Michael T. Morrissey

How Judge Morrissey rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Position
magistrate
Commissioned
2020-01-23
Signed orders read
21

Signed rulings

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

Tiana Brooke Blazer v. Desert Run Transportation LLC, et al.
CV-24-01326-PHX-MTM · 2025-01-10
Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“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 ...”

Anthony James Merrick v. David Shinn, et al.
CV-23-00296-PHX-SPL-MTM · 2024-01-08
Motions to dismiss (court_sua_sponte) Granted

“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.”

Ronald Le Lawrence Brown v. David Shinn, et al.
CV-20-02208-PHX-MTL · 2022-07-01
Habeas petition (petitioner) 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.”

Nathanial Sheppard v. County of Gila, et al.
CV-20-01935-PHX-DJH (MTM) · 2022-09-13
Motion for attorney fees (defendant) Denied

“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.”

Donald Lee Linville v. Ryan Thornell, et al.
CV-24-00069-PHX-JJT (MTM) · 2025-03-21
Habeas petition (petitioner) 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).”

Denise Denslow v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
CV-19-01718-PHX-MTM · 2020-03-06
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“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.”

Danielle Renae Lallier v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
CV-19-08085-PCT-MTM · 2020-03-26
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“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.”

Andrea Lynn Singh v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
CV-19-02315-PHX-MTM · 2020-09-28
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“For the following reasons, the decision is affirmed.”

Shari D. Valenta v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
CV-20-00126-PHX-MTM · 2021-01-28
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“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.”

Shannon Waldrop v. LTS Collections Incorporated, et al.
CV-20-00246-PHX-MTM · 2020-11-06
Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“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...”

deltaventure GmbH v. Pay.io, et al.
CV-20-00363-PHX-MTM · 2020-10-06
Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“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.”

Tarek Sadideen, et al. v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al.
CV-19-05122-PHX-MTM · 2020-07-10
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“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 civil matters handled with the parties' consent.
  • Because the 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 seven matters, including three recent consent immigration-habeas petitions.

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