Barry M. Kurren
How Judge Kurren decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Kurren applied judicial estoppel where the record showed that nondisclosure in bankruptcy was not a simple mistake.
“Ah Quin’s failure to disclose this lawsuit during the bankruptcy proceedings was not based on mere inadvertence or mistake.”
He treated evidence of a possible unwritten prison medication policy as sufficient to create a triable deliberate-indifference issue.
“Questions of fact exist as to whether the prison doctors acted with deliberate indifference to Plaintiff Raymond E. Kenney’s (‘Kenney’) serious medical needs.”
Procedural preferences
He emphasized that scheduling deadlines protect the integrity of litigation and carry consequences when ignored.
“Adherence to reasonable deadlines is ... critical to maintaining integrity in court proceedings.”
At summary judgment, he expected parties to identify record evidence rather than leaving the court to search for it.
“the court ‘is not required to comb the record to find some reason to deny a motion for summary judgment.’”
Cautions
He distinguished a dangerous substance from an abnormally dangerous activity when evaluating strict-liability pleadings.
“absolute liability attaches only to ultra-hazardous or abnormally dangerous activities, not ultra-hazardous or abnormally dangerous materials”
In extradition proceedings, he required both low flight risk and special circumstances before allowing release.
“This Court finds that Respondents do not pose a risk of flight and that special circumstances justify granting bail.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Based on the intervening changes in the law and the discussion above, this court GRANTS Plaintiffs Motion for Reconsideration of Interlocutory Amended Order Granting Defendant’s Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings Filed September 19, 1995.”
“Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion is DENIED.”
After a consent bench trial, the court directed judgment for the United States: “the court directs the Clerk of Court to enter judgment in favor of USA and against Cruz.” The decision resolved the merits after trial rather than a party motion.
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment.”
“The court hereby GRANTS Claimant Taipei Partners’ Motion to Quash the Seizure Warrant issued by this court on August 4, 1995 and executed August 9, 1995.”
“Accordingly, the motion to dismiss Count V of the Third Amended Complaint as against the Manufacturing Defendants is GRANTED.”
“Based on the foregoing, Queens’s Motion for partial summary judgment is GRANTED and Global’s Motion for partial summary judgment is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Ocean Duke’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is hereby DENIED.”
“Defendants’ motions are hereby GRANTED IN PART as to Plaintiffs’ claims for First Amendment retaliation brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.”
“For the reasons stated above, the Court GRANTS Respondents’ Motion.”
“For the reasons stated above, Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Dey’s Motion is hereby DENIED on the grounds of futility.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 497.0 days (N = 40).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 121 days (N = 5).
The 40 located assigned cases were all terminated and form a bounded historical cohort rather than a career-wide caseload measure.
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