Hildy Bowbeer
How Judge Bowbeer rules, drawn from 9 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Bowbeer no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Bowbeer
Hildy Bowbeer served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota from June 2014 until her retirement in June 2022. She previously practiced law privately and served as Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at 3M Company.
How Judge Bowbeer decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Wagner v. Harpstead, the district judge conducted de novo review and adopted Bowbeer's recommendation despite objections.
“Pursuant to statute, the Court has conducted a de novo review upon the record. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Local Rule 72.2(b). Based upon that review, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Bowbeer.”
In Anderson v. Berryhill, Bowbeer denied the claimant's summary-judgment motion and granted the Commissioner's motion in a Social Security appeal assigned to her.
“ORDER denying 17 Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment; granting 19 Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment.(Written Opinion) Signed by Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants' Renewed Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Amended Complaint [Docket No. 33] is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART ... GRANTED as to Plaintiff's equal protection claim and DENIED as to Plaintiffs' First Amendment claim.”
“Defendant John H. Pribyl's Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint [Doc. No. 283] is GRANTED, and all claims against Defendant John H. Pribyl are DISMISSED with prejudice;”
“Defendant Michael Fuhrman's Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint [Doc. No. 296] is GRANTED, and all claims against Defendant Michael Fuhrman are DISMISSED with prejudice;”
“Defendant Janey Nelson's Motion to Dismiss [Doc. No. 344] is GRANTED, and all claims against Defendant Janey Nelson are DISMISSED with prejudice;”
“Defendant Sonia Mosch's Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint [Doc. No. 357] is GRANTED, and all claims against Defendant Sonia Mosch are DISMISSED with prejudice;”
“Plaintiff Harley Dean Meyer's Motion for Extension of Time to File Responsive Motion to Defendant Mosch's Motion to Dismiss [Doc. No. 376] is GRANTED;”
“Plaintiff Harley Dean Meyer's Motion for Order to Show Cause [Doc. No. 367] is DENIED;”
“Defendant Salina Kay Goodwin's Motion to Reconsider Defendant's Order for Detention [Docket No. 309] is DENIED.”
“Petitioner Akoi Samolu's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, (Dkt. 1), is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright adopted Magistrate Judge Bowbeer's March 17, 2022 R&R after clear-error review and no objections, dismissing the pro se plaintiff's complaint sua sponte and without prejudice on screening.
“the Court recommends that the petition be denied”
“the Court recommends that the petition be denied”
“the Court grants in part and denies in part the motion”
“This matter is REMANDED to the Commissioner for reconsideration”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
- Of the 10 Bowbeer-assigned dockets surfaced via the docket records, the dominant nature-of-suit is Social Security (DIWC/DIWW, SSID Tit.
- XVI, RSI) taken by consent; the remainder are -mj criminal duty assignments, one copyright case, and one employment civil-rights case (EEOC v. Stan Koch & Sons Trucking, terminated 2021-12-07).
- Sampled 2026-06-03; not exhaustive; full duration distribution not tabulated this thin pass.
- Example durations: Anderson v. Berryhill filed 2018-01-02, terminated 2019-03-27 (~449 days); Hurlbut v. Saul filed 2020-03-30, terminated 2021-06-11 (~438 days).
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Bowbeer was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2022.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 0 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
A historical record
Judge Bowbeer no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.