Keli Marie Neary
How Judge Neary decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
At summary judgment, she expects the nonmovant to identify admissible evidence on every essential element rather than rely on a conclusory expert opinion.
“With no proper evidence on causation to present to the jury summary judgment is appropriate.”
She treats removal jurisdiction narrowly when a state-law claim merely refers to federal law without requiring resolution of a substantial federal issue.
“The mere reliance on a federal statute, however, does not mean that this state law claim arises under federal law.”
Procedural preferences
She enforces the requirement that additional summary-judgment facts correlate with the movant's numbered statement.
“The court, therefore, disregards these non-compliant additional paragraphs.”
She generally defers context-sensitive Rule 403 determinations until the trial record is developed.
“it is rarely appropriate to make a Rule 403 ruling prior to trial”
Cautions
A qualified-immunity argument must apply the correct burden rather than require the plaintiff to disprove the defense.
“it is not Carr's burden to show that qualified immunity does not apply.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“defendant's motion (Doc. 15) to dismiss is GRANTED and the petition for review that was transferred to this court from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at original docket number 1:23-CV-1653 is DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“MCP's motion (Doc. 43) to dismiss the case is DENIED.”
“The court will grant MTD's motion in limine to the extent it wishes to preclude Krafchick from offering testimony on causation.”
“Therefore, the court will grant MTD's motion for summary judgment.”
“Plaintiff's motion for voluntary dismissal of all claims against defendant Beth Rickard (Doc. 7) is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiff's motion for leave to conduct discovery to facilitate service of process on the John Doe defendants (Doc. 6) is DENIED as moot.”
“Because loanDepot's claim is time barred by the plain terms of the contract and because Balint concurred in Allstate's motion, Allstate's motions for summary judgment will be granted”
“Allstate's motions for summary judgment will be granted and loanDepot's motion will be denied.”
“Thus, defendants' motions for summary judgment shall be granted.”
“Because the court is granting the Medical Defendants' summary judgment motion, their motion in limine will be denied as moot.”
“As to Ms. Clark's claim to interference of her FMLA rights, Defendants' motion for summary judgement (Doc. 25) is denied as to Geisinger. As to the individuals named in the complaint, the FMLA retaliation claims, and the ADA and PHRA claims, summary judgment is granted in favor of Defendants.”
“The court will grant defendants' motions to dismiss the amended complaint with prejudice.”
“The motion to dismiss, motion for entry of default, and motion to strike are denied.”
“The court will grant Flory's motion (Doc. 10) and remand this action to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County.”
“Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment is denied”
“defendant Kothe's motion for summary judgment is granted”
“defendant Mayer and Kimmick's motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part”
“Defendant's motions in limine to preclude evidence that he trained as a UFC fighter ... are granted.”
“Defendant's motions in limine to preclude ... several hearsay statements ... are granted.”
“granted to the extent it seeks to preclude plaintiff from testifying that the force used by defendant was "excessive," but denied without prejudice to the extent it seeks to preclude plaintiff from testifying about causation.”
“Defendant's motion seeking to deem admissible video and photo evidence of the incident is granted subject to defendant introducing sufficient testimony to authenticate the evidence during trial.”
“Defendant's motions in limine to preclude ... evidence regarding settlement negotiations ... are granted.”
“Defendant's motions in limine to preclude ... evidence regarding possible indemnity by Dauphin County or its insurer ... are granted.”
“Defendant's motions in limine to preclude ... evidence of other cases filed against Dauphin County are granted.”
“Defendant's motions in limine seeking to bar plaintiff from recovering punitive damages ... are denied without prejudice.”
“Defendant's motions in limine seeking to ... bar plaintiff from introducing evidence relevant to dismissed claims ... are denied without prejudice.”
“Defendant's motions in limine seeking to ... admit evidence of plaintiff's felony conviction are denied without prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 9.5 days (N = 4).
The oldest assigned cohort mixes employment, civil-rights, habeas, personal-injury, and commercial matters, but most were inherited and should not be read as a filing-era caseload profile for Judge Neary.
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