Edward H. Keith
How Judge Keith rules, drawn from 2 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Keith no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Keith
Edward H. Keith served the District of Maine as a United States Commissioner and later as a magistrate judge. Appointed a part-time magistrate in February 1971, he became a full-time magistrate judge in March 1989 and served until June 1991. He graduated from the University of Maine and Cornell Law School and practiced law in Bangor.
How Judge Keith decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In H.P. Hood v. Commissioner of Agriculture, he recommended abstention because the pending state proceeding could resolve local-law questions and simplify or eliminate the federal issues; the district court adopted the recommendation.
“Resolution of the state law questions would facilitate the resolution of the federal law and constitutional questions or obviate the need to do so.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Magistrate found that Petitioner, by failing to appeal an adverse judgment in his post-conviction review proceeding, failed to exhaust his state court remedies and, therefore, held that Petitioner must pursue certain claims in state court.”
“Accordingly, I recommend that the defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings be GRANTED and that the complaint be dismissed without prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled historical matters included insurance, prisoner civil-rights, employment, contract, personal-injury, medical-malpractice, and government-defendant cases, but their empty timelines support no motion-rate or timing analysis.
A historical record
Judge Keith no longer hears cases. 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.