George H. Lowe
Judge Lowe no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Lowe decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Where a dispositive motion goes unopposed, recommends granting it; in one prisoner civil-rights action the defendants' summary-judgment motion was granted after no objection was filed to the recommendation.
“By Report-Recommendation dated July 16, 2007, the Honorable George H. Lowe, United States Magistrate Judge, recommended that defendants' motion for summary judgment be granted. No objections to the Report-Recommendation have been filed. ... the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in all respects. ... Defendants' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED; The complaint is dismissed in all respects”
Cautions
Screens pro se pleadings for duplicative litigation, recommending dismissal with prejudice of a complaint that merely duplicates the plaintiff's separately pending action.
“United States Magistrate Judge George H. Lowe's Report-Recommendation recommending that Plaintiff's Complaint be dismissed with prejudice ... the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in its entirety; Plaintiff's Complaint is dismissed in its entirety ... Plaintiff's request to amend his Amended Complaint in Scheidel v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. ... is DENIED”
On habeas review, recommends denial and declines to issue a certificate of appealability where the petition's claims are procedurally barred or foreclosed by governing precedent.
“By Report-Recommendation dated September 22, 2009, the Honorable George H. Lowe, United States Magistrate Judge, recommended that the Petition be denied and dismissed, and that a certificate of appealability not issue. ... Magistrate Judge Lowe's Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 26) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its entirety; ... the Petition (Dkt. No. 1) is DENIED and DISMISSED in its entirety”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“United States Magistrate Judge George H. Lowe's Report-Recommendation recommending that Defendants' motion be granted in its entirety and that Plaintiff's cross-motion be denied ... the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in its entirety ... Defendants' motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim (Dkt. No. 67) is GRANTED in its entirety”
“Plaintiff's cross-motion to amend his Second Amended Complaint (Dkt. Nos. 76, 77) is DENIED as moot and/or without merit”
“recommended that the court: ... (2) dismiss plaintiff's damages claims against all defendants on qualified immunity grounds and dismissing the action in its entirety. ... the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in all respects. ... Plaintiff's damages claims against all defendants are DISMISSED; and ... This action is DISMISSED in its entirety”
“dismiss plaintiff's request for injunctive relief as moot as discussed in the March report on page eight ... Plaintiff's request for injunctive relief is DENIED”
“By Report-Recommendation dated July 16, 2007, the Honorable George H. Lowe, United States Magistrate Judge, recommended that defendants' motion for summary judgment be granted. No objections to the Report-Recommendation have been filed. ... the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in all respects. ... Defendants' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED; The complaint is dismissed in all respects”
“By Report-Recommendation dated September 22, 2009, the Honorable George H. Lowe, United States Magistrate Judge, recommended that the Petition be denied and dismissed, and that a certificate of appealability not issue. ... Magistrate Judge Lowe's Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 26) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its entirety; ... the Petition (Dkt. No. 1) is DENIED and DISMISSED in its entirety”
“In a Report-Recommendation (R&R) filed July 13, 2010, Magistrate Judge George H. Lowe recommended that the Commissioner's decision be affirmed and Brogan-Dawley's complaint be dismissed. ... the court adopts the R&R in its entirety. ... ORDERED that the decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED and Brogan-Dawley's complaint is DISMISSED”
“United States Magistrate Judge George H. Lowe's Report-Recommendation recommending that Plaintiff's Complaint be dismissed with prejudice ... the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in its entirety; Plaintiff's Complaint is dismissed in its entirety ... Plaintiff's request to amend his Amended Complaint in Scheidel v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. ... is DENIED”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The available case sample is dominated by criminal duty matters such as complaints, warrants, and initial appearances, reflecting Judge Lowe's magistrate-duty rotation. His substantive civil work appears chiefly in reports and recommendations later acted on by district judges, while a separate group of Social Security appeals was decided by him with the parties' consent. Administrative closing dates for duty matters are not treated as merits-case durations, and the available record does not support reliable timing estimates.
A historical record
Judge Lowe 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.