Alia Moses
How Judge Moses decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In a State of Texas suit against federal border authorities she granted a temporary restraining order on a common-law trespass-to-property theory, restraining destruction of state-owned barrier fencing where the State showed a likelihood of success and irreparable harm.
“it is ORDERED that the Plaintiff's Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order or Stay of Agency Action (ECF No. 5) is GRANTED on October 30, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.”
Procedural preferences
As Chief Judge she rules on recusal motions directed at colleagues and denies them where the movant identifies no objective basis for questioning the judge's impartiality.
“[Recusal was] not warranted because [Croft]'s motion and supporting affidavit under Sections 144 and 455 were untimely filed, and because the affidavit is not legally sufficient to establish that Judge Ezra is actually biased against [Croft].”
Cautions
She denies an employer summary judgment on an ADA failure-to-accommodate claim where the motion fails to engage the plaintiff's evidence on the surviving claim.
“For the reasons discussed herein, the Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is in all things DENIED.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“it is ORDERED that the Plaintiff's Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order or Stay of Agency Action (ECF No. 5) is GRANTED on October 30, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.”
“Upon careful consideration of the record and relevant law, the Court DENIES the motion for preliminary injunctive relief.”
“the opposed section of the Defendants' motion concerning a stay of district court proceedings pending appeal is DENIED”
“the unopposed section of the Defendants' motion concerning a 30-day time extension to respond to the Complaint is GRANTED”
“the November 9, 2023 order of this Court shall not be modified except to order that all document production cover March 6, 2021 inclusive to November 9, 2023 inclusive, thereby granting in part and denying in part the Defendants' motion”
“the Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation... DENIES the Plaintiff's and Defendants' respective Motions for Summary Judgment [ECF Nos. 23, 24, 25, 26] as MOOT.”
“For the reasons discussed herein, the Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is in all things DENIED.”
“On October 2, 2023, the Court entered an Order (ECF No. 30) dismissing some claims against Zeiss and all claims against former Defendant De Lage Financial Services ("De Lage"). The Order left the following claims active as to Zeiss: (1) breach of contract; (2) violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act ("DTPA")...; and (3) negligent hiring/training/supervision/retention.”
“Zeiss's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 29) is GRANTED as to all remaining claims -- namely, Dr. Kaiser's claims for breach of contract and negligent hiring/training/supervision/retention. This case is therefore DISMISSED.”
“The Court hereby finds the Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED, the Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED, and Plaintiff's objections to the Report and Recommendation are OVERRULED.”
“For the following reasons, it is recommended that the Defendant's Motion [ECF No. 14] be DENIED.”
“[Recusal was] not warranted because [Croft]'s motion and supporting affidavit under Sections 144 and 455 were untimely filed, and because the affidavit is not legally sufficient to establish that Judge Ezra is actually biased against [Croft].”
“ORDER GRANTING 7 Motion for Entry of Default Signed by Judge Alia Moses.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Judge Moses's Del Rio caseload is predominantly criminal. Several prominent civil matters, including the Uvalde-school-shooting suits and a CBP records-access case, remained pending with dispositive motions unresolved during the evidence period.
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