Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr.
How Judge Gelpí rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Gelpí left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Gelpí
Gustavo Antonio Gelpí, Jr. was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Judge Gelpí received a commission on August 1, 2006. Judge Gelpí left the court on October 20, 2021 on appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
How Judge Gelpí decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A due-process defect in a medical-school accreditation appeal justified new administrative review by a conflict-free panel.
“The court further orders LCME to appoint a new appeals panel to review SJB's appeal ab initio.”
The court found meaningful-access concerns where the plan administrator did not provide the documents used to deny benefits within the appeal period.
“the undisputed evidence shows that Plaintiff was denied meaningful access to ‘a full and fair review’ of her LTD benefits claim.”
Procedural preferences
Reconsideration required overlooked controlling material or a recognized ground for altering the earlier decision.
“reconsideration will generally be denied unless the moving party can point to a controlling decision or data that the court overlooked”
Unsupported assertions in a summary-judgment response were disregarded rather than treated as evidence.
“Because the statements contained in Defendants’ opposition to summary judgment were only supported with citations to Defendants’ answer to the complaint, they were disregarded by the court”
Cautions
Detailed federal regulation alone did not transform a private insurer into a party acting under a federal officer for removal purposes.
“mere compliance with federal regulations is insufficient to warrant removal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1)”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the motion to reconsider is DENIED.”
“the court DENIES Co-defendant’s motion for reconsideration (Docket No. 213).”
“the court ADOPTS Judge McGiverin’s recommendation in whole and accordingly GRANTS CPC’s motion to dismiss”
“GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Metropolitan defendants’ motion to dismiss.”
“the court hereby GRANTS FDIC’s motion to dismiss (Docket No. 23). The court DISMISSES with prejudice Plaintiff’s case against FDIC, Olivera, Muñoz-López, and the Olivera—Muñoz-López marital community.”
“the court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendants’ motions to dismiss (Docket No. 71 & 73)”
“GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction (Docket No. 3).”
“the court GRANTS Defendants’ motions to dismiss at Docket Nos. 59 and 60. Plaintiffs’ state law claims are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“Plaintiff’s in limine motion to exclude Defendants’ exhibits and reopen discovery is hereby DENIED.”
“the court GRANTS Defendants’ motion to strike Plaintiff’s statement of material facts (Docket No. 153)”
“GRANTS Defendants’ motion to deem Defendants’ statement of uncontested facts as unopposed (Docket No. 154)”
“GRANTS Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Docket No. 116).”
“the court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion to amend judgment”
“DENIES Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration.”
“Defendants’ motion to reconsider at Docket No. 412 is hereby DENIED”
“The motion for reconsideration is hereby DENIED.”
“Therefore, the court vacates the appeals panel decision affirming the withdrawal of SJB's accreditation. The court further orders LCME to appoint a new appeals panel to review SJB's appeal ab initio.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants’ motion is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The oldest sampled matters include civil-rights, Miller Act, foreclosure, prison-conditions, criminal, maritime-contract, product-liability, and Social Security cases. The docket sample is too small and incomplete for a base-rate claim.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Gelpí was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2022.
| 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 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Gelpí left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First 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.