Daniel G. Martin
How Judge Martin rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Martin no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Martin
Daniel G. Martin served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Illinois beginning in 2012. Before his appointment, he worked for the Federal Defender Program and earned his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1985.
How Judge Martin decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In the reviewed Social Security decisions, Martin required a logical bridge from the evidence to residual-functional-capacity and credibility findings. He remanded when the agency inadequately addressed treating-source evidence, relied on stale medical review, adopted unsupported limitations, or failed to develop the record.
“Plaintiff Anthony Tincher's Motion for Summary Judgment [17] is granted. The Commissioner's Motion for Summary Judgment [21] is denied.”
Procedural preferences
In referred discovery disputes, Martin examined privilege, ownership, and common-interest questions on their merits. He compelled production where statutory ownership and common-interest principles defeated attorney-client and work-product objections.
“Plaintiff's Motion to Compel [97] is granted.”
In Snap-On, Inc. v. Bosch, Martin resolved three related jurisdictional-discovery requests separately, protecting against an unsupported expansion of discovery while allowing limited document discovery on a disputed shipping question.
“Plaintiff's Request is granted in part and denied in part.”
Cautions
Martin affirmed agency decisions when the medical record, reviewing physicians, and the claimant's reported activities supported the administrative findings. He treated unexplained treatment gaps and nonmedical reasons for leaving work as relevant to credibility, and he declined requests that merely asked the court to reweigh conflicting evidence.
“the ALJ's decision is affirmed. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of Defendant Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, and against Plaintiff Kenneth D. Turner.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the first Motion for Protective Order is denied as moot”
“the second Motion for Protective Order is granted”
“Plaintiff's Request is granted in part and denied in part.”
“the ALJ's decision is reversed, and this case is remanded to the Social Security Administration”
“Plaintiff's Motion to Compel [97] is granted.”
“Plaintiff Stacey Lynn Stone's Motion for Summary Judgment [14] is granted.”
“Plaintiff Anthony Tincher's Motion for Summary Judgment [17] is granted. The Commissioner's Motion for Summary Judgment [21] is denied.”
“Plaintiff Morgan Heuschmidt's Motion for Summary Judgment [13] is granted.”
“the ALJ's decision is affirmed. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of Defendant Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, and against Plaintiff Kenneth D. Turner.”
“For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff's and the Commissioner’s motions for summary judgment [12, 22] are granted in part and denied in part.”
“Plaintiff's Motion to Reverse the Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security [34] is granted. Pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. 405(g), the ALJ's decision is reversed, and this case is remanded to the Social Security Administration for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“For the reasons and to the extent stated herein, Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [14] is granted in part and denied in part.”
“For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment [14] and the Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment [22] are both granted in part and denied in part.”
“the ALJ's decision is reversed and this case is remanded to the agency for an award of benefits pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. 405(g).”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Judge Martin's reviewed civil work spans consent Social Security appeals and referred discovery disputes, including motions to compel and for protective orders in patent and bank-receivership matters. The available evidence does not support a representative breakdown of his full caseload.
A historical record
Judge Martin 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.