Blankumsee v. Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that courts “may, and generally will, deem a claim abandoned when a plaintiff fails to respond to a defendant’s arguments that the claim should be dismissed” (citation omitted)
• illustrating where a court turns to other more significant factors where both potential districts were “well-equipped” to preside over the claims
• “[T]he Court notes that Plaintiffs, did not respond to Defendants’ arguments in support of their motion to dismiss ... and therefore the Court may deem the claim abandoned.”
• courts “may, and generally will, deem a claim abandoned when a plaintiff fails to respond to a defendant’s arguments that the claim should be dismissed”
• “The bare allegations that Defendants [took certain actions] are, without more, conclusory. They are unsupported by any specific facts indicating [what, when, or how these actions occured], or how such a claim translates into damages.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).