Gray M. Borden

How Judge Borden rules, drawn from 15 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Position
magistrate
Commissioned
2019-06-17
Education
Washington and Lee University (B.A., 2001); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005)
Signed orders read
15

How Judge Borden decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

Recommended denying a criminal defendant's motion to suppress evidence; the district judge adopted the recommendation.

“It is ordered that the Report and Recommendation denying the motion to suppress evidence be accepted as entered. This Court ADOPTS the report and recommendation ... the motion to suppress the evidence filed by the Defendant on July 1, 2024 (Doc. 14) is DENIED.”

Cautions

Recommended dismissing an unexhausted habeas petition without prejudice; the district judge adopted the recommendation.

“the Court concludes that the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 92) should be ACCEPTED and hereby ADOPTS it as the findings of the Court. The case is therefore DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Moore v. ADOC Associate Commissioner
5:20-cv-01373-LCB-GMB · 2021-11-29
Habeas petition (plaintiff) Denied

“the Court concludes that the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 92) should be ACCEPTED and hereby ADOPTS it as the findings of the Court. The case is therefore DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”

United States v. Jade Lauren Gilbert
7:24-cr-00157-LSC-GMB · 2024-10-10
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“It is ordered that the Report and Recommendation denying the motion to suppress evidence be accepted as entered. This Court ADOPTS the report and recommendation ... the motion to suppress the evidence filed by the Defendant on July 1, 2024 (Doc. 14) is DENIED.”

Connell v. Binder
2:21-cv-00629-GMB · 2025-02-10
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 78) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”

Moore v. Ollie's Bargain Outlet, Inc.
2:24-cv-01038-GMB · 2025-06-20
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the motion for summary judgment is due to be granted.”

Dake v. Commissioner of Social Security
5:24-cv-00675-GMB · 2025-07-23
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“the decision of the Commissioner is due to be affirmed.”

Brady v. Commissioner of Social Security
1:24-cv-01032-GMB · 2025-07-22
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“the decision of the Commissioner is due to be reversed and remanded.”

Brown v. Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
7:24-cv-01069-GMB · 2025-07-10
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“all claims in the complaint are DISMISSED without prejudice.”

Watkins v. Coloplast Corp.
2:25-cv-00274-GMB · 2025-06-03
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“GRANTED and the claim is DISMISSED with prejudice.”

Jackson v. Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
2:24-cv-01235-GMB · 2025-02-11
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the motions to dismiss (Docs. 2 & 13) are GRANTED.”

Gregory v. City of Trussville, Alabama
2:24-cv-00214-GMB · 2025-02-13
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“the Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 50) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part”

Marvin v. The Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham
2:25-cv-01486-GMB · 2025-11-12
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Retaliation Claim (Doc. 5) is GRANTED.”

Trident Real Estate Development, LLC v. Southern District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
2:25-cv-01641-GMB · 2026-04-23
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“partial Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 33) is GRANTED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Caseload drawn from his 2022 consent docket: general civil (insurance, FDCPA debt-collection, employment discrimination, premises liability) plus Social Security disability review. He is the deciding judge of record on these by the parties' consent under 28 U.S.C. 636(c).

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