Tana Lin
How Judge Lin decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Lin frequently REFERS dispositive motions (motions to dismiss) to a magistrate judge (Tsuchida, Christel) for a report and recommendation, then rules by adopting the R&R -- so her early merits dispositions often arrive as short adoption orders rather than authored opinions.
“The Court also hereby refers to Magistrate Judge Tsuchida for preparation of a report and recommendation the pending motion to dismiss (Dkt No. 18). Signed by Judge Tana Lin.”
Watches subject-matter jurisdiction sua sponte: when the federal-claim defendants dropped out, Lin issued an order to show cause and then remanded the remaining state-law claims rather than reaching a pending summary-judgment motion.
“ORDER OF REMAND. The matter is REMANDED to Lewis County Superior Court ... All pending motions and deadlines in this matter are VACATED.”
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.
| Motions to dismiss N = 2 |
Granted in part: 2 | 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.
“ORDER ADOPTING 29 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. McPeak's Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. 19) is GRANTED-IN-PART and DENIED-IN-PART. Butcher's counterclaims are dismissed without prejudice for failure to state a claim, but the Court declines to issue Rule 11 sanctions.”
“ORDER ADOPTING 40 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. Docklight Brands Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims, Affirmative Defenses, and to Strike Portions of the Answer of Defendants and Counterclaimants Tilray, Inc. and High Park Holdings Ltd. (Dkt. No. 18) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”