Gershwin Allen Drain

How Judge Drain rules, drawn from 33 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Appointed by
Barack Obama (Democratic)
Commissioned
2012-08-08
ABA rating
Unanimously Qualified
Education
Western Michigan University (BS, 1970); University of Michigan Law School (JD, 1972); University of Nevada-Reno (MJS, 1991)
Signed orders read
33

Signed rulings

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

Kouza v. United States
2:21-cv-12790-GAD-DRG · 2023-10-30
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [#44] is GRANTED.”

Trumble v. Commissioner of Social Security
2:22-cv-11917-GAD-PTM · 2023-05-08
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 11) is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 15) is GRANTED.”

D. Savage, LLC v. City of Detroit
2:21-cv-11242-GAD-APP · 2023-09-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“GRANTED IN WHOLE with respect to Count I. The motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART with respect to count II.”

Uselmann (d/b/a Sapphire Trucking) v. Pop
2:19-cv-13652-GAD-DRG · 2022-09-29
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED as to Count II of the Amended Complaint. Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED as to Counts I, III, IV, V, and VI of the Amended Complaint.”

Easterling v. Horton
2:20-cv-13397-GAD-KGA · 2021-10-27
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the Court GRANTS Respondent's motion to dismiss and DISMISSES WITH PREJUDICE the petition for a writ of habeas corpus.”

Owens v. Schuette
2:24-cv-10787 · 2024-10-10
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 19] under Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) is GRANTED in its entirety.”

Seelye v. Berryhill
2:17-cv-12827 · 2018-05-23
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”

Brown v. MGM Grand Casino
2:22-cv-12978 · 2024-11-18
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [#33] is DENIED”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [#34] is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART.”

Brower v. Roose
2:24-cv-10702 · 2024-04-19
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction is DENIED.”

Brewer v. United States
2:21-cv-12686 · 2024-04-11
Motion to exclude expert (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s Motion to exclude the causation opinion of Dr. Pierce (ECF No. 26) is GRANTED.”

Miller v. Citizens Bank, N.A.
2:23-cv-10563 · 2024-10-18
Motion for reconsideration (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff’s Motion for Reconsideration [#30] is DENIED.”

Estate of Dohring v. Washington National Insurance Co.
2:23-cv-12800 · 2024-02-06
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand [#7] is DENIED.”

Other motion (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss [#4] is also DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The reviewed civil matters include tax, racketeering, municipal civil-rights, Social Security, and habeas cases. This is a descriptive sample, not a complete caseload count.

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