Carmen Consuelo Cerezo
How Judge Cerezo rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Cerezo no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Cerezo
Carmen Consuelo Cerezo was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter, Judge Cerezo received a commission on June 30, 1980. Judge Cerezo retired on February 28, 2021.
How Judge Cerezo decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Toro-McCown v. Quintana-Mendez, Cerezo dismissed a refiled civil-rights complaint on res judicata grounds after finding it repeated claims resolved in prior actions.
“Toro I and Ruiz I are res judicata to Toro/Ruiz II.”
In Cellu-Beep, Inc. v. Telecorp., Inc., Cerezo enforced an arbitration clause and dismissed the action because all of its claims were arbitrable.
“it has been held that a court may dismiss, rather than stay, a case when all of the issues before the court are arbitrable.”
Procedural preferences
In Bisbal-Bultron v. State Insurance Fund Corp., she declined to resolve qualified immunity on an undeveloped record after the defendants had not moved for summary judgment.
“based on the insufficiency of the record the Court cannot reach a conclusion with the required specificity on the qualified immunity issue.”
Cautions
In Chazulle-Perez v. Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, she dismissed a Section 1983 due-process claim that alleged negligence but did not allege a deliberate deprivation of life, property, or liberty.
“plaintiff has failed to allege that defendants deliberately intended to deprive him of his life, property, or liberty interests.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Motion for Reconsideration filed on April 5, 2010 (docket entry 328) is hereby DENIED”
“The Motion for Summary Judgment (docket entry 3) filed by the employer for lack of standing is GRANTED”
“the Motion for Summary Judgment (docket entry 17) is GRANTED in favor of the United States”
“GRANTED as to the request for dismissal of plaintiffs’ due process claims and DENIED as to the qualified immunity defense on their First Amendment claims”
“Defendants’ Motion for Reconsideration (docket entry 135) is DENIED.”
“the Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED and this action is DISMISSED”
“the Motion to Set Aside Jury Verdict on Count Two filed by defendant on September 22, 2005 (docket entry 151) is DENIED”
“the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by defendants Hospital Auxilio Mutuo, Inc. and Dr. Alfredo Colón-Martínez on January 16, 2003 (docket entry 119) is DENIED”
“it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the pro se complaint be and is hereby DISMISSED”
“the Court DENIES defendant’s request that the Information filed by the United States on October 17, 2003 be stricken”
“the Motion to Dismiss filed by Telecorp on August 25, 2003 (docket entry 3) is hereby GRANTED.”
“the Court finds that the information advanced by plaintiffs as ‘newly discovered evidence’ is neither new nor of a type that would support a new and different claim that would overcome the effects of the ‘res judicata’ defense based on the Judgments in Toro I and Ruiz I.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The reviewed civil cases filed from 2017 through 2019 include contract, civil-rights and ADA-employment, intellectual-property, ERISA, and personal-injury matters, most terminated within one to two years of filing.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Cerezo was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of September 30, 2020.
| 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 | 2 |
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 Cerezo no longer sits on this court. 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.