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Michael Adrian Ponsor

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts district Appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic) 15 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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United States v. Rosario
Motion for reconsideration (defendant) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant’s Motion for Reconsideration (Dkt. No. 117) and Supplemental Motion to Suppress and Request for an Evidentiary Hearing (Dkt. No. 141) are hereby DENIED.”

Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied
Gable v. Borges Construction, Inc.
Motions to dismiss (Tenczar) Granted

“Defendant Tenczar’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 10) is hereby ALLOWED. All seven counts against him, Counts I-VI and Count VIII, are hereby dismissed with prejudice.”

Motions to dismiss (Borges) Granted

“Defendant Borges’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 12) is hereby ALLOWED. As to Defendant Borges, Counts I, II, III, and TV are dismissed without prejudice, and Counts V, VI, and VII are dismissed with prejudice.”

Motions to dismiss (Town of Great Barrington) Granted

“Defendant Town’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 15) is hereby ALLOWED. As to Defendant Town, Counts I, II, III, and IV are dismissed without prejudice, and Counts V, VI, VII, and VIII are dismissed with prejudice, with the exception of the requests within Count VIII seeking injunctive relief, which are dismissed without prejudice.”

Temporary restraining order (plaintiffs) Denied

“Plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order (Dkt. No. .27) is hereby DENIED.”

Donovan Brothers, Inc. v. Fontaine
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants’ Motion to Remand (Dkt. No. 47) is hereby ALLOWED, pursuant to the court’s March 13, 2007 Order. Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 46) is also hereby ALLOWED.”

Motions to remand (defendants) Granted
AGP Industries SA v. JPS Elastomerics Corp., Stevens Urethane Division
Summary judgment (plaintiffs) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 15) is hereby ALLOWED, and Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 13) is hereby DENIED.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Denied
Parent v. Principal Life Insurance
Motion to dismiss counterclaim (plaintiff) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs Motion to Dismiss Counterclaim (Dkt. No. 11) and Motion for Discovery (Dkt. No. 31) are hereby DENIED.”

Motion for discovery and expand record (plaintiff) Denied
Sixx Gunner Music v. Quest, Inc.
Motion for damages injunction and fees (plaintiffs) Granted in part

“For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Damages, Permanent Injunction, and Attorney’s Fees (Dkt. No. 21) is hereby ALLOWED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.”

Rolland v. Potter
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, upon de novo review, the court hereby adopts the Report and Recommendation, in part, but for the reasons stated hereby ALLOWS Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 28), in toto.”

Litowsky v. ASCO Power Technologies, L.P.
Motions to dismiss (defendant filing Dkt. No. 20) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss (Dkt. Nos. 20, 43, 44, 54, 58 & 76) are hereby ALLOWED.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant filing Dkt. No. 43) Granted
Motions to dismiss (defendant filing Dkt. No. 44) Granted
Motions to dismiss (defendant filing Dkt. No. 54) Granted
Motions to dismiss (defendant filing Dkt. No. 58) Granted
Motions to dismiss (defendant filing Dkt. No. 76) Granted
United States v. Rivera
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“For all these reasons, the court hereby DENIES Defendant’s Motion to Suppress.”

Villanueva v. Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Motions to dismiss (Dr. Liacopolus (Dkt. No. 14)) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant Liacopolus’ motions to dismiss (Dkt. Nos. *19214 & 26) are hereby DENIED.”

Motions to dismiss (Dr. Liacopolus (Dkt. No. 26)) Denied
Motions to dismiss (other defendants) Granted in part

“The motion to dismiss of the other Defendants (Dkt. No. 24) is ALLOWED as to the individual capacity claims in Count III and the official capacity claims in Counts I, II, and IV. The motion is DENIED in all other respects.”

Woods v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 9) is hereby ALLOWED.”

Gatti v. National Union Fire Insurance
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, supplementing the reasons stated during the hearing, the court DENIED Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 5).”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 449 days (N = 20).

The 20 located post-appointment cases were all closed and included civil-rights, statutory, personal-injury, copyright, trademark, benefits, habeas, immigration, lending, and judgment-enforcement matters.

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