Omar J. Aboulhosn
How Judge Aboulhosn decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In reversing and remanding disability denials, he has focused narrowly on whether the ALJ adequately addressed a specific diagnosed impairment omitted from the sequential evaluation (e.g., fibromyalgia, or a treating psychologist's opinion), rather than reweighing the medical record as a whole.
“REMANDS the final decision of the Commissioner back to the Commissioner pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings in order to consider whether Claimant's fibromyalgia is an impairment under the Regulations and to consider any limitations therefrom in the remaining steps in the sequential evaluation process.”
Procedural preferences
At the outset of every Social Security appeal, he enters a standing order requiring counsel to certify whether a specific local treating physician (connected to his chambers) appears anywhere in the claimant's medical record, and will reassign the case to another magistrate judge if so -- a conflict-screening step he runs before any substantive briefing begins.
“Counsel is DIRECTED to file with the Court a pleading certifying whether Dr. Kropac is or is not involved in this matter. Should Dr. Kropac be involved, the undersigned will direct that the Clerk rotate this matter to another Magistrate Judge in the District.”
Cautions
He will impose real discovery sanctions on uncooperative parties: an escalating daily fine against a corporate defendant whose representative repeatedly failed to appear as ordered, and a finding of bad-faith noncompliance supporting a sanction (short of default judgment) against a party who ignored a discovery order and skipped his own deposition.
“Beginning on 2/20/2019, Defendant shall be fined $1,000 each day that the corporate representative fails to appear as ordered for the hearing.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“DENYING Plaintiff's 12 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings; GRANTING Defendant's 13 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings; AFFIRMING the final decision of the Commissioner and DISMISSING this matter from the docket of this Court.”
“denying Plaintiff's 9 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings; granting Defendant's 10 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings; affirming the final decision of the Commissioner; dismissing this matter from the docket of this Court.”
“denying Plaintiff's 12 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; granting Defendant's 18 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; affirming the final decision of the decision of the Commissioner; dismissing this matter from the docket of this Court.”
“The Court GRANTS Plaintiff's 17 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, DENIES Defendant's 20 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, REVERSES the final decision of the Commissioner, REMANDS this matter back to the Commissioner pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings in order to properly evaluate the treating psychologist's opinion under the Regulations.”
“denying Plaintiff's 11 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; granting the Defendant's 12 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; affirming the final decision of the Commissioner; and dismissing this matter from the docket of this Court.”
“the Plaintiff's 9 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is DENIED, the Defendants 11 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is GRANTED, the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED and this matter is hereby DISMISSED from the docket of this Court.”
“The Court GRANTS Plaintiff's 13 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings to the extent she prays for reversal of the Commissioner's decision, DENIES Defendant's 15 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings, REVERSES and REMANDS the final decision of the Commissioner back to the Commissioner pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings in order to consider whether Claimant's fibromyalgia is an impairment under the Regulations and to consider any limitations therefrom in the remaining steps in the sequential evaluation process.”
“the Plaintiff's 13 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is DENIED; the Defendant's 16 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is GRANTED; the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED; and this matter is DISMISSED from the docket of this Court.”
“denying Plaintiff's 13 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, granting Defendant's 14 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, affirming the final decision of the Commissioner and dismissing this matter from the docket of this Court.”
“ORDER granting the United States' 46 MOTION to Compel. It is ORDERED that Larry Austin respond to the United States' second request for interrogatories and production from Larry Austin no later than 24 hours prior to his deposition.”
“ORDER granting 49 MOTION for Sanctions: It is further ORDERED that, upon consideration of: (1) Larry Austin's acting in bad faith by failing to participate in discovery; (2) the material prejudice his noncompliance caused to the United States by his failure to admit facts asserted in his answer, as well as his failure to produce to the United States the evidence requested in discovery; (3) the need for deterrence of a party failing to comply with a Court order compelling discovery and failing to attend a properly noticed deposition; and (4) the effectiveness of less drastic sanctions...”
“Denying Plaintiff's 19 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; granting Defendant's 20 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; affirming the final decision of the Commissioner; dismissing this matter from the docket of this Court.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 1.0 days (N = 4).
Consistent with his role as a consent-jurisdiction magistrate judge, the bulk of his caseload is Social Security disability appeals; he also handles general civil matters referred to him for discovery management or decided by full party consent (employment, product-liability, insurance, and consumer-protection cases), plus criminal duty-magistrate matters such as search-warrant applications, initial appearances, and misdemeanor pleas.
Put Judge Aboulhosn's record to work
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