David J. Hale

How Judge Hale rules, drawn from 18 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Position
district
Appointed by
Barack Obama (Democratic)
Commissioned
2014-12-10
Education
Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1989); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 1992)
Signed orders read
18

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

United States v. Pascoe
3:22-cr-00088-DJH · 2025-02-13
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Defendants' motion to dismiss pursuant to the First Amendment (D.N. 218) is DENIED.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Defendants' motion to dismiss pursuant to the Fifth Amendment (D.N. 219) is DENIED without prejudice.”

Malone v. Weyer
3:18-cv-00638-DJH-RSE · 2019-07-05
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiffs' motion to remand (D.N. 9) is GRANTED. This matter is REMANDED to Jefferson Circuit Court.”

Shaeigan v. H.D. Supply, Inc.
3:12-cv-00762-DJH-CHL · 2016-10-31
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Defendant H.D. Supply's Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment on Outstanding Claims (D.N. 46) is DENIED.”

PSC Industries, Inc. v. Yarbrough Technical Associates, Inc.
3:20-cv-00146-DJH-RSE · 2022-08-22
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“YTA's motion for partial summary judgment (D.N. 40) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. It is GRANTED as to PSC's claim of tortious interference with contractual relations (Count III). The motion is DENIED as to PSC's claims of breach of contract and aiding and abetting a breach of a fiduciary duty (Counts I and IV) and PSC's claim for a declaration of rights under the Agreement (Count II). YTA's motion is also denied as to its counterclaim for breach of contract.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“PSC's motion for summary judgment (D.N. 41) is DENIED.”

Williams v. Louisville Recovery Service, LLC
3:22-cv-00619-DJH-CHL · 2024-03-13
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff Joy Williams's motion for summary judgment (D.N. 12) is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant Louisville Recovery Service, LLC's motion for summary judgment (D.N. 13) is GRANTED.”

United States v. White
3:21-cr-00155-DJH · 2024-07-03
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“Defendant Joshua White's motions to suppress (D.N. 171; D.N. 178) are DENIED.”

United States v. Pascoe
3:22-cr-00088-DJH · 2024-07-23
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the motion to dismiss the smuggling count as legally insufficient (D.N. 86) is GRANTED. Count 9 of the Second Superseding Indictment is hereby DISMISSED as to all Defendants in this matter.”

Ring's Crossroads Market Inc. v. Cincinnati Indemnity Company
1:14-cv-00105-DJH-HBB · 2015-08-03
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“the Motion to Remand (DN 10) is DENIED.”

Judgment on the pleadings (defendant) Granted

“the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (DN 8) is GRANTED, and Defendant Clack is DISMISSED from the case.”

Flint v. Acree
3:15-cv-00588-DJH · 2015-12-18
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the motion to dismiss (DN 6) and amended motion to dismiss (DN 8) by Defendants Judges Acree, Nickell, Dixon, Taylor, Kramer, Lambert, and Wine pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) are GRANTED.”

Kempf v. Lumber Liquidators, Inc.
3:16-cv-00492-DJH · 2017-09-27
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Defendant Lumber Liquidators' motion to dismiss (D.N. 4) is DENIED.”

T.E. v. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
3:22-cv-00202-DJH-LLK · 2023-03-24
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Anthem's partial motion to dismiss (D.N. 33) is DENIED.”

Marquez-Warner v. Campus Crest at Louisville, LLC
3:15-cv-00172-DJH-CHL · 2018-03-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Titan Electric of Kentucky, LLC's motion for summary judgment (D.N. 89) is GRANTED.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Campus Crest Construction, Inc.; Campus Crest at Louisville, LLC; and Campus Crest Development, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment (D.N. 101) is GRANTED.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“JCR Company, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment (D.N. 108) is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Bigford Enterprises, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment (D.N. 128) is GRANTED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Small sample of terminated dockets naming David Jason Hale as assigned judge, drawn from his earliest years on the bench. Mostly diversity and federal-question civil cases removed from Kentucky state court, plus consumer-credit and insurance disputes.

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