Julian Abele Cook Jr.
How Judge Cook rules, drawn from 17 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Cook no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Cook decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The court allowed a deliberate-indifference claim to proceed where the record could support a finding that a prison official knew of and disregarded a substantial infection risk.
“a reasonable jury could find that Davis was ‘aware of facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exist[ed] and [she] ignored that risk.’”
The court found actual irreparable injury where infringement deprived the trademark owner of control over the nature and quality of goods sold under its mark.
“In this instance, Energy Jet, Inc. has shown actual irreparable injury”
Procedural preferences
The court entered judgment where the challengers offered no contrary evidence to the materials supporting the state officials' motion.
“Plaintiffs have offered no controverting affidavits or evidence, as required under FRCP 56(e)”
Cautions
In a joint criminal trial, the court barred rebuttal testimony because its use against one defendant would impair the confrontation rights of the others.
“The Court, therefore, grants the Motion in Limine of the Defendants and thereby prohibits the Government from recalling Ratliff to testify as to the Urbanski statement.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, and for the reasons that have been stated above, Hocker’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“For the reasons that have been set forth above, Tripett's motion is granted in part, and denied in part.”
“Accordingly, NCR's motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“Accordingly, Wayne County's motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“Accordingly, the Motion to Dismiss, which has been filed by Northwest, must be granted.”
“Accordingly, PolyGram’s Motion to Dissolve Garnishment is hereby denied.”
“Therefore, for the foregoing reasons, MDC's motion for a partial summary judgment is granted.”
“For the reasons which have been set forth in this Order, Sentry’s Motion to Dismiss will be granted.”
“Thus, the Plaintiffs’ alternative request must be denied.”
“Summary Judgment shall therefore be entered in favor of Defendants and against Plaintiffs on the remaining claims set out in the Amended Complaint.”
“Summary judgment must be entered in favor of Pipeline.”
“For these reasons, the Court determines that the Motion for Preliminary Injunction, which has been filed by Plaintiff, Energy Jet, Inc. is hereby granted.”
“For the reasons stated above, the Court grants the motion to certify class (ECF 15):”
“Accordingly, the Motion for Summary Judgment is granted in favor of the Defendants, Northwest and MDC.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Cook carried a general civil and criminal trial caseload in the Eastern District of Michigan during active and senior service. The contested outcomes described here come from his published opinions.
A historical record
Judge Cook no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.