Timothy Carroll Batten Sr.
How Judge Batten rules, drawn from 4 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Batten no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Batten
Timothy C. Batten, Sr. was a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Judge Batten received a commission on March 28, 2006. Judge Batten retired on May 23, 2025.
How Judge Batten decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In criminal forfeiture he holds a third-party claimant may assert its interest only through the 21 U.S.C. 853(n) ancillary proceeding, denying a premature motion to release seized property.
“the Court ADOPTS AS ITS ORDER the R&R [365] and DENIES Nugen's motion for partial dismissal of forfeiture provision and release of certain wrongly seized property [216].”
Adopts his magistrates' R&Rs denying motions to suppress evidence from investigatory traffic stops over the defendant's objections.
“Gates's motion [17] to suppress evidence and motion [23] to dismiss the indictment are denied.”
Cautions
Adopts magistrate R&Rs on de novo review and denies motions to dismiss an indictment for outrageous government conduct, following circuit law that has never sustained the defense (e.g. ATF reverse-sting stash-house cases).
“The Court adopts as its order the Report and Recommendation [108] and denies Defendants' motions to dismiss [85, 88, 89, 92].”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Court adopts as its order the Report and Recommendation [108] and denies Defendants' motions to dismiss [85, 88, 89, 92].”
“the Court ADOPTS AS ITS ORDER the R&R [365] and DENIES Nugen's motion for partial dismissal of forfeiture provision and release of certain wrongly seized property [216].”
“Gates's motion [17] to suppress evidence and motion [23] to dismiss the indictment are denied.”
“The Government's motion [828] to dismiss is granted in part and denied in part. The Clerk should submit this case back to the magistrate judge for further proceedings as to the § 853(n)(6)(B) claim.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 138 days (N = 5).
- Broad general civil and criminal docket over a 19-year tenure (2006-2025): qui tam, foreclosure, employment, prisoner civil-rights and habeas, bankruptcy appeals, and insurance and diversity matters, plus a heavy criminal caseload as Chief Judge.
- Referral magistrates seen on his dockets include Linda T.
- Walker and J. Elizabeth McBath; recommendation authors include E.
- Clayton Scofield III and Alan J.
- Baverman.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Batten was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2025.
| Motions pending more than six months | 3 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 2 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| Sep 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| Mar 2024 | 6 | 3 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 6 |
| Mar 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 2 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
A historical record
Judge Batten no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.