James Wesley Hendrix
How Judge Hendrix decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In employment and Rehabilitation Act suits, grants a defendant's summary judgment where the employer's legitimate, non-pretextual reason for the adverse action is unrebutted.
“no genuine dispute of material fact remains as to Grodman's claims under the Rehabilitation Act. Texas Tech is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The Court grants Texas Tech's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 44).”
Procedural preferences
On FLSA collective actions, grants conditional certification but limits the notice group to the applicable three-year limitations window.
“the Court finds that those individuals are similarly situated ... Therefore, the Court authorizes Torres to issue notice to them. But, in accordance with the applicable statute of limitations, the Court limits the group of gate guards notified to the individuals who worked as gate guards within three years”
Polices diversity jurisdiction — denies remand on an improper-joinder theory where a non-diverse defendant was improperly joined, dismissing the claims against it without prejudice.
“The Court denies the motion to remand (Dkt. No. 6) ... The Court dismisses without prejudice the plaintiff's claims against Lubbock National Bank.”
Cautions
On motions to suppress, denies relief where the defendant lacks Fourth Amendment standing or where exigent circumstances justify a warrantless search.
“The Court denies Boukamp's Amended Motion to Suppress in full because the evidence was not obtained through a violation of his constitutional rights. Specifically, Boukamp lacks standing to challenge law enforcement's search of both Doe's devices and her password-protected Discord account ... the warrantless search of Boukamp's CSLI data was reasonable based on the officers' perception of exigent circumstances”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court finds that those individuals are similarly situated ... Therefore, the Court authorizes Torres to issue notice to them. But, in accordance with the applicable statute of limitations, the Court limits the group of gate guards notified to the individuals who worked as gate guards within three years”
“the Court denies the first set of motions to dismiss (Dkt. Nos. 33; 37; 40; 45) as moot”
“It grants the second set of motions to dismiss (Dkt. Nos. 62; 66; 68; 72) as to (1) the trade-secret claims against Jackson and Richarte; (2) the knowing and joint participation claims ...; (3) the breach of contract claim as to Sikes and the breach of the non-competition provision as to all defendants; and (4) the tortious interference ... The motions are denied in all other respects. Finally, the Court grants Centennial leave to amend”
“The Court denies the motion to remand (Dkt. No. 6) ... The Court dismisses without prejudice the plaintiff's claims against Lubbock National Bank.”
“denies the motion for attorney's fees (Dkt. No. 9), and denies as moot the motion to strike (Dkt. No. 15)”
“The plaintiffs' Motion for an Emergency Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. No. 124) is granted in part. ... the Court enjoins implementation or enforcement of the ADMC rule until May 1, 2023.”
“no genuine dispute of material fact remains as to Grodman's claims under the Rehabilitation Act. Texas Tech is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The Court grants Texas Tech's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 44).”
“Because the Court's decision resolves all remaining claims in this matter and obviates the need for a trial, Texas Tech's Daubert motions (Dkt. Nos. 42; 43) are moot.”
“The Court denies Boukamp's Amended Motion to Suppress in full because the evidence was not obtained through a violation of his constitutional rights. Specifically, Boukamp lacks standing to challenge law enforcement's search of both Doe's devices and her password-protected Discord account ... the warrantless search of Boukamp's CSLI data was reasonable based on the officers' perception of exigent circumstances”
“For these reasons, the Court grants Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the grounds that they are entitled to qualified immunity and dismisses Bates’s claims against them with prejudice.”
“The defendants’ motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 15) is thus granted in part and denied in part.”
“The Court therefore denies the defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 11), converts Vaping Dragon’s motion for preliminary injunction into a motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 3), and enters final judgment for Vaping Dragon on the merits.”
“The defendants are permanently enjoined from adjudicating civil money penalties against Vaping Dragon in an administrative proceeding.”
“In sum, the Court grants the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 91) and denies the State’s (Dkt. No. 90) and intervenor-defendants’ (Dkt. No. 93) motions for summary judgment.”
“As a result, the Court denies Defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim.”
“Defendants Robert W. Norton and Miguel Langdon’s Motion for Summary Judgment based on qualified immuniry is granted, Dkt. No. 67, and Plaintiffs complaint and his claims against Defendants Norton and Langdon are dismissed with prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Lubbock-division single-active-judge division, giving him a broad mixed docket. Referral magistrates John R. Parker and Amanda R. Burch. Caseload illustrative from a 20-docket enumeration, not an authoritative census.
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