Paul G. Cassell
Judge Cassell no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Cassell decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Once counsel appears, representation continues until the court approves a substitution.
“no substitution is effective until approved by court order, so any attorney who has entered an appearance in a case must continue to vigorously represent his client until any substitution is allowed.”
Procedural preferences
A Rule 48(a) dismissal involving an identified victim required the victim's views before the court would act.
“before granting any motion by the government under Rule 48(a) to dismiss charges involving a specific victim, the court must have the victim’s views on the motion.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Randy Hall’s motion to dismiss (Dkt.# 7) under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) is GRANTED, and service on him is quashed.”
“The court, therefore, DENIES the petition for civil habeas corpus (# 1-1).”
“The court GRANTS the motion to strike declarations (# 17-1).”
“The court also GRANTS respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition for habeas corpus (# 19-1).”
“Accordingly, the court hereby DENIES the Pebble Creek Parties’ motions to remand to Utah state court [# 6] and to hold void the state court order entered on July 25, 2007[# 11].”
“Mr. Yengich’s motion to substitute himself as Mr. McDaniel’s counsel (#21) is DENIED because it fails to comply with Rule 83-1.4 of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure.”
“For all these reasons, the court GRANTS the IRS’ Motion to Dismiss [# 105].”
“The court disagrees and hereby DENIES the motion to dismiss.”
“The court DENIES Millcreek’s motion to dismiss finding jurisdiction proper.”
“The court DENIES the DLC’s motion for a preliminary injunction as MOOT.”
“the court must GRANT summary judgment to the defendants [# 57].”
“The court GRANTS Qwest’s motion to dismiss (#67) and DISMISSES UTOPIA’S first through fourth and seventh counterclaims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”
“And disputed issues of material fact require the court to DENY Qwest’s motion for summary judgment (# 98).”
“Because the Federal Circuit has held that cease-and-desist letters alone do not create personal jurisdiction, the court GRANTS Furnace Brook’s motion to dismiss [Docket No. 3].”
“And the court DENIES Overstock’s motion for leave to conduct jurisdictional discovery because all it seeks is more information about the letters Furnace Brook sent to another Utah company — information that, as discussed above, cannot cure the jurisdictional defect.”
“plaintiffs’ EMTALA claims were untimely filed and defendants Pope and Greenwood’s motion to dismiss (9-1; 12-2) is GRANTED.”
“Because the proposed amendment would be futile, plaintiffs’ motion to amend the complaint (14-1) is DENIED.”
“Therefore, the court grants Mr. Gill’s motion to dismiss.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 89.5 days (N = 20).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 63 days (N = 1).
This is a bounded historical slice of 20 terminated cases filed in 2007, not a career-wide caseload profile.
A historical record
Judge Cassell 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.