Stephanie A. Hambrick
How Judge Hambrick rules, drawn from 13 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Hambrick decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Allows pleading amendments filed before the scheduling deadline when the opponent has already pursued discovery on the proposed new parties and meaningful discovery time remains.
“In sum, Plaintiffs filed their Motion to Amend prior to the deadline, Defendant admits they have already propounded discovery on Plaintiffs regarding the new parties, and there are still seven weeks before the Fact Discovery deadline on November 7, 2024. Accordingly, the Court finds no prejudice.”
Compels production when the disputed material was created through an established business process rather than to obtain legal advice or prepare for litigation.
“The Court finds the information which the Defendant claims is privileged in the PowerPoint presentation is not protected by the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine.”
Requires a plaintiff opposing qualified immunity to identify clearly established law matching the specific regulated conduct, not merely general constitutional principles.
“Plaintiff, who has the burden on this issue, has made no showing beyond general Fourth Amendment law that the Defendants violated a clearly established Fourth Amendment right.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“THEREFORE, the Motion for Client to Work in Any Park Building for Which He is Given a Work Order is hereby DENIED.”
“Therefore, Plaintiff’s Motion at ECF No. 148 is hereby DENIED without prejudice. The Plaintiff may refile his Motion once the bankruptcy stay is lifted.”
“ORDER by the US Magistrate Judge Stephanie A Hambrick GRANTING 72 Unopposed MOTION to Amend/Correct 70 Scheduling Order.”
“Defendants’ Joint Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s Supplemental Memoranda in Opposition to Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.”
“For the reasons stated above, the Joint Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is hereby GRANTED. The Amended Complaint is DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“This Court finds oral argument unnecessary, therefore the Motion for Hearing [ECF No. 17] is DENIED.”
“IT IS ORDERED, the MOTION for Order for Leave to File Motion to Challenge Certification of Scope of Employment Declaration [ECF No. 32] is hereby DENIED.”
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the Defendants’ Motion is DENIED due to lack of jurisdiction;”
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the Defendants’ Motion is DENIED due to lack of jurisdiction;”
“The request to file a Second Amended Complaint is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint [ECF 38] is GRANTED.”
“THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Compel [ECF No. 55] filed by the Consolidated Plaintiffs is GRANTED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court denies the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss without prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The twelve sampled matters include consent civil litigation, referred discovery and scheduling work, Yellowstone petty-offense proceedings, and post-sentence criminal motions. Seven matters were terminated and five remained pending; one civil referral was filed before Hambrick joined the bench and is excluded from the duration list.
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