Paul Victor Gadola

How Judge Gadola rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Position
district
Status
Retired 2014
Served
1988–2014
Appointed by
Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Commissioned
1988-10-17
Education
Michigan State College (A.B., 1951); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1953)
Signed orders read
20

How Judge Gadola decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

The court denied a stay where the appellant failed to show likely success and failed to establish that the public and other parties would avoid harm.

“Mr. Adell has not demonstrated a likelihood of success on appeal”

Procedural preferences

The court dismissed a habeas petition without prejudice while conditioning tolling on prompt pursuit of state remedies and prompt return to federal court.

“The Court shall dismiss the petition without prejudice and the one-year limitations period shall be tolled”

Cautions

The court awarded reasonable copyright attorney fees but rejected additional expenses because the motion did not identify a legal basis for them.

“Defendant has failed to cite any authority to support the award of such associated expenses.”

Signed rulings

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

Hargrave-Thomas v. Yukins
· 2006-09-13
Motion to set bail (petitioner Kylleen Hargrave-Thomas) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion to grant bail is DENIED.”

Request to stay surrender date (petitioner Kylleen Hargrave-Thomas) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner’s request for a one-week stay of her surrender date is DENIED.”

In re John Richards Homes Building Co.
· 2004-08-05
Motion to withdraw bankruptcy reference (garnishee defendant in case 03-40277) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, in case number 03-40277, the motion to withdraw the reference [docket entry 1] is DENIED.”

Motion to withdraw bankruptcy reference (garnishee defendant in case 03-40278) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, in case number 03-40278, the motion to withdraw the reference [docket entry 1] is DENIED.”

Winfield Collection Ltd. v. Gemmy Industries Corp.
· 2004-08-18
Motion for attorney fees and expenses (defendant Gemmy Industries) Granted in part

“Defendant’s motion for attorney fees and associated expenses, with its supplement, [docket entry 50] is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART”

United States v. Hicks
· 2005-01-07
Motion to modify sentence (defendant) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED Defendant’s motion to modify his sentence [docket entry 519] is DENIED.”

United States v. Thompson
· 2005-01-07
Motion for return of property (defendant) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant’s motion for return of property [docket entry 256] is hereby DENIED.”

Request for sanctions (United States) Denied

“The Court will also deny the Government’s request for sanctions.”

Sagan v. United States
· 2004-03-02
Motion to rehear summary judgment motion (Algonac defendants) Granted

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Algonac Defendants’ motions to rehear the motion for summary judgment [docket entry 90] is GRANTED.”

Thomas v. Ware (In re Thomas)
· 2007-03-30
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant James Thomas) Denied

“the order of the Bankruptcy Court, entered March 31, 2006, is AFFIRMED.”

Alternative Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. v. United States
· 2006-09-22
Motions to dismiss (United States) Granted

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant’s motion to dismiss [docket entry 5] is GRANTED.”

Adell v. John Richards Homes Building Co.
· 2005-01-31
Motion for stay pending appeal and bond approval (appellant Kevin Adell) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Appellant’s ‘Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal and Approval of Form of Supersedeas Bond’ [docket entry 26] is DENIED.”

Motion for leave to file surreply (appellee John Richards Homes Building Company) Granted

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Ap-pellee’s ‘Motion for Leave to Submit Sur-reply Memorandum’ [docket entry 31] is GRANTED.”

United States v. Harris
· 2003-12-29
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant’s motion to suppress evidence in regards to the knock-and-announce rule is DENIED.”

Spaccarotella v. Jenifer
· 2002-05-24
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion for the writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 [docket entry 1] is DENIED.”

United States v. King
· 2006-06-26
Motion to suppress (defendant James Devon King) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant’s motion to suppress [docket entry 11] is DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Gadola carried a general civil and criminal trial docket and continued handling matters in senior status. The contested outcomes described here come from his published district-court opinions.

A historical record

Judge Gadola 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.