James Gray Carr

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio district Retired 2025 · served 1994–2025 Appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic) 24 signed orders read

Judge Carr 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.

Korzec v. GEM, Inc.
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant Local 50's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 20) and defendant GEM's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 21) be, and the same hereby are granted.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“defendant GEM's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 21) be, and the same hereby are granted.”

Board of Trustees of the Toledo Area Sheet Metal Workers Pension Plan v. Karpathia Funding Group
Default judgment (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“Plaintiff's Motion for default judgment is denied as moot”

Motion for judgment on pleadings (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's Motion in the alternative for judgment on the pleadings is denied without prejudice.”

Luckey Farmers, Inc. v. Vergote
Motion to alter amend judgment (defendant) Denied

“Defendant's motion to alter or amend the judgment (Doc. 32) be, and the same hereby is, denied.”

Bonilla Mesa v. Merlak
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the respondent's motion to dismiss (Doc. 12) be, and the same hereby is, granted, and the petition for a writ of habeas corpus be, and the same hereby is, dismissed with prejudice.”

Rayford v. Amazon.com Services, LLC
3:24-cv-02195-JGC · 2025-03-13
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Amazon's Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED and I dismiss the Plaintiff's complaint with prejudice.”

Shawver v. Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.
3:24-cv-00454-JGC · 2025-04-21
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's motion to dismiss, (Doc. 16), be, and the same hereby is, granted; and 2. Plaintiffs' claims are dismissed with prejudice.”

Johnson-Romaker v. Kroger Limited Partnership One
3:07-cv-03271-JGC · 2009-03-04
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED THAT defendant Kroger's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 24] be, and the same hereby is granted.”

United States v. Taylor
3:21-cr-00727-JGC · 2023-04-10
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“ORDERED THAT the Defendant's Motion to Suppress (Doc. 22) be, and the same hereby is denied.”

United States v. Cook
3:10-cr-00522-JGC · 2011-07-11
Motion to suppress (defendant) Granted in part

“ORDERED THAT the defendant's motion to suppress and motion in limine [Doc. 25] be, and the same hereby is granted in part and denied in part.”

Bockrath v. General Motors
3:07-cv-00784-JGC · 2007-07-20
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“ORDERED THAT plaintiff's motion for remand be, and the same hereby is denied.”

Faurecia Automotive Seating, Inc. v. Toledo Tool and Die Company, Inc.
3:07-cv-03660-JGC · 2008-09-30
Judgment on the pleadings (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED THAT defendant Toledo Tool's motion for judgment on the pleadings [Doc. 11] be, and the same hereby is granted as to Faurecia Automotive Seating's claims for breach of contract and promissory estoppel.”

BMO Bank, N.A. v. Gym Supply Warehouse, LLC
3:24-cv-01632-JGC · 2025-01-04
Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Default Judgment (Doc. 8) is granted; 2. The default of all Defendants be, and the same hereby is, entered.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 378.5 days (N = 16).

The reviewed 2018 Toledo filings show a broad docket that included Social Security appeals, habeas petitions, federal criminal cases and civil forfeiture, employment and disability-discrimination claims, family and medical leave disputes, labor-management litigation, insurance, product-liability and automobile cases, admiralty, immigration mandamus, and federal labor enforcement. In these sampled matters, Judge Carr either issued the ruling himself or acted on a magistrate judge's recommendation.

A historical record

Judge Carr 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.