David Dudley Dowd Jr.
How Judge Dowd rules, drawn from 32 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Dowd no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Dowd
David Dudley Dowd, Jr. was a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, Judge Dowd received a commission on September 23, 1982. Judge Dowd assumed senior status on June 30, 1996 and served until death on August 4, 2016.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
Dowd noted the designation of a three-judge panel and deferred further scheduling until the judges could confer.
Dowd appointed a special master to assist with the remedial phase of jail-conditions litigation.
“That request is granted.”
After approval of a stipulated population order resolved the local jail problem, Dowd terminated the special master's appointment.
“Accordingly, Doc. No. 71 is granted in part and denied in part.”
Dowd analyzed whether an adult mandatory life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense could be reconsidered after later sentencing developments, but did not enter a separately stated disposition on the requested relief.
“For reasons set forth below, Youngstown’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants’ Objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Ruling are OVERRULED.”
On appellate remand, Dowd amended an earlier judgment to remove interest and entered the revised principal award.
“For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff Timothy R. Corman’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 22) is DENIED.”
“For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff Ravenna Road Management, Inc.’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED as follows:”
“For the reasons set forth above, plaintiffs’ motion to remand (Doc. No. 21) is denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The eighteen post-commission assigned cases form an archival slice rather than a complete caseload. Two older inherited cases were excluded from duration and case-mix calculations. Contract, benefits, civil-rights, fraud, labor, habeas, foreclosure, and other statutory matters were represented.
A historical record
Judge Dowd no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.