Ivan L. R. Lemelle
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion is DENIED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Rec. Doc. No. 20) be and is hereby DENIED.”
“For these reasons Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“defendant's Motion for summary judgment is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Axis' Motion for Summary Judgment (Rec. Doc. 105) is denied.”
“IT IS ORDERED that defendants motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) is DENIED, for the reasons stated below.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiffs' motion for status conference (Rec. Doc. 41) is DENIED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment is GRANTED and defendants' second defense is dismissed.”
“Granted in part to allow natural persons with usufructuary or trust beneficiary interests to become owners and/or operators of residential STRs; and denied concerning juridical corporate entities seeking the same status”
“Granted insofar as she has shown a Takings Clause violation of a fundamental right to retain her STR permits until their expressed expiration dates”
“Denied concerning restrictions against natural persons who are usufructuaries and trust beneficiaries.”
“IT IS ORDERED that ACL's Motion to Dismiss be GRANTED without prejudice.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Motion for Reconsideration is DENIED for the reasons stated in the Court's prior Order and Reasons.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Motion for Certification for an Interlocutory Appeal Under 28 U.S.C. 1292(b) is GRANTED.”
“defendant Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company's Motion for Summary Judgment on Bad Faith Claims (Rec. Doc. 39), Motion to Exclude Experts (Rec. Doc. 41), Motion to Strike (Rec. Doc. 44), and Motion to Continue Trial and Reset Pretrial Deadlines (Rec. Doc. 45) are DISMISSED AS MOOT.”
“Motion to Exclude Experts (Rec. Doc. 41), Motion to Strike (Rec. Doc. 44), and Motion to Continue Trial and Reset Pretrial Deadlines (Rec. Doc. 45) are DISMISSED AS MOOT.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
A broad New Orleans civil and criminal docket: maritime and marine personal injury (Jones Act, 28:1333), diversity property-insurance suits (many 2022 Hurricane-Ida claims against State Farm, Allstate and surplus-lines carriers), product-liability diversity (Monsanto, General Motors), Section 1983 civil-rights and prisoner-civil-rights suits, Section 2254 state habeas petitions, ERISA and FLSA employment matters, Social Security review, contract disputes, and criminal prosecutions and post-conviction motions.
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