Nicholas J. Ganjei
How Judge Ganjei rules, drawn from 5 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Ganjei decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In an immigration-detention habeas case, he treated the controlling circuit decision as resolving the statutory and constitutional challenges to mandatory detention for an applicant for admission during removal proceedings. A party seeking a different result would need to distinguish that binding posture rather than repeat the same due-process theory.
“This Court held that for aliens such as Petitioner, pre-removal-order detention is both demanded by the Immigration and Nationality Act and a constitutionally permissible part of the removal process.”
Procedural preferences
When reviewing a magistrate judge's dispositive recommendation, he conducts de novo review of specific objections but does not treat general, frivolous, or conclusory objections as requiring separate analysis. In the reviewed adoption orders, he compared the objections to the pleadings and governing law before adopting the recommendations.
“The district court need not consider general, frivolous, or conclusory objections to a Report and Recommendation.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED. All other pending motions are DENIED AS MOOT. This case is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Defendant Brent Coon’s Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice is GRANTED IN PART; Plaintiff’s claims against Brent Coon are DISMISSED WITHOJUT PREJUDICE.”
“As such, Respondent’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED, and the Petition for writ of habeas corpus is DENIED. This action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Plaintiff’s Motion to Proceed in forma pauperis is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED. Doc. 43. This case is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The early Houston calendar is heavily weighted toward immigration-detention habeas petitions, with additional employment, consumer-credit, insurance, trade-secret, real-property, contract, and prisoner civil-rights matters. Many matters were newly filed or inherited on commission and remained pending at the review date.
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