John Lawrence Kane Jr.
How Judge Kane decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On FDCPA summary-judgment motions Kane treats whether a consumer's oral statements sufficiently communicated that a debt was disputed as a fact-intensive question unsuited to summary judgment, and denies the collector's motion (Dixon v. RJM).
“Medicredit's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 35) is DENIED.”
Procedural preferences
At the pleading stage he finds a qualified-immunity defense insufficient where the constitutional law is clearly established and the officer directly participated in the challenged conduct, while dismissing the municipality on Monell claims for failure to allege a policy or custom.
“Defendants' Motion (Doc. 10) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. ... DENIED as to Plaintiff's First, Second, and Third Claims for Relief ... and GRANTED as to the Town of Johnston on Plaintiff's Fourth and Fifth Claims for Relief. ... The Town of Johnston is DISMISSED as a defendant in this action.”
Cautions
On a Rule 60(b) motion premised on a judge's untimely recusal he independently and comprehensively reviews the recused judge's rulings for partiality and denies vacatur -- an extraordinary remedy -- where the rulings show no favoritism.
“Mr. Baker's Motion to Vacate (ECF No. 57) is DENIED.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Medicredit's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 35) is DENIED.”
“Defendants' Motion (Doc. 10) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. ... DENIED as to Plaintiff's First, Second, and Third Claims for Relief ... and GRANTED as to the Town of Johnston on Plaintiff's Fourth and Fifth Claims for Relief. ... The Town of Johnston is DISMISSED as a defendant in this action.”
“Defendants' Motion to Stay (Doc. 11) is DENIED AS MOOT.”
“Mr. Baker's Motion to Vacate (ECF No. 57) is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Recent recency windows are criminal/immigration- and SSA-appeal-heavy; the seven contested civil durations sampled here (159-1264 days) skew long because they were chosen for being litigated. Most of these settled at magistrate-judge mediation. Illustrative, not a duration distribution.
Put Judge Kane's record to work
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Opens in Ezel Pro. Every answer is grounded in Judge Kane's own signed orders and cites them.