James Steven Gwin
Judge Gwin no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Gwin decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
At summary judgment in employment-discrimination cases Gwin parses each theory separately: he denied summary judgment on the plaintiff's federal and state disparate-treatment claims while granting it on a distinct state-law 'gender plus age' theory.
“For the reasons above, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Inverness's summary judgment motion. In particular, the Court DENIES Inverness's motion for summary judgment on Siegel's disparate-treatment claims under federal and state law, except that the Court GRANTS Inverness's motion for summary judgement on Siegel's state-law 'gender plus age' claim.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the foregoing reasons, this Court GRANTS Defendant Judge Inderlied's Motion to Dismiss.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES the Defendant's motion to dismiss.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES Simatelex's Motion for Summary Judgment.”
“For the reasons above, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Inverness's summary judgment motion. In particular, the Court DENIES Inverness's motion for summary judgment on Siegel's disparate-treatment claims under federal and state law, except that the Court GRANTS Inverness's motion for summary judgement on Siegel's state-law 'gender plus age' claim.”
“DENIES Plaintiff Crockett’s motion to dismiss without”
“the Court GRANTS Defendant MetroHealth’s motion for”
“the Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ motion to amend as futile”
“The Court VACATES and REMANDS the Commissioner’s final decision for further proceedings”
“the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion and”
“The Court further DENIES Plaintiffs’ Rule 60(b) motion”
“the Court DENIES Eaton’s motion for reconsideration”
“the Court GRANTS Petitioner’s Doc. 91 motion”
“the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings on all of Plaintiff Johnson’s claims”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 391 days (N = 8).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 93 days (N = 5).
The reviewed 2020 and 2021 filings show a broad docket that included federal criminal cases, False Claims Act litigation, Social Security appeals, wage-and-hour and disability-employment disputes, habeas petitions, international child-abduction proceedings, product liability, admiralty, and civil forfeiture. No magistrate-judge referral appeared in the sampled matters.
A historical record
Judge Gwin 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.