Kellie M. Barr

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana magistrate 2 signed orders read

How Judge Barr decides

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Procedural preferences

Recommends dismissing a particular plaintiff's claims without prejudice and terminating that party from the docket; recommendation adopted.

“Magistrate Judge Kellie M. Barr has entered a Report and Recommendation, dkt. 110, recommending that the Court dismiss Plaintiff Anthony Boyd's claims without prejudice. ... The Court has considered and now ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation. Dkt. [110]. Anthony Boyd's claims are DISMISSED, and the clerk is directed to terminate him from the docket.”

Signed rulings

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Lisa Smith, et al. v. Apria Healthcare LLC (Anthony Boyd plaintiff)
1:23-cv-01003-JPH-KMB · 2024-05-29
Dismissal of party claims (court) Granted

“Magistrate Judge Kellie M. Barr has entered a Report and Recommendation, dkt. 110, recommending that the Court dismiss Plaintiff Anthony Boyd's claims without prejudice. ... The Court has considered and now ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation. Dkt. [110]. Anthony Boyd's claims are DISMISSED, and the clerk is directed to terminate him from the docket.”

United States v. Kenneth Jones
1:10-cr-00003-SEB-MJD · 2025-06-20

Criminal supervised-release-revocation recommendation; Barr recommended revocation (12 months and one day plus 36 months of supervised release), adopted in full by District Judge Barker. Representative of Barr's dominant published footprint (Section 3401/3583 supervised-release-revocation recommendations). Excluded from civil motion stats. Quote: 'Having reviewed Magistrate Judge Kellie M. Barr's Report and Recommendation that Kenneth Jones's supervised release be revoked ... the Court now approves and adopts the Report and Recommendation as the entry of the Court, and orders a sentence imposed of imprisonment of 12 months and one ...'

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