Roberto A. Lange

How Judge Lange rules, drawn from 35 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
Position
district
Appointed by
Barack Obama (Democratic)
Commissioned
2009-10-21
ABA rating
Unanimously Well Qualified
Education
University of South Dakota (B.A., 1985); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1988)
Signed orders read
35

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Wade v. Sanford Medical Center
3:16-cv-03034-RAL · 2018-08-10
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED that SMC's motion for summary judgment, Doc. 14, is granted.”

Kraft v. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency & Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
4:20-cv-04111-RAL · 2021-04-05
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED that Wells Fargo's Motion to Dismiss, Doc. 15, is granted without prejudice to Kraft as assignee on the companies re-filing a negligence claim under state or common law.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED that the OCC's Motion to Dismiss, Doc. 20, is granted with prejudice.”

New York Life Insurance Company v. Torrence et al.
4:21-cv-04079-RAL · 2022-03-22
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED that Defendants Cory Nashtock and Trent Wellbaum's Motion for Summary Judgment, Doc. 31, is granted.”

Attorney fees (plaintiff) Granted

“ORDERED that NYLIC's Motion for Attorney Fees and Costs, Doc. 36, is granted and that the Clerk of Court is directed to pay to NYLIC $10,000 from the death benefit proceeds deposited with the registry of the Court.”

Pessima v. Allen et al.
4:19-cv-04200-RAL · 2021-04-29
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Doc. 27, is granted.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“It has now been over a year since this Court screened the complaint, and Pessima has made no attempt to show good cause or excusable neglect for failing to serve the complaint in a timely manner. As such, Carlon's motion to dismiss is granted.”

Griffith v. City of Watertown
1:15-cv-01020 · 2016-08-12
Summary judgment Granted

“ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, Doc. 18, is granted.”

Newell v. McHugh
3:15-cv-03006 · 2016-09-30
Summary judgment Granted in part

“ORDERED that the Corps' Motion for Summary Judgment, Doc. IS, is granted in part on the claims of racial discrimination and retaliation. It is further ORDERED that summary judgment on the hostile work environment and constructive discharge claims are denied without prejudice to refiling a later motion for summary judgment.”

Newell v. Speer (Army Corps of Engineers)
3:15-cv-03006 · 2017-10-24
Summary judgment Granted

“ORDERED that the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Doc. 34, is granted.”

Mokros v. Dooley
4:15-cv-04091 · 2016-02-17
Motions to dismiss Granted

“ORDERED that Respondents' Motion to Dismiss, Doc. 7, is granted.”

Crow Dog v. United States
3:15-cv-03007 · 2016-01-26
Motion to vacate sentence Denied

“ORDERED that Crow Dog's Habeas Petition, Doc. 4, is dismissed and that no certificate of appealability enters.”

Lindholm v. BMW of North America, LLC
3:15-cv-03003 · 2016-08-17
Summary judgment Granted

“ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, Doc. 28, is granted.”

Ruiz v. TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc.
3:17-cv-03006 · 2017-09-22
Motions to dismiss Granted

“TRW moved to dismiss the action for lack of personal jurisdiction. Doc. 13, and Plaintiffs opposed that motion. Doc. 27. For the reasons stated below, this Court will grant TRW's motion to dismiss or, if Plaintiffs request, transfer the case to a district with jurisdiction.”

Blakney v. Young
4:17-cv-04022 · 2018-06-12
Motions to dismiss Granted in part

“ORDERED that the defendants' motion to dismiss, Doc. 7, is granted in part with respect to Grounds One, Five, and Ten and denied in part with respect to Grounds Two, Six, Seven, Eight, and Nine.”

Caseload & timing

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As Chief Judge of a small district, Lange carries a mixed civil/criminal/prisoner docket across all four divisions.

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