Helen C. Adams
How Judge Adams decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
As the presiding judge in consent (28 U.S.C. 636(c)) cases, Adams moves consent dispositions quickly: in Goldsmith v. Adams County she entered the parties' stipulated injunction five days after it was proposed, cancelled the scheduling conference once the parties signaled settlement, and closed the case on a Rule 41 stipulation. Practical note: in a consent case before her, expect prompt entry of stipulated/agreed relief and an efficient path to closing once the parties align.
“ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED INJUNCTION 11 . See order for particulars. Signed by Chief Magistrate Judge Helen C. Adams on 7/8/2019.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 77 days (N = 1).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 5 days (N = 1).
Not a census. Adams serves both as a referred magistrate on district-judge cases (scheduling, discovery, protective orders, and Reports & Recommendations -- e.g. on Gritzner's ALDF v. Reynolds 4:17-cv-00362 and Gerlich v. Leath 4:14-cv-00264) and as the presiding judge in 28 U.S.C. 636(c) consent civil cases and referred Social Security appeals. Only one of her own consent dockets (Goldsmith) was groundable via name search this session.