Leigh Martin May
How Judge May decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
On unopposed Magistrate Judge Reports & Recommendations she states the governing standard explicitly: with no objections filed, she reviews only for clear error under 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1) / Rule 72 rather than de novo.
“No objections have been filed in response to the Report and Recommendation. Therefore, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1) and Rule 72 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation for clear error. It finds none.”
Motion outcomes
Counted from classified signed orders only. Percentages are shown only where the sample is large enough to be meaningful; smaller samples are reported as raw counts.
| Motions to dismiss N = 3 |
Granted: 1Granted in part: 1Denied: 1 | counts only |
| Section 2255 motion N = 1 |
Denied: 1 | counts only |
A "1 of 1" is one ruling, not a tendency. Treat small samples as illustrative, not predictive.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant's motion to dismiss the amended complaint, Dkt. No. [16], is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART; the federal claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE; and the state claim is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“Defendant Rhonda Billings's motion to dismiss, Dkt. No. [14], is GRANTED, and the claims asserted against Billings are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE under Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.”
“Respondent's motion to dismiss, Dkt. No. [91], is GRANTED”
“Petitioner's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255, Dkt. No. [89], is DENIED; ... and no certificate of appealability shall issue.”
“the Court finds plain error in the Magistrate Judge's reasoning but concludes that she nevertheless reached the right result. ... Thus, the Bruen decision is not 'clearly on point.' Accordingly, the Court concludes that Rozier remains controlling precedent in this circuit. ... the Court ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation ... AS MODIFIED. Defendant Kevin Laval Williams's motion to dismiss the indictment, Dkt. No. [17], is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 273 days (N = 6).
Mix from search_dockets case-level rows; most carry no FJC IDB row (recent filings, FJC lag). Two FCA qui tam cases and recurring ADA accessibility suits feature in the docket.