Ernest Gonzalez
How Judge Gonzalez decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Adopts magistrate Reports and Recommendations denying the Government's Rule 12(c) and summary-judgment motions in FTCA cases where scope-of-employment is plausibly alleged.
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of the Honorable United States Magistrate Judge Matthew Watters, ECF 28, is ADOPTED and that the Government's Motions, ECF 16, are DENIED.”
Procedural preferences
Denies emergency TRO and stay-of-removal requests on the merits where the plaintiff shows no likelihood of success on APA unreasonable-delay claims; a VAWA prima facie finding does not itself entitle a petitioner to relief.
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff Javier Erazo Toro's Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Request for Administrative Stay of Removal, ECF 4, be DENIED in its entirety.”
Cautions
Dismisses claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction under Rule 12(b)(1).
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants Officer No. 4 John Doe and Malex Logistics LLC's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, ECF 4, is GRANTED.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants Officer No. 4 John Doe and Malex Logistics LLC's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, ECF 4, is GRANTED.”
Judge Gonzalez adopted Magistrate Judge Matthew Watters's recommendation and dismissed the amended complaint without prejudice after the plaintiff failed to prosecute the case or complete service for about a year despite three extensions. Because the court acted on its own rather than on a party's motion, the dismissal is not included in the motion statistics.
After clear-error review and with no objection filed, Gonzalez accepted the magistrate judge's recommendation and the defendant's guilty plea. The disposition concerned a plea rather than a contested motion.
“the Court RECOMMENDS that the Motion be GRANTED and the case be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of the Honorable United States Magistrate Judge Matthew Watters, ECF 28, is ADOPTED and that the Government's Motions, ECF 16, are DENIED.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff Javier Erazo Toro's Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Request for Administrative Stay of Removal, ECF 4, be DENIED in its entirety.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, ECF 26, and Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint, ECF 32, are DENIED AS MOOT without prejudice to filing motions to dismiss Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Judge Gonzalez's Del Rio docket is dominated by illegal-reentry prosecutions and immigration-related habeas petitions. His smaller civil docket includes transferred or removed cases, an inherited civil-rights action filed before his commission, and several Waco patent matters referred to Magistrate Judge Gilliland.
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