James Steven Gwin
How Judge Gwin rules, drawn from 29 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Gwin no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Gwin
James Steven Gwin served on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio after receiving his commission on November 7, 1997. He assumed senior status in 2021 and took inactive senior status on September 20, 2024.
How Judge Gwin decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Siegel v. Inverness, Gwin denied summary judgment on disparate-treatment claims but granted it on the separate state-law gender-plus-age claim.
“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”
“the Court DENIES Defendants' motion to dismiss and GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Defendants' motion for summary judgment.”
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.
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 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 5 | 1 |
| Sep 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 Gwin 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.