Mark Lane

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas magistrate 16 signed orders read

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Hollis v. National University
1:24-CV-481-RP · 2024-11-05
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, (Dkt. 12), is GRANTED. Plaintiff's complaint, (Dkt. 5), is DISMISSED with prejudice”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, (Dkt. 15), is DISMISSED.”

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. v. Paxton
1:24-cv-472-DII · 2024-12-09
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment and Permanent Injunction, (Dkt. 17), is GRANTED.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Defendant's Cross Motion for Summary Judgment, (Dkt. 15), is DENIED.”

State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. v. CC Aggregates LLC
1:24-cv-1133-DAE · 2025-03-10
Default judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“DENIES Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Default Judgment Against Defendant CC Aggregates LLC”

Motion to set aside default (defendant) Granted

“GRANTS Defendant CC Aggregates LLC'S Motion to Set Aside Entry of Default”

Usler v. Vital Farms, Inc.
1:21-CV-447-RP · 2024-09-23
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, (Dkt. 115), is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. Specifically, Plaintiffs Tanze and Godze's claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and the New York, Florida, and Michigan express warranty claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The motion is otherwise DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”

Class certification (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification, (Dkts. 125, 147), is DENIED.”

Motion to exclude expert (defendant) Granted

“the Court AFFIRMS the order granting Defendant's Motion to Exclude and Strike the Report of Dr. Greg Allenby, (Dkt. 151), and DENIES Plaintiffs' appeal”

Penders v. Main Street Renewal, LLC
1:23-CV-900-DAE · 2026-05-29
Motion for attorney fees (plaintiff) Granted in part

“the Court GRANTS IN PART Plaintiff's Motions for Attorney's Fees and Costs, GRANTING Plaintiff $233,973 in attorney's fees and $11,394.30 in costs.”

In re Ex Parte Application of Blue Dog Group Party Ltd. v. Glaucus Research Group California, LLC
1:23-CV-265-DII · 2023-10-23
Motion to quash (respondent) Granted

“Respondents' Joint Motion to Quash, (Dkt. 23) is GRANTED”

Motions to compel (applicant) Denied

“Applicant's Cross-Motion to Compel, (Dkt. 24), is DENIED.”

Ituah v. Austin State Hospital
1:18-CV-11-RP · 2020-01-21
Class certification (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification, (Dkt. 84, 103), is DENIED.”

Diane Hollis v. Bisignano (Commissioner of Social Security)
1:24-CV-1483-RP · 2026-01-13
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“The decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED and Plaintiff's appeal is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”

Ambriz v. Hegar
1:22-CV-01067-DII · 2023-07-28
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, (Dkt. 21), is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART AS FOLLOWS: Ambriz's state-law claims and any federal claim seeking retrospective relief or damages are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Ambriz's prospective declaratory and injunctive claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Redpoint County Mutual Insurance Co. v. Links Insurance Services, LLC
1:24-cv-00013-DAE · 2025-02-12
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. (Dkt. # 19.) ... Redpoint's conversion claim shall be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE in its entirety and Redpoint's breach of fiduciary duty and constructive trust claim shall be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE as to Leslie Schlesinger and Joshua Schlesinger.”

Motion for leave to amend (plaintiff) Denied

“The Court DENIES Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Amend. (Dkt. # 59 at 13.)”

Hale v. McGregor
1:24-CV-1076-RP · 2025-08-04
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' motions to dismiss, (Dkts. 6, 7), are GRANTED. Plaintiff's state-law claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and Plaintiff's federal claims are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”

Motion for leave to amend (plaintiff) Granted in part

“the magistrate judge granted Plaintiff leave to file a second amended complaint to assert federal claims for association discrimination, race discrimination, and retaliation because these claims would not be preempted by the Ted Stevens Act. ... Accordingly, the magistrate judge granted Plaintiff's motion for leave to amend in part.”

Garza v. W.W. Grainger, Inc.
1:23-CV-505-DII · 2024-07-16
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Grainger's motion to dismiss, (Dkt. 40), is GRANTED. Plaintiffs' first amended complaint is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”

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Judge Lane sits in the Austin Division and receives civil referrals from Judge Robert Pitman and Senior Judges David Alan Ezra and James R. Nowlin. His directly assigned work also includes criminal-duty matters and screening recommendations in in-forma-pauperis cases.

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