Kathleen B. Burke
How Judge Burke rules, drawn from 4 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Burke no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Burke
Kathleen B. Burke served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Ohio beginning in August 2011. She earned undergraduate and law degrees from St. John’s University. Before joining the court, she was a partner at Jones Day and directed the Ohio Lottery Commission.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“it the undersigned's recommendation that the Commissioner's decision finding Parsons not disabled be REVERSED and REMANDED for an award of benefits to Parsons for the period of June 13, 2001, through December 29, 2005.”
“the undersigned recommends that Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 10) be GRANTED and that Plaintiff's request, in the alternative, to amend her Complaint to add a claim in mandamus under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 against the Commissioner be DENIED.”
“the undersigned recommends that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss be GRANTED and Plaintiff's Complaint be dismissed with prejudice.”
“Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Exhibits (Doc. 27) is hereby DENIED.”
“Magistrate Judge Kathleen B. Burke reviewed the decision and recommends that I affirm the final decision of the Commissioner and dismiss Janney's claim. ... The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 18) be, and the same hereby is adopted as the order of this court.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
- A consent-jurisdiction civil docket weighted toward commercial and diversity matters, contract, negotiable-instrument, insurance, foreclosure and interpleader disputes, alongside consumer-credit suits (Fair Debt Collection, Fair Credit Reporting, Telephone Consumer Protection Act), employment matters (Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, civil-rights employment), Social Security appeals, and cable/satellite-signal piracy actions.
- 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 Burke 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.