G. Patrick Murphy
How Judge Murphy rules, drawn from 12 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Murphy no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Murphy decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Payne, Murphy left accident causation for trial because choosing between competing accounts would require credibility findings.
“The Court concludes that there are genuine issue of material fact for trial with respect to Schneider’s liability for the accident giving rise to this case.”
Procedural preferences
In Morrison, Murphy declined jurisdictional discovery where the existing record showed no jurisdiction and the request did not identify a concrete evidentiary path.
“The decision to allow such discovery is discretionary, and it is a proper exercise of discretion to deny leave to conduct discovery where, as in this case, the facts before the Court are sufficient to establish the absence of personal jurisdiction and the party requesting discovery has failed to explain either how it proposes to conduct discovery or what it expects to find, so that the requested discovery amounts merely to a fishing expedition.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Proposed Intervenor Hawk’s petition to intervene for limited purpose of viewing document depository (Doc. 44) is DENIED”
“the joinder to petition to intervene for limited purpose of viewing document depository filed by Hoy and Watkins is DENIED”
“Proposed Intervenor Hawk’s notice of motion and motion for order permitting intervention of Frederick L. Hawk is DENIED”
“Proposed Intervenor Hawk’s motion to intervene is DENIED”
“Proposed Intervenor Hawk’s expedited motion to permit objector Frederick L. Hawk to submit document requests and interrogatories to class counsel is DENIED”
“Proposed Intervenor Hawk’s expedited motion to continue opt out date, date to file claim form, and fairness hearing dates is DENIED”
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint is GRANTED.”
“The Court also GRANTS Defendant KeyBank National Association’s motion to join in the motion to dismiss (Doc. 104).”
“Schneider’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. 68) is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim (Doc. 43) is GRANTED in *782 part and DENIED in part.”
“The motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction brought by REZconnect and Michael Brent (Doc. 41) is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiffs’ motion for remand (Doc. 11) is GRANTED.”
“Defendants’ motion to sever the claims in this case (Doc. 8) is DENIED as moot.”
“Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on Count I (Doc. 87) is GRANTED.”
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of standing (Doc. 103) is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the age discrimination claim (Doc. 105) is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the § 204(b)(1)(G) claim (Doc. 107) is DENIED.”
“Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on the cash balance formula (Doc. 124) is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on the opening account balance under the cash balance formula (Doc. 127) is GRANTED.”
“Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the anti-backloading claim (Doc. 128) is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ motion for summary judgment regarding the pension credit formula (Doc. 130) is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ motion for summary judgment regarding partial termination is DENIED.”
“Plaintiffs’ appeal of the Magistrate’s November 1, 2002, Order granting in part and denying in part the motion to compel discovery (Doc. 152) is DENIED as moot with leave to reinstate.”
“the motion for summary judgment (Doc. 45) is GRANTED, and this action is DISMISSED on the merits.”
“the Court DENIES ‘Plaintiffs’ Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Defendants to Provide Court with Disc of Information Revealed During In Camera Inspection’ (Doc. 163).”
“The requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 are satisfied and Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification is GRANTED.”
“The requirements for Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 are not satisfied and Plaintiffs motion for class certification is DENIED.”
“the Motion for Remand (Doc. 9) is GRANTED.”
“The Motion to Disqualify Gordon Broom as Defense Counsel brought by Plaintiff Doris J. Cassens (Doc. 15), the Motion to Dismiss Counts I and II of Plaintiffs Amended Complaint brought by Defendant Albert D. Cassens (Doc. 22), the Motion for Summary Judgment brought by Defendant Albert D. Cassens (Doc. 23), the Motion to Strike brought by Defendant Albert D. Cassens and Defendant Kay Sharon Cassens (Doc. 27), and the Motion to Strike Defendants’ Sur-reply Masquerading as a Motion to Strike brought by Plaintiff Doris J. Cassens (Doc. 28) are DENIED as moot.”
“The motion for judgment on the pleadings brought by Defendant A.G. Edwards, Inc. (Doc. 12) is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 676 days (N = 5).
The five sampled terminated matters included employment and other civil-rights claims, motor-vehicle injury, and prisoner litigation.
A historical record
Judge Murphy no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.