Robert S. Lasnik
How Judge Lasnik decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Will grant a nationwide preliminary injunction under the APA where an agency likely skipped a statutorily required step, e.g. the State Department's failure to give Congress the 22 U.S.C. 2778(f) notice before removing 3D-printed-gun files from the Munitions List.
“For all of the foregoing reasons, plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is GRANTED. The federal defendants and all of their respective officers, agents, and employees are hereby enjoined from implementing or enforcing the "Temporary Modification of Category I of the United States Munitions List"”
On employment-discrimination summary judgment he parses each theory separately, letting disability-discrimination and retaliation claims supported by direct or circumstantial evidence reach a jury while dismissing unsupported age, race, and hostile-work-environment theories.
“defendants' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiff has raised genuine issues of material fact regarding her claims of disability discrimination under the ADA and the WLAD.”
Procedural preferences
In Section 1983 cases he denies qualified immunity only where a genuine factual dispute (such as probable cause for an arrest) makes it a jury question, granting summary judgment on the remaining claims.
“the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part defendants' motion for summary judgment ... The Court DENIES defendants' motion for summary judgment with respect to plaintiffs unlawful arrest claim against defendants Jones and Giralmo only.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For all of the foregoing reasons, plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is GRANTED. The federal defendants and all of their respective officers, agents, and employees are hereby enjoined from implementing or enforcing the "Temporary Modification of Category I of the United States Munitions List"”
“Plaintiffs' motion to strike arguments based on the administrative record is DENIED.”
“ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS”
“defendants' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiff has raised genuine issues of material fact regarding her claims of disability discrimination under the ADA and the WLAD.”
“the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part defendants' motion for summary judgment ... The Court DENIES defendants' motion for summary judgment with respect to plaintiffs unlawful arrest claim against defendants Jones and Giralmo only.”
“the Court ... DENIES plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment as to trespass against defendants.”
Put Judge Lasnik's record to work
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Opens in Ezel Pro. Every answer is grounded in Judge Lasnik's own signed orders and cites them.