James Levin Latchum
Judge Latchum no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons set forth above, the motion of Legends Sports Bar to vacate the default judgment will be denied.”
“For the reasons stated above, after reconsideration, this Court will vacate the October 6, 1992 (D.I. 11) order enlarging time for service of process”
“and will grant defendant’s motion for dismissal in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(j).”
“Defendant’s motion to suppress and his motion to dismiss Count I will be denied and an order to this effect will issue forthwith.”
“For the forgoing reasons, the Court will grant ABB Air Preheater’s motion for summary judgment.”
“This Court will therefore enter an order forthwith granting Tricolor’s motion for summary judgment.”
“Thus, the Court denied AET’s motion to dismiss the Complaint or to order Leucadia to file a more definite statement. However, the Court agreed with AET that Counts II and III of the Complaint are duplicative of Count I.”
“the Court granted AET’s motion for a protective order on the following terms and conditions.”
“For the reasons set forth above, this Court will grant defendant’s motion for summary judgment.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the motion is denied.”
“Accordingly, defendant’s motion for summary judgment on all pending claims asserted by plaintiffs in this case will be granted.”
“Since the plaintiffs have failed to make a sufficient showing as to an essential element of their case there is no issue of fact for trial, and this Court must grant the defendant’s motion for summary judgment as a matter of law.”
“Accordingly, Thornton's motion for summary judgment will be granted.”
“With respect to the Niemanns’ claim of negligent monitoring and supervising, summary judgment will be granted. With respect to the Niemann’s claim of negligent entrustment, summary judgment will be denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 2920 days (N = 5).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 33 days (N = 1).
The 20 located assigned cases were all terminated. Twelve carried a usable nature-of-suit label; eight did not.
A historical record
Judge Latchum no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.