J. Elizabeth McBath

United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia magistrate 17 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

United States v. Quantez Griffin
1:20-cr-00205-SCJ-JEM
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“the Report and Recommendation, it is received with approval and adopted as the Opinion and Order of this Court. Accordingly, Defendant's Motion to Suppress [Doc. 22] is hereby DENIED.”

United States v. Derrick Vaughn
1:22-cr-00107-MHC-JEM
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“the Court ADOPTS the R&R [Doc. 147] as the Opinion and Order of this Court. It is hereby ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Suppress Statement [Doc. 120] is DENIED.”

Owen Garth Hinkson v. United States
1:17-cr-00072-JPB-JEM
Motion to vacate 2255 (defendant) Denied

“To the extent that Movant's objections pertain to the Magistrate Judge's recommendation to dismiss as untimely the Section 2255 motion, the objections are OVERRULED. ... a Certificate of Appealability is DENIED”

Motion to dismiss indictment (defendant) Denied

“To the extent that Movant's objections pertain to the Magistrate Judge's recommendation to deny the Section 1326(d) motion, the objections are OVERRULED.”

Steven Green v. Aimee Smith
1:20-cv-02603-SDG
Habeas petition 2254 (defendant) Denied

“Petitioner's objections [ECF 22] are OVERRULED, the R&R [ECF 20] is ADOPTED as the Order of this Court, and the instant 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DENIED. ... a Certificate of Appealability is DENIED”

United States v. Alvin Marvin Demar
1:22-cr-00404-ELR-JEM · 2024-03-14
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“the Court ADOPTS the R&R [Doc. 41] as the opinion of this Court. For the reasons stated in the R&R, the Court DENIES Defendant's motion to suppress evidence [Doc. 22]”

Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“and DENIES Defendant's motion to suppress statements. [Doc. 23].”

Andy Desty v. Exeter Finance, LLC
1:24-cv-02227-SDG · 2025-03-27
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Desty's objections are OVERRULED, undersigned ADOPTS the R&R in full as the Order of this Court, and this case is DISMISSED with prejudice.”

United States v. Shelitha Robertson
1:22-cr-00432-SDG-JEM · 2023-11-15
Motion to dismiss indictment (defendant) Denied

“Robertson's objections to the R&R are OVERRULED and the R&R is ADOPTED in its entirety. Robertson's motion to dismiss the indictment [ECF 28] and petition for disclosure of grand jury matters [ECF 29] are DENIED.”

United States v. Desmond Jakell Grier
1:22-cr-00325-TWT-JEM · 2024-03-29
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“The Defendant's Objections to the Report and Recommendation are overruled. The Court approves and adopts the Report and Recommendation as the judgment of the Court. The Defendant's Motion to Suppress [Doc. 40] is DENIED.”

Cornel Rashard Miley v. United States
1:23-cr-00077-SEG-JEM · 2025-05-28
Motion to vacate 2255 (defendant) Denied

“The Court ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation as the order of this Court. Accordingly, Movant's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion (Doc. 209) is DENIED and a certificate of appealability is DENIED”

United States v. Damien Kenard Crumbley
1:22-cr-00446-TCB-JEM · 2024-10-18
Motion for return of property (defendant) Denied

“The Court adopts the R&R [75] as its order. Crumbley's motion [10] to return property, motion [28] to suppress evidence, motion [29] to dismiss indictment, motion [31] to suppress statements, motion [42] to suppress cellular phone extraction and amended motion [45] to suppress evidence are denied.”

Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied
Motion to dismiss indictment (defendant) Denied
Motion to suppress statements (defendant) Denied
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied
United States v. Alfred Takyi
1:23-cr-00402-VMC-JEM · 2024-10-04
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court OVERRULES Mr. Takyi's objections (Doc. 31) and ADOPTS the R&R (Doc. 29) in its entirety as the Order of this Court. Mr. Takyi's Motion to Suppress (Doc. 20) is DENIED.”

United States v. Kristopher Kneubuhler
1:23-cr-0047-MHC-JEM · 2023-08-24
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS the R&R [Doc. 44] as the Opinion and Order of the Court. It Is hereby ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Suppress the Search of 300 Anchorage Pl., Roswell, Georgia 30076 [Doc. 31] is DENIED.”

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