Staci G. Cornelius
How Judge Cornelius decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Adopts the report and recommendation and resolves summary judgment defendant-by-defendant, granting it for one defendant while denying it for others whose claims present triable issues.
“the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 33) should be ACCEPTED and hereby ADOPTS it as the findings of the Court. The Court ORDERS that Warden Bennett's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. The Court further ORDERS that Sergeant White and Captain Hutton's motion for summary judgment ... are DENIED.”
Cautions
Dismisses a prisoner civil-rights complaint without prejudice on screening, adopting the magistrate's recommendation.
“the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 5) 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.
“the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 33) should be ACCEPTED and hereby ADOPTS it as the findings of the Court. The Court ORDERS that Warden Bennett's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. The Court further ORDERS that Sergeant White and Captain Hutton's motion for summary judgment ... are DENIED.”
“the plaintiff's motion for leave to conduct additional discovery [is] DENIED”
“the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 5) should be ACCEPTED and hereby ADOPTS it as the findings of the Court. The case is therefore DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“the undersigned RECOMMENDS the court permit the plaintiff to obtain the requested discovery regarding PFHS's financial records for 2018-2021.”
“the court will grant the defendants' motion to dismiss (Doc. 4) and dismiss this action without prejudice.”
“the court GRANTS the defendants' summary judgment motion (Doc. 20) as to Carter-Washington's breach of contract claim, claim brought under Ala. Code § 6-6-280, and claim for violations of the court-imposed stay and DISMISSES those claims WITH PREJUDICE. However, the court DENIES the motion (Doc. 20) as to Carter-Washington's invasion of privacy claim”
“Williams's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED IN PART with respect to Counts II and III. (Doc. 106).”
“The Parents' motion for partial summary judgment is DENIED. (Doc. 103).”
“the Commissioner's decision is due to be reversed and remanded for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).”
“the court will GRANT the agency's motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 27).”
“the court DENIES the motion for summary judgment (Doc. 38) filed by Piggly Wiggly ADC.”
“the Goozees' motion to remand is DENIED. (Doc. 7).”
“GRANTS Liberty Mutual's motion to dismiss (Doc. 5).”
“Frankenmuth's partial motion to dismiss is GRANTED. (Doc. 4).”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Her consent docket skews toward consumer-protection cases under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act, Social Security disability appeals, insurance, and employment and civil-rights matters. The case-mix description is based on the case captions and stated causes of action.
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