Bernard Alvin Friedman

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 22 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Federal Trade Commission v. Financial Education Services, et al.
2:22-cv-11120-MFL-APP · 2023-02-13
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the Toloff Defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint (ECF No. 78) is denied.”

Radiant Global Logistics, Inc. v. Furstenau, Jr. and BTX Air Express of Detroit, LLC
2:18-cv-12783-BAF-DRG · 2024-01-25
Motion for attorney fees (defendant) Denied

“ORDERED that the motion for attorney's fees (ECF No. 249) is DENIED.”

Moore v. Burgess
2:23-cv-11203-BAF-CI · 2024-02-23
Motions to stay (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion to stay proceedings (ECF No. 11) is GRANTED IN SO FAR AS the proceedings are STAYED and the Court will hold the habeas petition in abeyance.”

Joseph v. Hemingway
2:23-cv-11390-BAF-PTM · 2024-01-31
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that the government's motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of habeas corpus for lack of subject matter jurisdiction (ECF No. 1) is granted.”

Everett, et al. v. Shaheen, Jacobs & Ross, P.C., et al.
2:11-cv-11844-BAF-MAR · 2011-10-12
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants' motion to dismiss [docket entry 6] is granted.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment [docket entry 10] is denied as moot.”

Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, et al. v. NextGen Pain Associates and Rehabilitation LLC, et al.
4:19-cv-12648-BAF-EAS · 2023-12-18

Friedman adopted Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Stafford's unopposed R&R directing non-party witness Abdul Baydoun to sit for a deposition and ordering him to show cause why he should not be held in civil contempt for failing to appear. The order did not resolve a party's dispositive motion. Quote: 'Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Stafford's November 9, 2023 Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 196) is hereby accepted and adopted.' Signed s/Bernard A. Friedman.

Gentz v. Michigan Department of Corrections
2:18-cv-12092-BAF-EAS · 2019-07-16
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint, without prejudice, is granted.”

Canfornav Inc. v. TDE Group USA Inc.
2:19-cv-11906-BAF-DRG · 2020-05-18
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff's motion for summary judgment is granted as to both Count I and Count II.”

Wilson v. Level One HVAC Services, Inc.
2:21-cv-10611-BAF-RSW · 2021-07-20
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that defendant's motion for summary judgment is denied.”

Motion for sanctions Denied

“Both sides' requests for sanctions are denied.”

Collins v. Godbee
2:20-cv-12140-BAF-EAS · 2020-10-26
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that defendants' motion to dismiss [docket entry 8] is granted.”

Motion for sanctions (defendant) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants' motion for sanctions [docket entry 11] is denied.”

Cataldo v. City of Algonac
2:19-cv-12723-BAF-DRG · 2019-11-14
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that defendant's motion to dismiss is granted.”

Buni v. County of Wayne
2:18-cv-12243-BAF-SDD · 2019-04-11
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that defendant's motion to dismiss is granted.”

Caseload & timing

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The reviewed matters combine Judge Friedman's directly assigned cases and his signed orders. During his senior service, the sample is weighted toward warrant and miscellaneous duty matters and prisoner habeas petitions, along with contract and trade-secret civil cases. The mix is descriptive rather than a complete caseload count.

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