Elmo Bolton Hunter
How Judge Hunter rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Hunter no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Hunter decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Hartong, Hunter declined pleading-stage dismissal where the existing record left room for a viable contract theory.
“the Court declines to find that plaintiffs can prove no set of facts in support of their breach of contract claim against the FDIC which would entitle them to relief”
Procedural preferences
In Congrove, Hunter treated issues resolved by party agreement as moot and confined the ruling to the remaining live discovery dispute.
“all other issues raised by defendant in its motion have been disposed of by agreement between the parties and are thus rendered moot”
Cautions
In Hansen, Hunter emphasized that financial hardship alone did not justify restraining federal tax collection.
“hardship alone is insufficient to justify entry of injunctive relief against the collection of taxes.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“it is ORDERED that this action, provisionally filed pursuant to the standard practice of the Court, should be and it is hereby dismissed.”
“Plaintiff is not entitled to any of the relief she seeks in this action. Judgment is ordered accordingly.”
“it is hereby ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.”
“the plaintiffs application for attorney’s fees in the amount of $2,750 under 28 U.S.C. § 2412 should be and the same is hereby GRANTED;”
“judgment be entered in favor of defendants.”
“Stacy Mechelle Simpson’s petition for the writ of habeas corpus is conditionally GRANTED and her conviction is VACATED and SET ASIDE;”
“defendant City of Kansas City, Missouri is severed and dismissed from this cause of action;”
“defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ Complaint is denied;”
“the motions to intervene as party plaintiffs are granted.”
“this petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied for the reasons stated herein;”
“the Court hereby grants summary judgment in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff.”
“plaintiff’s motion to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis be, and the same is hereby, denied.”
“defendant’s Motion to Quash and for Protective Order is hereby denied.”
“defendant union be awarded, and plaintiff pay to defendant union, the sum of $50.00”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 1721 days (N = 5).
Fifteen returned historical matters included statutory, product-liability, prisoner civil-rights, malpractice, securities, contract, employment-benefits, and disability cases. The five earliest-filed closed matters were used only for duration context because their timelines contained no entries.
A historical record
Judge Hunter 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.