Paul J. Komives

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan magistrate Retired 2018 16 signed orders read

Judge Komives no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

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

Lockridge v. Curtin
· 2014-09-11
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“The Report and Recommendation [41] recommends that this Court deny Petitioner's application for the writ of habeas corpus and deny Petitioner a certificate of appealability ... the Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus [1, 27] is DENIED ... Petitioner is DENIED a certificate of appealability.”

Booth v. Loll
· 2008-03-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Komives [DE 38] is ADOPTED ... Defendant Keller's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 32] is GRANTED, and Defendant Keller DISMISSED ... Defendant (Carrill) Loll's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 33] as to Plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment claim is GRANTED.”

Dunham v. Malik
· 2014-09-08
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' motion to dismiss portions of the second amended complaint (Dkt. 99) is GRANTED and that any of Plaintiff's claims that accrued before August 4, 2009, are hereby DISMISSED.”

Searcy v. Macomb County Jail
· 2012-04-12
Default judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“the Magistrate Judge recommended that this Court deny Plaintiff's motion for default judgment against Defendant Valerie Watkins because default judgment is not permitted under the Prison Litigation Reform Act and Defendant Valerie Watkins has not been properly served ... Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment against Defendant Valerie Watkins [Docket No. 88, filed July 12, 2011] is DENIED.”

Johnson v. Balcarcel
· 2009-12-22
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“Magistrate Judge Komives issued his Report and Recommendation (R&R), in which he recommends that this Court deny Petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus ... This Court concurs in Magistrate Judge Komives' analysis of the claims ... Petitioner's application for habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254 is DENIED.”

Usher v. Metrish
· 2006-05-03
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“The Magistrate Judge recommends that this Court deny Petitioner's application for writ of habeas corpus. ... Neither party filed objections to the Report and Recommendation.”

Yarbrough v. Bauman
· 2013-01-11
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation of November 8, 2012 [Dkt. # 11] be, and hereby is, adopted by this Court. ... Plaintiff's petition for habeas corpus relief Dkt. # 1] be, and hereby is DENIED and the above-captioned case, therefore, is DISMISSED. ... a certificate of appealability is DENIED.”

Norton v. Lafler
· 2011-01-31
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Paul J. Komives' April 19, 2010 Report and Recommendation [No. 25] is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED as this Court's findings of fact and conclusions of law. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this habeas action is DISMISSED with prejudice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a Certificate of Appealability shall not issue.”

Evans v. State of Michigan
· 2005-10-07
Summary judgment (respondent) Granted

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, for the reasons set forth in the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment is granted and the above-captioned habeas corpus action, therefore, is DISMISSED.”

Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation of September 14, 2005 be, and hereby is, adopted by this Court. ... Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment is granted and the above-captioned habeas corpus action, therefore, is DISMISSED.”

Motion to appoint counsel (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“In light of the Court's disposition of this matter, Petitioner's Motion to Appoint Counsel (Docket # 3) is DENIED as moot.”

Clark v. Caruso
· 2010-03-02
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Moot / procedural

“Magistrate Judge Paul J. Komives issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) in which he recommends that the Court (1) deny Defendants' Motion to Dismiss as moot, (2) grant Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, and (3) deny Plaintiff's Motion for Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Komives' R&R dated February 1, 2010, is accepted and adopted as the findings and conclusions of the Court. ... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.”

Temporary restraining order (plaintiff) Denied

“(3) DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR INJUNCTION AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all other outstanding motions are denied as moot.”

Lyles-Bey v. Jackson
· 2006-09-29
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“The court hereby accepts the September 19, 2006 Report and Recommendation as it own. Jackson's objections are hereby OVERRULED. Jackson's motion for summary judgment is hereby DENIED.”

Motion for leave to amend (plaintiff) Granted

“Lyles-Bey's motion for leave to file a second amended complaint is hereby GRANTED. Lyles-Bey is hereby ORDERED to file a signed copy of the second amended complaint by October 23, 2006.”

Protective order (defendant) Denied

“Jackson's motion for a protective order staying discovery is hereby DENIED.”

Hackworth v. Bell
· 2009-02-11
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“I. RECOMMENDATION: The Court should deny petitioner's application for the writ of habeas corpus and his motion for release from custody.”

Motion for release (petitioner) Denied

A historical record

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