Jack Zouhary

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio district Senior status Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican) 20 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Ronald Dewayne Pitts v. Judge Teresa Ballinger, et al.
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For all of the above reasons, Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 9-11) are granted; Pitts' Motions for Default Judgment (Doc. 13) and Summary Judgment (Doc. 14) are denied.”

Default judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Pitts' Motions for Default Judgment (Doc. 13) and Summary Judgment (Doc. 14) are denied.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied
Tammy M. Howard (d/b/a American Petroleum #3) v. United States of America
Motions to stay (plaintiff) Denied

“Based upon the foregoing, this Court finds that injunctive relief is not warranted and denies Plaintiff's Motion to Stay Administrative Action (Doc. 3).”

Gregory Hayes v. Steven Merlak (Warden, FCI Elkton)
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“This Court adopts the R&R (Doc. 7) and affirms the dismissal of the Petition.”

MCS Manufacturing LLC v. Tenneco Inc., et al.
3:22-cv-01603 · 2024-03-26
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Tenneco's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 42) is granted in part and denied in part. The fraudulent-inducement claim is dismissed with prejudice. However, because issues of material fact remain, the breach-of-contract and promissory estoppel claims shall proceed.”

JB's Food Mart, et al. v. United States of America
3:13-cv-01869 · 2014-04-16
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the above reasons, Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 16) is granted.”

Keith Ritz, et al. v. City of Findlay, Ohio, et al.
3:07-cv-03716 · 2009-07-06
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“This Court denies Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment on all grounds.”

Michael F. Abrams, et al. v. Nucor Steel Marion, Inc.
3:13-cv-00137 · 2015-11-09
Motion to exclude expert testimony (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant's Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony (Doc. 67) is granted as to Dr. Jonathan Rutchik and Craig Cantrall, and granted in part and denied in part as to Lance Traves.”

Motion for judicial notice (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs' Motion for Judicial Notice (Doc. 72) is denied without prejudice.”

Lee F. Pool v. Patricia Klenz, et al.
3:15-cv-01430 · 2017-03-24
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the many reasons outlined above, Defendants' Motion is granted, and the case is dismissed.”

Timothy P. Caudill v. City of Kenton, et al.
3:11-cv-01767 · 2012-05-09
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons stated above, summary judgment is granted in favor of Defendants City of Kenton, Chief Vermillion, and Coffman; and also in favor of Defendants Hardin County and Sheriff Everhart pursuant to Monell.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Because genuine issues of material fact exist regarding whether the leg sweep was reasonable, this case shall proceed to trial against Defendant Holbrook on the claims under Section 1983 (Count I), intentional infliction of emotional distress (Count III) and assault and battery (Count IV).”

Pervis Merritt v. Attorney General of the United States, et al.
3:14-cv-00954 · 2014-06-19
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 2) is granted. This case is dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.”

Darrick E. Newsome v. Anthony Streeter, et al.
3:17-cv-00245 · 2018-08-10
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 40) is granted.”

Motion for discovery (plaintiff) Denied

“The Motion for Additional Discovery (Doc. 41 at 19) is denied; and the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 40) is granted.”

Amanda J. Gilbert, Administrator v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, et al.
3:06-cv-01573 · 2006-09-29
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“Therefore, Plaintiff's Motion for Remand is held in abeyance, allowing parties leave until on or before January 19, 2007 to file simultaneous briefs (following the exchange of Rule 26(a) disclosures and limited discovery regarding potential liability of the individual Defendants) for the Court's further consideration of Plaintiff's Motion to Remand.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 285 days (N = 6).

Enumerated from the docket records (filed 2021-2022, Western Division/Toledo). Mix: FLSA wage/overtime (Lewis v. Omlor Pizza, Phillips v. Church & Dwight, Yarger v. Tireman -- collective), 42:1983 civil rights (Stevenson v. Midwest Energy, Deatrick v. Paulding County), FDCPA (Guerrette v. Wells Fargo), admiralty (In re Downey), U.S.-plaintiff foreclosure (US v. Madan's Properties), and federal criminal (US v. Singh, Tyler -- drug). Random-referral / settlement magistrate observed: Darrell A. Clay (mediation in Yarger, Deatrick).

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