Robert P. Myers Jr.
How Judge Myers rules, drawn from 12 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Myers
Robert P. Myers Jr. is a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, serving in Gulfport since August 2020. He earned an accountancy degree from Mississippi State University in 1988 and a law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1991. Before taking the bench, he practiced law in the Jackson and Gulfport areas.
Judge Myers's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Myers's own (checked October 9, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026).
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 Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security, he remanded after finding that the ALJ rejected every medical opinion and relied on selected examination findings to set a residual functional capacity unsupported by substantial evidence.
“having rejected every medical opinion, the ALJ then cherry-picked examination findings and interpreted raw medical data to arrive at Williams’ RFC.”
Procedural preferences
In Walker v. Jenkins, he held an omnibus hearing at which the pro se plaintiff appeared by video and was sworn.
“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
In Bowen v. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, he granted the plaintiff's motion for reconsideration, treated the plaintiff's new filings as his response, and reopened the defendants' exhaustion-based summary-judgment motion.
“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.”
In Walker v. Jenkins, he denied two motions to compel and a sanctions motion in an April 2022 order.
“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.”
“IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendant Harrison County, Mississippi's Motion [29] for Summary Judgment is GRANTED. Plaintiff Michael Shaun Schaffran's claims against Harrison County are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, and this case is CLOSED.”
“IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Motion [37] for Summary Judgment for Plaintiff's Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies filed by Defendants Jackson County, Mississippi; Sergeant Unknown McCoy; and Wendy Nevels is GRANTED. Plaintiff Josemany Jean Francois' claims against all Defendants are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for his failure to exhaust administrative remedies before filing this lawsuit.”
“Motions [68] [83] for Summary Judgment are DENIED.”
“Defendant the City of Picayune’s Motion [81] for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“Motion [40] for Summary Judgment is GRANTED. Plaintiff Stanley Ellis Rawls’ claims against them are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Motion [28] for Summary Judgment Due to Plaintiff’s Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies filed by Defendants Matt Haley, Warden Unknown Hubbard, and Sgt. Unknown Pavolini is GRANTED.”
“Motion [27] for Summary Judgment filed by Defendant Sergeant Unknown Bobo is GRANTED. Plaintiff Keven TooCole Taylor’s claims against all Defendants are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
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.
Pending matters in the official report
Reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Civil Justice Reform Act, as of March 31, 2026.
| 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 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 1 | 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.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, not for Judge Myers: median time from filing to disposition of the civil cases the court closed in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, as reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
| Cases | Median time | |
|---|---|---|
| All civil cases closed | 1,034 | 9.4 months |
| Closed with no court action | 613 | 8.4 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 385 | 9.9 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 26 | 21 months |
| Closed during trial | 10 | 21.5 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 1,034 | 9.4 months |
| Sep 2024 | 988 | 8.7 months |
| Sep 2023 | 972 | 11 months |
| Sep 2022 | 1,139 | 11.9 months |
| Sep 2021 | 1,061 | 11.2 months |
| Sep 2020 | 1,605 | 7.2 months |
| Sep 2019 | 1,094 | 9.3 months |
The table leaves out prisoner petitions, land condemnations, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments, and reports no median for fewer than 10 cases. A district that closed a large multidistrict litigation in the period shows very large counts and long medians for that year. Source: Table C-5, U.S. District Courts (spreadsheet).
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