see Docs. 118, 128) is DENIED.”
“The motion by Defendants 721 Logistics, LLC, Larry Antonucci and John Ercolani for judgment as a matter of law (Doc. 149 at 121) is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ motion to preclude Plaintiffs expert report and for sanctions (Doc. 126) is DISMISSED as moot.”
“defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Document 16) is DENIED.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 144) is DENIED.”
“Defendant Ishmael’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 140) is GRANTED”
“Defendant Gilbert’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 142) is GRANTED”
“Defendant Ray’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to Count IV-PHRA (ECF No. 164) is GRANTED.”
“Defendant School District’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 141) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”
“the motions filed by defendants for summary judgment are granted with respect to Citizens’ duty to defend Ung in the underlying state action, and denied as premature with regard to Citizens’ duty to indemnify Ung.”
“Plaintiffs cross-motion is denied”
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Restrepo was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2021.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 0 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
A historical record
Judge Restrepo left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.