Luis Felipe Restrepo
Judge Restrepo no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Restrepo decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
For education-related disability claims, he treats statutory administrative exhaustion as a threshold requirement and will dismiss when the specialized process has not been completed.
“Defendants’ request to dismiss this case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is granted due to plaintiffs’ failure to satisfy the exhaustion requirement.”
Procedural preferences
He rejects attempts to invoke attorney-client privilege while simultaneously denying that counsel represented the party for equitable-tolling purposes.
“Plaintiffs’ refusal to produce this document on privilege grounds is evidence, in and of itself, that an attorney-client relationship existed as early as 2009.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED”
“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“For the reasons that follow, I will grant the motion.”
“Defendants’ request to dismiss this case is GRANTED;”
“the defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“Defendants’ Motion in Limine (Doc. 35) is hereby DISMISSED as moot.”
“Defendant’s motion is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiffs Motions in Limine (ECF Nos. 37, 38, 39, 40) are DENIED AS MOOT.”
“the motions will be granted in part and denied in part.”
“The defendants’ motion to strike testimony (see Docs. 118, 128) is DENIED.”
“The motion by Defendants 721 Logistics, LLC, Larry Antonucci and John Ercolani for judgment as a matter of law (Doc. 149 at 121) is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ motion to preclude Plaintiffs expert report and for sanctions (Doc. 126) is DISMISSED as moot.”
“defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Document 16) is DENIED.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 144) is DENIED.”
“Defendant Ishmael’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 140) is GRANTED”
“Defendant Gilbert’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 142) is GRANTED”
“Defendant Ray’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to Count IV-PHRA (ECF No. 164) is GRANTED.”
“Defendant School District’s Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 141) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”
“the motions filed by defendants for summary judgment are granted with respect to Citizens’ duty to defend Ung in the underlying state action, and denied as premature with regard to Citizens’ duty to indemnify Ung.”
“Plaintiffs cross-motion is denied”
A historical record
Judge Restrepo 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.