Terry J. Hatter Jr.
How Judge Hatter decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Decides agency-action and insurance-coverage disputes on summary judgment by methodically running the Celotex burden-shifting framework (prima facie case, then shift to the non-movant to raise a triable issue) and resolves them with terse decretal '...be, and hereby is, Granted/Denied' paragraphs.
“Perez v. City National: 'the moving party has the initial burden of establishing a prima facie case ... If the Secretary satisfies his burden, the burden shifts to City National to introduce evidence sufficient to raise a triable issue.'”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“It is Ordered that Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment be, and hereby is, Granted.”
“It is further Ordered that Defendants's motion for summary judgment be, and hereby is, Denied.”
“It is Ordered that the Secretary's motion for partial summary judgment be, and hereby is, Granted.”
“It is Ordered that Provident's motion to establish ERISA application and for dismissal of state law claims be, and hereby is, Denied.”
“It is further Ordered that Nosrati's motion for an order that this matter is not governed by ERISA be, and hereby is, Granted.”
“It is Ordered that Benchmark's motion for summary judgment be, and hereby is, Granted as to Benchmark's first claim -- rescission of the 2010, 2011, and 2012 Policies. ... Granted as to Benchmark's second claim -- a judicial declaration that it does not have a duty to defend or indemnify ...”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Petition is denied and this action is dismissed without prejudice because it is successive, petitioner did not obtain the requisite authorization from the Court of Appeals to file a successive petition, and this Court lacks jurisdiction to consider it.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The reviewed 2026 matters include alien-detainee habeas petitions, copyright suits involving alleged BitTorrent activity, and commercial contract and corporate disputes. Every reviewed docket remained pending, so no case-duration figures are available from this set.
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