Patricia Anne Gaughan

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio district Senior status Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic) 24 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) District 1199 WV/OH/KY v. Lutheran Hospital
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED and Defendant's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“this Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over the Union's Complaint and this case must be dismissed.”

Pattie v. Coach, Inc.
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“For the reasons set forth above, Defendant Coach, Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint is DENIED.”

Bristow v. Vandayburg
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, Federal Defendant Timothy Shook's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”

Martin v. McElrath

28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(2)(B) screening dismissal of a pro se IFP complaint (no plausible 1983 claim; private-party defendant, no state action). Grounding quote: 'the Court finds that Plaintiff's complaint must be dismissed. The complaint, even liberally construed, fails to state any plausible federal claim upon which the Court may grant him relief.' This screening disposition did not resolve a litigated motion.

Diemert v. Lincoln Wood Products, Inc.
1:11-cv-00358 · 2012-01-11
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons stated above, plaintiff’s product liability claims are barred by Ohio Revised Code § 2305.10. Accordingly, Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.”

Garrick v. City of Cleveland
1:11-cv-01083 · 2012-01-18
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.”

Norris v. Smart Document Solutions, LLC
1:10-cv-01909 · 2011-01-20
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.”

Ferralloy, Inc. v. Endurance Technologies, Inc.
1:08-cv-02480 · 2009-02-13
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons stated above, defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.”

Herr v. Traxler
1:14-cv-00118 · 2014-06-09
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is granted.”

Lariccia v. Commissioner of Social Security
1:13-cv-01805 · 2014-03-03
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“For the foregoing reasons, defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is granted except as to the four FOIA requests discussed herein. The case is stayed as to those requests pending plaintiff’s exhaustion of his administrative remedies.”

Yared v. Nepal
1:24-cv-02114 · 2025-04-09
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For all the aforementioned reasons, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is granted and this case is dismissed.”

Thornton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
1:06-cv-00018 · 2006-11-17
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“State Farm’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED as to Counts 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10 of Thornton’s Complaint and DENIED as to Counts 1, 2, 6 and 7.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 132 days (N = 4).

A 2021-2024 sample of Judge Gaughan's reduced senior-status docket includes wage-and-hour cases, Social Security appeals, civil-rights actions, labor-management disputes, immigration mandamus petitions, contract cases, and criminal matters. The sample is weighted toward late-2024 filings and is not career-wide.

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