Thomas Anderton Wiseman Jr.
How Judge Wiseman rules, drawn from 14 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Wiseman no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Wiseman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Wiseman treated an involuntary dismissal without prejudice as insufficient to confer prevailing-party status for a contractual fee request.
“a defendant in a case that is involuntarily dismissed without prejudice is not a prevailing party for purposes of Rule 54(d).”
Procedural preferences
Wiseman favored preserving relevant allegations and addressing possible prejudice through trial instructions instead of striking the pleading.
“The Court can, if necessary, provide a limiting instruction to the Jury to prevent any undue prejudice to Defendants.”
Cautions
Wiseman preserved issues for a developed factual record when dismissal-stage briefing did not justify resolving them.
“In all other respects, Liberty Mutual’s Motion to Dismiss will be denied without prejudice to the defendant’s ability to seek summary judgment once the facts of this case have been fully developed.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants’ motions for summary judgment will be granted”
“EOC’s motion for summary judgment will be granted in part and denied in part.”
“Affinion’s motion for summary judgment will be denied in its entirety.”
“The motion will therefore be granted and the plaintiffs complaint dismissed.”
“SET’s motion for summary judgment will therefore be denied.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 94) will be denied”
“Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 95) will be granted”
“Plaintiff’s motion to remand will be denied”
“Prudential’s motion for judgment will be granted”
“the Hospital’s motion will be granted in part and denied in part.”
“the motions to dismiss will be granted in part and denied in part; the motion to strike will be denied.”
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss will be granted in its entirety”
“the defendant’s motion will be granted in part and denied in part.”
“each motion must be granted in part and denied in part”
“will grant in part and deny in part the defendant’s motion to dismiss”
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss the claims of Tresa Sanders and Genola Sanders as barred by the applicable statute of limitations will be denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The four closed sampled dockets include education and civil-rights disputes, land-use litigation, and a religious-land-use case. This small purposeful sample does not describe the judge’s full caseload.
A historical record
Judge Wiseman no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.