C. Michael Hill
How Judge Hill rules, drawn from 7 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Hill no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Hill
C. Michael Hill served as a United States magistrate judge for the Western District of Louisiana. The judge held the full-time position in the Lafayette Division from 2001 to 2015.
How Judge Hill decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Landor II, Hill recommended dismissal of the plaintiff’s Title VII claims because they arose from the same nucleus of facts as his earlier suit and were barred by claim preclusion. The district judge adopted the recommendation.
“Under the transactional test, it is clear that both Landor I and Landor II are based on the same nucleus of operative facts.”
Procedural preferences
In Landor v. Lafayette Consolidated Government, Magistrate Judge Hill recommended dismissing a second Title VII suit as barred by claim preclusion. He found that the plaintiff had not sought a stay or amendment in the first suit while his EEOC charge was pending, although those options could have preserved the claims. The district judge adopted the recommendation.
“there were options available to Landor to avoid preclusion and preserve Landor's Title VII claims; counsel, however, chose not to pursue any of those available options or to take any measures whatsoever to avoid preclusion.”
In Velazquez v. Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Hill recommended compelling arbitration under the employees' agreements and staying the discrimination suit. The district judge adopted the recommendation.
“I recommend that the Motion to Compel be GRANTED, and that this matter be STAYED pending arbitration.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Board Members, in their individual capacities, will be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief my be granted.”
“In light of the above, summary judgment on plaintiffs claim against the Board will be granted.”
“the magistrate judge recommends Stryker's motion be granted with respect to plaintiffs claims alleged under the Louisiana Products Liability Act, and those claims be dismissed, but that the motion to dismiss be denied with respect to plaintiffs redhibition claim.”
“For the following reasons, I recommend that the Motion to Compel be GRANTED, and that this matter be STAYED pending arbitration.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by Innovative Manpower Solutions, L.L.C. [rec. doc. 7] is DENIED.”
“it is recommended that the Motions to Dismiss [rec. docs. 7,16 and 22] be granted and, accordingly, that this lawsuit be dismissed.”
“the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [rec. doc. 224] is GRANTED and Motion for Summary Judgment [rec. doc. 227] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the Motion to Dismiss is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 798 days (N = 15).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 175 days (N = 4).
- As the Lafayette Division's full-time magistrate judge (2001-2015), Hill received the division's Social Security disability appeals, prisoner and employment civil-rights suits, and a heavy volume of maritime/offshore personal-injury, products-liability, insurance and contract cases that he carried to judgment on consent under 28 U.S.C. 636(c).
- The 15 cases timed below are 2008-filed consent civil cases for which the record carries filing and termination dates; they are a selection of one filing year, not a random caseload median.
A historical record
Judge Hill 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.