Frederick James Scullin, Jr.
How Judge Jr. decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
A large share of Scullin's written dispositions are R&R adoptions on clear-error review where no objection was filed -- he adopts the magistrate judge's Report-Recommendation in its entirety 'for the reasons stated therein' (prisoner SJ and SS judgment-on-the-pleadings alike). On Social-Security appeals he decides the case on the cross-motions for judgment on the pleadings, remanding under sentence four where the agency erred and affirming where it did not.
“the Report-Recommendation of Magistrate Judge ... is ACCEPTED in its entirety, for the reasons stated therein”
Motion outcomes
Counted from classified signed orders only. Percentages are shown only where the sample is large enough to be meaningful; smaller samples are reported as raw counts.
| Motion for judgment on pleadings N = 4 |
Granted: 2Denied: 2 | counts only |
| Summary judgment N = 2 |
Granted: 2 | counts only |
A "1 of 1" is one ruling, not a tendency. Treat small samples as illustrative, not predictive.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDERS that the Report-Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Gustave J. DiBianco filed August 31, 2009 is ACCEPTED in its entirety ... ORDERS that defendant's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED ... the complaint is DISMISSED IN ITS ENTIRETY”
“ORDERS that the motion for summary judgment on behalf of defendants, Drs. Wright and De Azevedo is GRANTED ... the remaining claims are DISMISSED IN THEIR ENTIRETY”
“ORDERS that Plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings, see Dkt. No. 10, is GRANTED ... this matter is REVERSED and REMANDED to the Commissioner pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. 405”
“ORDERS that Defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings, see Dkt. No. 15, is DENIED”
“That Plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings, see Dkt. No 13, is DENIED.”
“The Court further ORDERS that Defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings, see Dkt. No. 14, is GRANTED. The Court further ORDERS that the Commissioner's decision is AFFIRMED and Plaintiff's complaint is DISMISSED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Scullin's current docket-enumerated docket (2026-filed slice) is a DIVERSE active civil/criminal caseload, not a wound-down senior docket: FLSA labor (Logan v. St. Joseph's Hospital 5:26-cv-01045), ADA employment civil rights (Abdo v. Saranac Lake CSD 6:26-cv-01039), immigration/USCIS mandamus (Martinez Gonzalez v. USCIS 5:26-cv-01063), prisoner civil rights (Johnson v. Warren County Jail), school-district and commercial/contract matters (Doe v. Franklin Central SD; Bush Lumber v. County of Schoharie; Ryeco v. AC Freshco), and criminal (United States v. Kritm 8:26-cr-180). His written dispositions historically skew to prisoner civil-rights summary judgment (often via R&R adoption) and Social-Security appeals (the reasoning layer). referred magistrate judges observed: Miroslav Lovric, Mitchell J. Katz, Carla B. Freedman. NOS observed: 710 FLSA, 445 ADA-employment civil rights.