Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle
How Judge Boyle rules, drawn from 24 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Boyle no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Boyle decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The court rejected an exhaustion defense after determining that the physician had pleaded a viable federal race-discrimination claim.
“there is no duty to exhaust administrative remedies prior to resort to the federal civil rights laws”
The court looked past the administrative label of a search when agents were actually seeking evidence for prosecution.
“the authorities are seeking evidence to be used in a criminal prosecution, the usual standard [of probable cause] will apply”
Procedural preferences
The court favored a short filing period for review of arbitration awards and rejected notice, lack of prejudice, and parallel litigation as reasons to excuse an eleven-month delay.
“the action would be untimely”
Cautions
The court distinguished fact-intensive antitrust disputes from a motion asking whether the pleaded conduct fit the statute as a matter of law.
“summary judgment may be inappropriate in complex antitrust cases where motive and intent are crucial issues”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff’s case must be and is hereby DISMISSED.”
“The Government’s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED”
“the motion to dismiss, or for summary judgment, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part”
“defendants’ Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict is GRANTED”
The court imposed coercive custody and daily monetary sanctions after the remaining respondents failed to purge civil contempt for noncompliance with enforced tax summonses. No separately resolved party motion is classified.
“the Defendant’s Motion to Suppress must be and is hereby GRANTED”
“defendant’s motion is GRANTED as to these claims”
After a bench trial, the court entered judgment for the plaintiff on a sexual-harassment and constructive-discharge claim. The trial judgment is retained as context and excluded from motion statistics.
“defendants’ motions for judgment on the pleadings are hereby GRANTED”
“Motions for summary judgment having been granted in favor of all Defendants”
“OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT”
“Defendant’s Motions for Summary Judgment, filed on April 19,1980, and August 10, 1981, are hereby GRANTED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Boyle carried a general civil and criminal trial caseload in the Eastern District of Michigan before joining the Michigan Supreme Court. The contested outcomes described here come from her published opinions.
A historical record
Judge Boyle 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.