Benita Yalonda Pearson
How Judge Pearson rules, drawn from 37 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 12), which has been converted to a Motion for Summary Judgment, is denied in part and granted in part. The Court denies Defendants' Motion as to Plaintiff's FTCA claim because it is not time-barred. The Court hereby dismisses all defendants except for the United States of America.”
“Viewing all facts and reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 36) is denied.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 44) is granted in part and denied in part.”
“Consequently, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 34) and Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 41) are denied without prejudice as moot.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant OFO's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 9) is granted and Plaintiffs' informal request to amend the Complaint (ECF No. 12) is denied.”
“For the following reasons, Plaintiff's Motion to Remand is granted.”
“Accordingly, the Court grants Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand (ECF No. 15) and remands the matter to Holmes County Court of Common Pleas.”
“Accordingly, Defendants GSF Mortgage Corporation (‘GSF’) and Chad Jampedro's Motion to Compel Arbitration (ECF No. 15) is denied.”
“Accordingly, Defendants' Motions to Dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) (ECF Nos. 18, 23, and 25) are granted.”
“The Canton Judges' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c) (ECF No. 28) is also granted.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment (ECF No. 29) is denied.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' partial Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 56) is granted.”
“The Court grants summary judgment in favor of Defendant on Plaintiff's Counts I and III, dismissing these federal claims because the Court finds that Defendant does not qualify as an employer under Title VII. The Court denies summary judgment on Plaintiff's Counts II and IV, the state-law claims because there are genuine disputes of material facts regarding these claims.”
“For the reasons stated above, summary judgment is granted in favor of Defendant.”
“Accordingly, Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (ECF No. 9) is granted. The case is hereby dismissed.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 244 days (N = 3).
- The sampled docket includes Social Security appeals, state and immigration-detention habeas matters, federal criminal cases, civil-rights claims, and subpoena proceedings.
- Judge Pearson sits in the Eastern Division at Youngstown and receives matters from across the district; magistrate judges appear in sampled Social Security referrals.
- The criminal, Social Security, and habeas-heavy sample does not represent her full civil caseload.
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