Robert J. Kauffman
How Judge Kauffman rules, drawn from 10 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Kauffman no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Kauffman
Robert J. Kauffman served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of Illinois, principally in Peoria, until his retirement in 2000. A former Air Force officer, he handled criminal duty matters, referred motions, and civil cases assigned by consent during his judicial service.
How Judge Kauffman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Kraushaar v. Flanigan, the parties consented to a bench trial before Kauffman, who found probable cause for the arrest and strip search and entered judgment for the officers; the appellate court upheld his factual findings.
“the magistrate judge found that there had been probable cause for Kraushaar's arrest on the DUI charge and probable cause to believe that he was hiding something in his clothing, thereby giving rise to the strip search.”
Cautions
In Greenley v. Meersman, Kauffman recommended dismissing a pleasure-boat owner's limitation-of-liability suit; the district judge rejected that recommendation on de novo review.
“The Court must disagree with the Magistrate Judge's reasoning and recommendation for at least three reasons.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge [Doc. #9] is REJECTED and Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [Doc. #5] is DENIED.”
“Before the Court is a Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Robert J. Kauffman [Doc. # 18] that Defendant’s Rule 12(b)(1) Motion to Dismiss [Doc. # 9] be denied.”
“the Village's Motion to Dismiss Counts I, III, and IV of the Complaint is DENIED, and the Village's Motion to Dismiss Count II is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part... Richard Robbins' Motion to Dismiss Count X of the Complaint is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“The motion should be allowed in part (punitive damages should be stricken from all prayers for relief) and denied in all other regards.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation is Adopted. Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss [Docs. # 34, # 43, # 46, # 51, # 57, # 59, # 62, and # 65] are DENIED as to Count I. ... Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss [Docs. #34, #43, #46, #51, # 57, # 59, # 62, and # 65] are GRANTED as to Count II.”
“Magistrate Judge Kauffman denied Defendant's motion to dismiss on the basis that he could find no new arguments that were not already presented and rejected by the Court in its previous Order of November 8, 1994.”
“This Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation [# 15]. This case is TERMINATED... The Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [# 8] is therefore GRANTED, and this Case is TERMINATED.”
“For the reasons set forth herein, the Report & Recommendation is ADOPTED in part and REJECTED in part. Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [# 71] is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, and Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [# 18] is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART AS MOOT.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge [Doc. #20] is REJECTED. Defendant's Motions to Dismiss [Docs. #4, #8, and #16] are GRANTED. This case is dismissed with prejudice.”
“The Court dismisses the rescission claim of Count I with prejudice.”
“this Court adopts the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Kauffman (# 33) and the Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (# 17, 21, 23) are DENIED.”
“neither Plaintiff nor Defendants have objected to the portion of the Magistrate Judge's report which recommends that Defendants' Motions to Dismiss [Docs. # 6 and # 8] be granted as to Count One of the Complaint... Accordingly, the Court adopts the Magistrate Judge's recommendation.”
“neither Plaintiff nor Defendants have objected to the portion of the Magistrate Judge's report which recommended that Plaintiff's Motion to Remand [Doc. # 14] be denied... the Court adopts the Magistrate Judge's recommendation in both these regards.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Sampled cases assigned to him span 1984-1998: a heavy mix of state-prisoner Section 1983 and habeas matters (the bulk of his 636(b) referral docket), Social Security appeals, and general civil/diversity and employment cases on which he sat by consent or handled non-dispositive referrals.
A historical record
Judge Kauffman 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.