Edie R. Ervin
How Judge Ervin rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Ervin
Edie R. Ervin has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas since June 1, 2021. Her chambers are in Little Rock.
Judge Ervin's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Ervin's own (checked October 9, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026).
How Judge Ervin decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On a contested defense summary-judgment motion in a prisoner civil-rights suit Ervin recommends denial, letting the claims proceed, and the district judge adopts and denies the motion.
“United States Magistrate Judge Edie R. Ervin's partial recommended disposition [Doc. No. 42] is adopted and defendants' motion for summary judgment [Doc. No. 30] is denied.”
Procedural preferences
On Social Security appeals she recommends a sentence-four remand to let the ALJ develop the record on an under-considered impairment (such as bipolar disorder) rather than an award of benefits.
“the recommended disposition of United States Magistrate Judge Edie R. Ervin [Doc. No. 9] is adopted and this case is remanded to permit the ALJ to consider and develop the record regarding Francis Beard's bipolar disorder.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“United States Magistrate Judge Edie R. Ervin's partial recommended disposition [Doc. No. 42] is adopted and defendants' motion for summary judgment [Doc. No. 30] is denied.”
“the recommended disposition of United States Magistrate Judge Edie R. Ervin [Doc. No. 9] is adopted and this case is remanded to permit the ALJ to consider and develop the record regarding Francis Beard's bipolar disorder.”
“Magistrate Judge Edie R. Ervin's recommended disposition [Doc. No. 4] is adopted and petitioner Christopher Bobbitt's section 2241 petition is dismissed without prejudice.”
Pro se detainee civil-rights suit. Ervin recommended dismissal without prejudice for failure to comply with Local Rule 5.5(c)(2), update an address, and prosecute. District Judge Baker adopted the recommendation, dismissed the case, and denied the defendants' motion to dismiss as moot. The dismissal was procedural rather than a merits ruling on the defendants' motion.
“Defendant Kerstein’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. 14) be DENIED, as moot.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Warrant and criminal-magistrate matters often ended the day they were filed. The reviewed civil recommendations do not provide enough information to measure motion-to-ruling time.
Pending matters in the official report
Reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Civil Justice Reform Act, as of March 31, 2026.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, not for Judge Ervin: median time from filing to disposition of the civil cases the court closed in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, as reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
| Cases | Median time | |
|---|---|---|
| All civil cases closed | 726 | 10.4 months |
| Closed with no court action | 373 | 12.7 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 338 | 7.9 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 2 | not reported |
| Closed during trial | 13 | 30.9 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 726 | 10.4 months |
| Sep 2024 | 787 | 10.1 months |
| Sep 2023 | 995 | 12.4 months |
| Sep 2022 | 894 | 12.7 months |
| Sep 2021 | 845 | 11.2 months |
| Sep 2020 | 848 | 10.9 months |
| Sep 2019 | 878 | 10.5 months |
The table leaves out prisoner petitions, land condemnations, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments, and reports no median for fewer than 10 cases. A district that closed a large multidistrict litigation in the period shows very large counts and long medians for that year. Source: Table C-5, U.S. District Courts (spreadsheet).
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