David Barlow

United States District Court for the District of Utah district Appointed by Donald Trump (Republican) 12 signed orders read

Motion outcomes

Counted from classified signed orders only. Percentages are shown only where the sample is large enough to be meaningful; smaller samples are reported as raw counts.

Summary judgment
N = 6
Granted: 2Granted in part: 1Denied: 3 counts only
Motions to dismiss
N = 3
Granted: 1Granted in part: 1Denied: 1 counts only
Reconsideration
N = 1
Denied: 1 counts only
Judgment on pleadings
N = 1
Granted in part: 1 counts only
Joinder
N = 1
Denied: 1 counts only
Voluntary dismissal
N = 1
Granted: 1 counts only

A "1 of 1" is one ruling, not a tendency. Treat small samples as illustrative, not predictive.

Signed rulings

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

Marquez-Duran v. Salt Lake County
2:16-cv-00805-DBB-DBP
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' motion to dismiss is hereby GRANTED. ... The claims brought against Defendants after that time are therefore time barred ... and the claims asserted against them do not relate back to the earlier complaints.”

Yount v. Oldcastle APG West, Inc.
2:21-cv-00252-DBB-JCB
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, Defendant's motion to dismiss is DENIED. ... Because the Original Complaint was timely and substantively alleged discrimination under Title VII and because the Amended Complaint relates back to the original complaint, the claims therein are still timely.”

Etna Properties, LLC v. Holladay City
2:17-cv-00980-DBB-CMR
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED. ... the requested accommodation would grant the disabled residents of Square One's facility a group housing opportunity not available to anyone else in that particular zone.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Consequently, Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to their third cause of action is DENIED. ... Because the requested accommodation was not 'necessary' under the FHA, the Court GRANTS Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment.”

Christina M. v. United Healthcare
1:22-cv-00136-DBB
Reconsideration (plaintiff) Denied

“Accordingly, Plaintiffs' motions are DENIED. ... Plaintiffs have failed to show that the court's consideration of Alexander constituted clear error ... a final judgment must be 'dead wrong' to constitute clear error.”

Combs v. SafeMoon LLC
2:22-cv-00642-DBB-JCB
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART [149] [150] [152] [156] DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS ... the following claims are dismissed without prejudice: [Rule 10b-5, Securities Act Sec. 12(a)(1)/Sec. 15, Exchange Act Sec. 20 control-person, conversion, RICO, conspiracy, FDUTPA, unjust enrichment] ... Plaintiffs may seek leave to amend their complaint within sixty days of the date of this decision and order.”

American Contractors Indemnity Company v. Risun Technologies, LC
2:18-cv-00741-DBB-JCB
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Because the Court finds that a genuine dispute of material fact exists in this case as to the authority of Chris Bowden to bind Risun Construction to the GIA, Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”

Conger v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
1:20-cv-00043-DBB
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, Home Depot's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. ... in light of Plaintiffs' concessions of fact and law, the court agrees that, as a matter of law, Home Depot did not owe Brian a duty of care.”

Bedrock Quartz Surfaces, LLC v. Rock Tops Holdings LLC
2:23-cv-00310-DBB-CMR
Judgment on pleadings (defendant) Granted in part

“Accordingly, the court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Rock Tops' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. The court dismisses without prejudice Bedrock's claim under the Utah Unfair Competition Act under Rule 12(b)(6). The remainder of Rock Tops' Motion is denied.”

Bedrock Quartz Surfaces, LLC v. Rock Tops Holdings LLC
2:23-cv-00310-DBB-CMR
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“For the forgoing reasons, the court DENIES Defendant's motion for summary judgment. ... several of the most important [King of the Mountain] factors on this record weigh in favor of Bedrock ... likelihood of confusion is left for the jury.”

Bedrock Quartz Surfaces, LLC v. Rock Tops Holdings LLC
2:23-cv-00310-DBB-CMR
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Rock Tops' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is GRANTED as to actual damages. It is otherwise DENIED. Rock Tops is granted leave to file a motion addressing Bedrock's equitable and statutory damages.”

Ol Private Counsel, LLC v. Olson
2:21-cv-00455-DBB
Joinder (defendant) Denied

“the court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation WITHOUT MODIFICATION. Accordingly, Defendant's Motion to Join Thomas Olson as a Counterclaim Defendant is DENIED.”

Ol Private Counsel, LLC v. Olson
2:21-cv-00455-DBB
Voluntary dismissal (defendant) Granted

“Olson's motion requesting that his counterclaims against Ol Private be dismissed under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2) is GRANTED ... because the court does not have jurisdiction over Olson's counterclaims, all other considerations related to voluntary dismissal under Rule 41 are irrelevant, and the counterclaims must be dismissed.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 272 days (N = 8).

Median motion-to-ruling time: 194 days (N = 12).

General-civil + criminal docket of an active Salt Lake City district judge (commissioned 2020-01-06). Sampled mix skews to insurance-coverage (diversity), securities/commodities (incl. the SafeMoon crypto class action and a wave of Long/Millcreek securities-fraud suits), ERISA mental-health-parity denial-of-benefits, consumer-credit (FCRA/FDCPA, which settle), RICO, personal injury, state habeas (Sec. 2254), Sec. 1983 prisoner civil rights, Title VII employment, FHA, and a criminal caseload (referred to magistrates). A 2026 'Other Immigration Actions' (NOS 465) surge (e.g. Torres Avila / Corea Sanchez v. Mullin) now floods his most-recent assignments. NOT a grant rate -- caseload composition only.