Jeffery Paul Hopkins

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio district Appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic) 25 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Shah v. Fortive Corporation
· 2024-06-27
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 19). Specifically, the Court GRANTS the Motion (Doc. 19) only with respect to Counts II, III, and V and DISMISSES those claims WITH PREJUDICE. The Court DENIES the Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 19) in all other respects. The case shall proceed as to Counts I and IV against Defendants.”

Maas v. JTM Provisions Company, Inc.
· 2026-01-16
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“JTM's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 89) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART ... All of Joe's claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE except for Joe's mixed-motive Title VII religious discrimination claim against JTM.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the Maas Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 90) is GRANTED in its entirety.”

Taper v. Tabor
· 2025-12-11
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 36) is ADOPTED in its entirety. Plaintiff's Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 27, 30) are DENIED, and Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 23) is GRANTED. Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.”

Motion for voluntary dismissal (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 27, 30) are DENIED”

McConnell v. Duffy
· 2026-05-28
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“the Court hereby ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation in its entirety ... the Court DENIES Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint or in the Alternative for Summary Judgment (Doc. 13).”

Estes v. University of Cincinnati
1:24-cv-00465 · 2025-07-25
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Moot / procedural

“Defendant Jane Strasser's first Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 5) is hereby DENIED AS MOOT. See Crawford v. Tilley, 15 F.4th 752, 759 (6th Cir. 2021) ('The general rule is that filing an amended complaint moots pending motions to dismiss.')”

Motion for voluntary dismissal (plaintiff) Granted

“the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss Defendant UCMC as a party to this action. Doc. 8. ... Defendant University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLC is dismissed as a party to this civil action WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to refiling”

Estes v. University of Cincinnati
1:24-cv-00465 · 2025-09-30
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the Court GRANTS Defendant Strasser's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 9) and DISMISSES Count VI WITH PREJUDICE.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“The Court GRANTS IN PART, DENIES IN PART Defendant UC's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 10) and DISMISSES Counts I, II, and IV WITH PREJUDICE. Counts III and V remain viable claims against UC.”

United States v. Richards
1:23-cr-00058 · 2024-04-18
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Defendant's Motion (Doc. 48) is DENIED.”

United States v. El Bey
1:21-cr-00110 · 2024-01-02
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“For these reasons, the Defendant's Motion (Doc. 90) is DENIED.”

United States v. Wheeler
1:23-cr-00017 · 2024-04-05
Motion to suppress (defendant) Granted in part

“the Wheeler Defendants' Motion (Doc. 55, 66) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The Wheeler Defendants are not entitled to a Franks hearing, nor to suppression of evidence seized during the execution of the warrants or during the traffic stops. However, any statements that Stephen Wheeler made after invoking his right to counsel in the post-arrest interview on February 7, 2023, must be suppressed.”

Bates v. O'Connor
1:23-cv-00017 · 2024-07-23
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 19) be DENIED because Plaintiff has failed to establish that he is entitled to judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“Plaintiff's additional motion for summary judgment (Doc. 21) be DENIED AS MOOT given that the motion was intended for another federal civil action.”

Franklin v. Children's Hospital
1:25-cv-00080 · 2025-04-02
Screening dismissal (court) Granted

“Plaintiff's complaint is hereby DISMISSED with prejudice [pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915(e)(2)(B)] because her complaint is frivolous and fails to state a claim with an arguable basis in law over which this Court has subject matter jurisdiction.”

Thomas v. Lewis
1:25-cv-00014 · 2026-01-20
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“the Court orders that Plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. 6) be DISMISSED with prejudice pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915(e)(2)(B), with the exception of Plaintiff's First, Fourth, and Eighth Amendment claims against Defendants Lewis and Murray and his Eighth Amendment, deliberate indifference claim against Defendant Haywood. At this juncture in the proceedings, Plaintiff may also proceed with his state law claims against Defendants Lewis, Murray, and Haywood.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

A 2022-2024 sample of Judge Hopkins's Cincinnati docket includes consumer-credit and contract disputes, constitutional and state-law challenges, pharmaceutical product liability, trademark, wage-and-hour, employment-discrimination, and federal criminal matters. Several cases were inherited through reassignment, and some pretrial work was referred to magistrate judges. The sample is illustrative rather than random.

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