Thomas Lamson Ludington

How Judge Ludington 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
George W. Bush (Republican)
Commissioned
2006-06-12
Education
Albion College (BA, cum laude, 1976); University of San Diego School of Law (JD, 1979)
Signed orders read
33

Signed rulings

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

Haupt v. Yellen (Secretary of the Treasury)
1:21-cv-10390-TLL-PTM · 2022-09-13
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 17, is GRANTED, and Plaintiff's Complaint, ECF No. 1, is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”

Horacek v. Carter
1:20-cv-11682-TLL-APP · 2023-04-24
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 74, is GRANTED.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 76, is GRANTED.”

Klein (Estate of Jill Klein) v. Caterpillar, Inc.
1:21-cv-11748-TLL-PTM · 2023-07-26
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 65, is GRANTED. Further, it is ORDERED that the Third Amended Complaint, ECF No. 30, is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Jaffe v. Travelers Companies / Brighthouse Life Insurance
1:22-cv-13157-TLL-PTM · 2023-05-04
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Defendant Brighthouse's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 15, is DENIED.”

Taylor v. Purdom
1:22-cv-10178-TLL-EAS · 2024-11-01
Motion for leave to file (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiff's Motion for Leave, ECF No. 60, is GRANTED.”

Duncan-Plunkett v. Rardin
1:25-cv-10794 · 2025-06-30
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“It is ORDERED that Respondent's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 5, is GRANTED. Further, it is ORDERED that Petitioner's Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, ECF No. 1, is DISMISSED AS MOOT.”

Good v. BioLife Plasma Services, L.P.
1:18-cv-11260 · 2021-05-10
Motions to strike (plaintiff) Granted

“It is ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No, 118, is GRANTED. It is further ORDERED that Defendant's Second Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 117, is hereby STRUCK for violating Local Rule 7.1(b)(2).”

Thomas v. Lambert
1:19-cv-11046 · 2022-06-09
Daubert motion (defendant) Denied

“It is ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony, ECF No. 77, is DENIED.”

Jensen v. McLaren Bay Region
1:23-cv-10607 · 2023-08-09
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted

“It is ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Remand, ECF No. 10, is GRANTED. Further, it is ORDERED that Plaintiff's Complaint, ECF No. 1-1, is REMANDED to the Bay County Circuit Court.”

Fluker v. TransUnion LLC
1:22-cv-12240 · 2023-02-21
Default judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“It is ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 25, is ADOPTED, and Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment, ECF No. 22, is DENIED.”

Frankenmuth Credit Union v. Fitzgerald
1:18-cv-12176 · 2020-06-26
Motion to recuse (defendant) Denied

“It is ORDERED that Defendant Vernell Phipps' Motion to Recuse, ECF No. 125, is DENIED.”

Johnson v. Russell
1:22-cv-12638 · 2024-10-07
Motions to stay (defendant) Granted

“It is ORDERED that Defendant Russell's Motion to Stay, ECF No. 69, is GRANTED. Further, it is ORDERED that the above-captioned case is STAYED pending resolution of Defendant's appeal.”

Motion in limine (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“It is ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion in Limine, ECF No. 72, is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, and may be re-filed once the stay in the above-captioned case has been lifted.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The reviewed matters include Rehabilitation Act, products-liability, prisoner civil-rights, insurance, and criminal cases. This is a descriptive sample, not a complete caseload count.

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