Ricardo S. Martinez

How Judge Martinez rules, drawn from 16 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Seattle)
Appointed by
George W. Bush (Republican)
Commissioned
2004-06-16
Education
University of Washington (B.S., 1975); University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 1980)
Signed orders read
16

Signed rulings

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

Backpage.com, LLC v. McKenna
2:12-cv-00954-RSM · 2012-07-27
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiffs seek to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of a new Washington law, Senate Bill 6251 ... which criminalizes the offense of advertising commercial sexual abuse of a minor. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs' motions are GRANTED.”

McCann v. Quality Loan Service Corp.
· 2010-07-21
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the Court GRANTS Chase's motion to dismiss (Dkt. # 6) with respect to all claims, and DISMISSES these claims with leave to amend to state a proper defendant.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“The Court also GRANTS Quality's motion to dismiss the request for injunctive relief (Dkt. # 9), and DISMISSES this claim without prejudice and with leave to amend.”

Raj & Co. v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
· 2015-01-14
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 16) and DENIES Defendants' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 19). Defendants are ORDERED to GRANT Plaintiffs Petition for H-1B status.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 16) and DENIES Defendants' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 19).”

Isakson v. WSI Corp.
· 2011-02-09
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant WSI's Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 13) is GRANTED. WSI owed no duty to Plaintiffs as a matter of law. Plaintiffs' claims against Defendant WSI are dismissed.”

Cascade Yarns, Inc. v. Knitting Fever, Inc.
· 2012-10-29
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“For the reasons which are set forth below, plaintiff's motion shall be denied, and the defendants' motions shall both be granted.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted
Sicilia v. Boeing Co.
· 2011-02-14
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 129) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. All of Plaintiff's claims are dismissed except for Plaintiff's claim for violation of the FMLA and the WFLA.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Denied
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Reys
· 2010-04-28
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“This Court GRANTS Defendant's motion to dismiss as far as it challenges paragraph 47 of the Complaint. ... The Commission's Complaint is thus DISMISSED without prejudice.”

Edifecs Inc. v. Tibco Software Inc.
· 2010-12-17
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the Court GRANTS defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint with leave to amend.”

Jordan v. Foxx
· 2015-05-11
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. # 47) is GRANTED and Plaintiff's complaint is dismissed in its entirety.”

Spencer v. World Vision, Inc.
· 2008-05-21
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED and Plaintiffs' claims are dismissed.”

Bollinger v. Residential Capital, LLC
· 2011-01-05
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“the Court DENIES defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike and GRANTS plaintiffs' Motion for Conditional Class Certification.”

Young v. Washington
· 2010-09-20
Habeas corpus petition (plaintiff) Granted

“this Court GRANTS Mr. Young's petition for writ of habeas corpus, VACATES his conviction for first-degree murder, and ORDERS that Mr. Young be released from custody unless the State of Washington commences proceedings to retry him within ninety (90) days of this order.”

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