Michael T. Morrissey
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED granting Plaintiff’s Motions for Default Judgment. (Docs. 16, 26). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded $1,350.00 plus post-judgment interest ...”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant S. McQueen is dismissed without prejudice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion for Service by Publication (Doc. 37) is denied.”
“IT IS ORDERED adopting the Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Michael T. Morrissey. (Doc. 10.) ... Ronald Le Lawrence Brown’s 28 U.S.C. § 2554 Petition (Doc. 1) is dismissed with prejudice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying a certificate of appealability.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Morrissey’s R&R (Doc. 55) is accepted and adopted as the order of this Court. As stated in the R&R, Defendants’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees (Doc. 50) is denied.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED adopting in whole the R&R submitted by Judge Morrissey (Doc. 11). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying and dismissing with prejudice the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Doc. 1).”
“IT IS ORDERED that the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security is vacated, and this case is remanded for an award of benefits. The Clerk shall enter judgment accordingly and terminate this case. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commissioner's Motion to Remand (doc. 16) is denied as moot.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security is affirmed. The Clerk shall enter judgment accordingly and terminate this case.”
“For the following reasons, the decision is affirmed.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED affirming the November 5, 2018 decision of the Administrative Law Judge (R. at 16-35), as upheld by the Appeals Council (R. at 1-6). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED directing the Clerk to enter final judgment consistent with this Order and close this case.”
“IT IS ORDERED: (1) Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment (doc. 18) is GRANTED. Plaintiff is awarded damages, fees, and costs in the total amount of $13,035.00...”
“After analyzing the Etiel factors, the Court concludes that all seven factors favor a default judgment. Accordingly, the Court grants Plaintiff's motion and enters a default judgment on behalf of Plaintiff.”
“IT IS ORDERED: (1) Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (doc. 19) is granted. (2) Count One of the First Amended Complaint (doc. 12) is dismissed with prejudice. (3) Count Two of the First Amended Complaint (doc. 12) is dismissed without prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled Phoenix assignments are dominated by criminal-duty matters involving illegal reentry and other border prosecutions, alongside an insurance case handled with the parties' consent. Because all ten recent cases come from Morrissey's current duty rotation, they do not provide a sound basis for case-duration figures. Filing-to-ruling timing is available for four older matters: a state habeas petition, a prevailing defendant's fee motion, a prisoner civil-rights dismissal, and a stipulated dismissal Morrissey decided directly in a consent case.
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