Robert Willis Warren
How Judge Warren decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Warren required evidence of actual injury before allowing a constitutional court-access claim to proceed.
“Plaintiffs have failed to make a showing of actual injury.”
Procedural preferences
Warren treated more-definite-statement motions as disfavored when ordinary discovery could fill factual gaps.
“Rule 12(e) petitions are no longer favorites of the law and are rarely granted.”
Warren required strict compliance with pretrial procedures before considering late criminal motions.
“It has been the continuing practice of this District to require strict compliance with the standing pretrial order and Local Rule 6.02.”
Cautions
Warren expected a party seeking a late jury to explain the delay and formally request discretionary relief.
“his complete failure to respond to this petition, perhaps by providing some basis upon which the Court might reasonably exercise its discretion in overlooking his previous oversight or inadvertence, necessitates that the defendant now be granted the relief he seeks.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“After a careful review of the entire record and applicable law, the Court adopts the Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Callahan and the defendant’s motion to dismiss the superseding indictment is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court hereby DENIES the plaintiffs Petition to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, DENIES the Motion for Appointment of Counsel and orders this case DISMISSED.”
“After a careful review of the entire record and applicable law, the Court finds that justice is served by the denial of costs. Therefore, the defendants’ Request for Taxation of Costs is DENIED.”
“For these reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the plaintiffs Motion for Leave to Appeal the July 19, 1994 Order of the Bankruptcy Court in bankruptcy ease number 90-25476-JES be DENIED in the above-captioned matter.”
“For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that Worthington’s Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is DENIED and the Petition DISMISSED.”
“Barker’s sixth § 2255 motion is summarily DISMISSED as an abuse of the writ;”
“his May 30, 1995 Motion for Writ of Mandamus is DENIED as moot.”
“Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the City of Milwaukee’s Motion to Dismiss with respect tó claims four, five, and six is GRANTED.”
“Accordingly, the Court holds that the defendant's counterclaims seeking to vacate, modify or correct the award are not barred by the applicable statute of limitations.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES plaintiff’s motion for attorneys’ fees.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the defendants’ motion for summary judgment is GRANTED and this ease is DISMISSED in its entirety.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that plaintiff store’s motion for a stay pending judicial review is denied.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff store’s request for documents is denied.”
“Accordingly, defendant’s motion to dismiss count three of the complaint is hereby GRANTED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The historical docket index returned twenty assigned cases, all terminated. The coded subset included civil-rights, intellectual-property, statutory, federal-employer-liability, asbestos, and tax matters. Five checked docket timelines retained no entries, so no motion-timing summary is available.
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