Robert P. Myers Jr.
How Judge Myers decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In consent Social Security appeals, the judge remands to the agency for further proceedings when the ALJ's decision has a correctable procedural gap, but affirms outright when substantial evidence in the administrative record supports the denial of benefits.
“Ordered that this case is remanded to the Commissioner for further proceedings.”
Procedural preferences
In referred and consent prisoner and civil-rights suits, the judge holds an omnibus hearing early in the case to place the pro se plaintiff under oath, screen the claims, and confirm whether the parties will consent to his jurisdiction, before the case proceeds toward dispositive motions.
“Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert P. Myers, Jr: Omnibus Hearing held on 2/7/2022. Plaintiff appeared via video conference pro se and was sworn.”
Cautions
A defendant's exhaustion-based summary judgment is not necessarily the last word: the judge reopened and ultimately reversed his own grant on reconsideration once the plaintiff came forward with evidence that he had, in fact, exhausted his administrative remedies.
“ORDER granting 45 Motion for Reconsideration; plaintiff's 47 MOTION to Add to Pleadings is granted. The Court construes Plaintiff's Motion to Add to Pleadings, together with his Response 48, as his complete response to Defendants Motion 32 for Summary Judgment. The Clerk of Court shall reopen (or unterminate) the Motion 32 for Summary Judgment.”
Once initial case-management deadlines are set, the judge denies further serial pro se motions -- to compel, for sanctions, for a hearing -- as a matter of course rather than revisiting settled scheduling.
“ORDER denying 46 Motion to Compel; denying 49 Motion to Compel; denying 51 Motion for Sanctions. Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert P. Myers, Jr on April 26, 2022”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Memorandum Opinion and Order re 1 Complaint, this case is remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security for further proceedings consistent with this Opinion. Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert P. Myers, Jr on 9/15/2021.”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: Ordered that this case is remanded to the Commissioner for further proceedings. Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert P. Myers, Jr on 9/6/23.”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: Ordered that the decision of the Commissioner is affirmed and this complaint is dismissed with prejudice. Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert P. Myers, Jr on 9/7/23.”
“MEMORANDUM AND OPINION: The Commissioners decision is affirmed. See Memorandum for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert P. Myers, Jr. on 3/29/23.”
“ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 22 Report and Recommendations entered in this case on 8/8/23, is adopted in its entirety as the finding of this Court. Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is dismissed with prejudice. Signed by District Judge Halil S. Ozerden on 9/12/23.”
“the Motion [42] for Summary Judgment filed by Defendants Mike Ezell and Jackson County, Mississippi, is GRANTED. Plaintiff Terrence McNaughton's claims against them regarding black mold and the lack of functional air conditioning at the Jackson County Adult Detention Center are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, and this case is CLOSED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Myers's Gulfport docket is dominated by consent Social Security disability appeals under 28 U.S.C. 636(c), pro se prisoner and county-jail civil-rights suits, and civil and criminal matters referred by the district judges for pretrial rulings, settlement conferences, and Reports and Recommendations. Many prisoner cases are screened at an omnibus hearing and later resolved through a consent summary-judgment ruling. Taylor v. Bobo, filed October 11, 2024, remained in discovery as of July 2026.
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