George J. Limbert
How Judge Limbert rules, drawn from 4 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Limbert no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Limbert
George J. Limbert served as a U.S. magistrate judge for the Northern District of Ohio. He sat in Youngstown from November 8, 1999, until his retirement on June 30, 2020.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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.
Pending matters in the official report
Reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Civil Justice Reform Act, as of March 31, 2026.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 0 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
A historical record
Judge Limbert no longer sits on this court. 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.