Alison S. Bachus

How Judge Bachus rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Position
magistrate
Commissioned
2023-04-12
Signed orders read
23

Signed rulings

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

Karran Lynn Betterton v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
CV-24-01623-PHX-JJT · 2025-05-07
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED overruling Plaintiff’s Objections (Doc. 24) and adopting the reasoning and conclusions of the R&R (Doc. 23). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED reversing and remanding the final decision of the Commissioner for further proceedings consistent with this Order.”

Takeover Industries Incorporated, et al. v. Michael Holley, et al.
CV-22-00357-PHX-DJH · 2025-04-28
Motion to disqualify counsel (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 209) is adopted. The Motion to Disqualify (Doc. 195) is denied.”

Michael V. Regno, Jr. v. Jason Gunther
CV-24-02366-PHX-JJT (ASB) · 2025-04-25
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED adopting in whole the R&R (Doc. 13) submitted by Judge Bachus and denying and dismissing with prejudice the Petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1).”

Ismael Villa v. Express Truss & Framing Systems LLC, et al.
CV-24-01890-PHX-SMM (ASB) · 2025-08-20
Motion for attorney fees (plaintiff) Granted in part

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED granting in-part Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. (Doc. 31). Plaintiff is awarded $3,555.00 in attorney fees and $796.00 in costs, for a total of $4,351.00 ...”

Tammie Flowers v. United States of America, et al.
CV-23-02235-PHX-ASB · 2024-02-02
Stipulated dismissal (unspecified) Moot / procedural

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED approving the Stipulation to Dismiss with Prejudice. (Doc. 13). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED dismissing with prejudice this matter in its entirety, each party to bear its own attorney fees and costs.”

Cameron Threadgill, et al. v. Saddlebrook Investments LLC, et al.
CV-23-01089-PHX-DJH · 2024-09-16
Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 31) is accepted and adopted as the Order of this Court. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Entry of Default Judgment against Defendants Ryan Morgan and All Done Consulting, LLC (Doc. 21) is granted.”

Motion for attorney fees (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs Against Defendants All Done Consulting, LLC and Ryan Morgan (Doc. 25) is denied without prejudice.”

Craig Tanner Harrington v. Ryan Thornell, et al.
CV-24-08189-PCT-JJT · 2025-06-13
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED adopting the R&R filed by Magistrate Judge Bachus (Doc. 11) in its entirety and denying and dismissing with prejudice the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Doc. 1).”

Tim Wayne Fox v. United States of America
CV-24-00299-PHX-SPL · 2024-09-12
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“The Honorable Alison S. Bachus, United States Magistrate Judge, issued a Report and Recommendation (‘R&R’) (Doc. 7) recommending that the Court deny the Petition. Petitioner filed an Objection to the R&R (Doc. 8), and following review, on September 12, 2024, the Court adopted the R&R, denied the petition, and overruled the Petitioner’s objections. (Doc. 9).”

Scott Allen McMaster v. Ryan Thornell, et al.
CV-25-00273-PHX-DWL · 2025-09-23
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“On August 15, 2025, Magistrate Judge Bachus issued an 18-page report and recommendation (‘R&R’) concluding that Petitioner’s habeas petition should be denied and dismissed with prejudice. IT IS ORDERED that: 1. The R&R (Doc. 13) is adopted. 2. Petitioner’s objections (Doc. 14) are overruled. 3. The petition (Doc. 1) is denied.”

Christopher Lee Smith v. Ryan Thornell, et al.
CV-23-00997-PHX-DWL · 2023-12-21
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the R&R’s recommended disposition (Doc. 11) is accepted, that the petition (Doc. 1) is denied and dismissed with prejudice, and that the Clerk of Court shall enter judgment accordingly.”

Michael Devaughn Johnson v. David Shinn, et al.
CV-22-01999-PHX-ROS · 2024-04-17
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 16) is ADOPTED IN FULL. The petition for writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 1) is DENIED and this case is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Derek Bluford v. Warden Birkholz
CV-23-01587-PHX-JAT · 2024-03-08
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“ORDER that the R&R 10 is accepted. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition in this case is denied and dismissed, with prejudice, and the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly. ... Signed by Senior Judge James A Teilborg on 3/8/2024.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

  • The sampled Phoenix assignments include search-warrant and criminal-duty matters, a removed patent case, a Federal Tort Claims Act suit, and other consent civil cases.
  • Because the current-duty cases are from 2026, they do not support duration figures.
  • Older terminated consent cases from 2021 through 2023 include wage-and-hour matters, Social Security appeals, ERISA and disability disputes, and smaller civil suits, many resolved by settlement or stipulated dismissal.

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