Jared C. Bennett
How Judge Bennett decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Firm on abusive serial/pro se litigation: recommends 1915(e)(2) dismissal WITH prejudice and restricted-filer designations where complaints are frivolous and amendment would be futile.
“each of the complaints in the above captioned cases are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE pursuant to the IFP Statute, 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(2)(B) ... Cuara Rodriguez [is designated] a restricted filer in this District”
Cautions
Applies Rule 15 futility rigorously: denies leave to amend where proposed federal claims are subject to dismissal and remaining state-law claims would lack an independent jurisdictional basis (no supplemental jurisdiction).
“Plaintiff's proposed excessive force claims are futile because they are subject to dismissal. Furthermore, Plaintiff's proposed state-law claims are likewise futile because exercising supplemental jurisdiction over them is not proper in the absence of any viable federal claims.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 26) is ADOPTED. The Commissioner's final decision in this case is hereby AFFIRMED.”
“The Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 26, is ADOPTED IN FULL. ... The court DISMISSES this action without prejudice.”
“the Report and Recommendation in each of the above captioned cases is ADOPTED. ... Cuara Rodriguez's pending IFP motions are DENIED and his IFP status is REVOKED ... each of the complaints in the above captioned cases are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE pursuant to the IFP Statute, 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(2)(B) ... Cuara Rodriguez [is designated] a restricted filer in this District”
“the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Bennett is adopted in its entirety. ... Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File an Amended Complaint is DENIED.”
“denies Defendant’s motion to reopen discovery.”
“the Commissioner’s decision is AFFIRMED”
“Matthew H.’s motion to proceed anonymously 18 is GRANTED.”
“IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that the ALJ’s decision be AFFIRMED.”
“The Entity Defendants and the Individual Defendants’ motion to dismiss 77 be”
“motion for leave to file an overlength sur-reply”
“court DENIES Mr. Sifuentes’s motion for relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)”
“B.M’s unopposed motion to proceed anonymously 18 is GRANTED.”
Sua sponte review of a pro se in forma pauperis complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (no party motion); the magistrate judge recommended dismissal for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and found amendment futile: 'RECOMMENDS that this action be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.'
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Judge Bennett's broad Salt Lake City civil docket includes cases he decides with the parties' consent, prominently Social Security disability appeals, and referred employment, contract, self-represented, and patent matters in which he issues reports and recommendations for district-judge review. This describes caseload composition, not motion outcomes.
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