George J. Limbert

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio magistrate Retired 2020 · served 1999–2020 4 signed orders read

Judge Limbert no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Smith v. Harris
4:17-cv-01034-JG · 2019-11-12
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“the Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation and DENIES Petitioner's request for a writ of habeas corpus. Furthermore, no basis exists upon which to issue a certificate of appealability.”

Evans v. Commissioner of Social Security
5:16-cv-01113-BYP · 2017-05-05
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“the Court adopts the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation. The Court affirms the ALJ's decision and dismisses Plaintiff's case in its entirety, with prejudice.”

Stover v. Commissioner of Social Security
5:07-cv-02233-JRA · 2008-10-06
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“This Court has considered Plaintiff's objections to the Report and Recommendation and has conducted a de novo review of the record. ... there is substantial evidence for the Commissioner's decision. Therefore, the Court hereby adopts the Magistrate Judge's Report as its own.”

United States v. Gerald J. Smith, Jr.
1:14-cr-00363-BYP · 2014-10-29

In criminal-duty work conducted with the parties' consent, Limbert took the defendant's Rule 11 guilty-plea colloquy and recommended that the plea be accepted and a finding of guilty entered on both counts. This was a plea recommendation rather than a contested-motion ruling. Quote: 'the undersigned recommends that the plea of guilty be accepted and a finding of guilty be entered by the Court as to both counts of the Information.'

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

A Youngstown-seat docket mixing Social Security disability appeals and cable/satellite-signal piracy actions (each a large share of the early-2010 cohort) with insurance, ERISA, Fair Labor Standards, civil-rights, and prisoner civil-rights matters. Illustrative texture only; not weighted counts and no authoritative caseload baseline loaded.

A historical record

Judge Limbert 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.