Ann Marie McIff Allen
How Judge Allen decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Cautions
The court warned that merits-focused leniency does not excuse missed discovery deadlines.
“[N]o litigant should ignore deadlines established by the applicable rules,” for when this happens, ‘sanctions may well be appropriate.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons discussed above, the Court GRANTS Defendant WSU’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 54). All claims against WSU are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”
“It is further ORDERED that Defendant Ogden’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 53) is GRANTED as follows:”
“The remaining requests in Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 8) are DENIED.”
“Good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner’s request is GRANTED. (ECF No. 3.) This action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“The decision of the Commissioner is REVERSED and REMANDED.”
“The Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. [ECF No. 32.] The Complaint is dismissed in its entirety without prejudice.”
“Defendants’ Motion to Transfer Venue (ECF No. 16) is DENIED AS MOOT.”
“the Court GRANTS Defendant University of Utah’s Partial Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (ECF No. 9)”
“GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Defendant Alexandra Starr’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 10).”
“Plaintiff’s motion to strike Ms. Ramsdell’s Answer is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiff’s motions for default certificate and default judgment are DENIED without prejudice.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Third-Party Defendant George Wilson’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 22) is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court will GRANT the Motion to Withdraw Admissions, DENY the MSJ, and DENY the Motion to Amend.”
“For the reasons discussed, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim. The case is DISMISSED.”
“the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. (ECF No. 29). Plaintiff’s Complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
This is a bounded enumeration of 20 early-filed 2024 cases, not a career-wide caseload profile.
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