Kimberly A. Jolson

How Judge Jolson rules, drawn from 30 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Position
magistrate
Commissioned
2016-02-10
Education
The Ohio State University (B.A., Liberal Arts, summa cum laude with Honors, 2001); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with Honors, 2006; Administrative Editor, Texas Law Review 2005-2006)
Signed orders read
30

Signed rulings

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

Stone v. Ohio Parole Board
· 2022-08-17
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 43) is therefore DENIED.”

Coots v. Twilla
· 2024-04-25
Judgment on the pleadings (defendant) Denied

“Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. 64) is DENIED.”

Austin v. Ashcraft
· 2024-08-29
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendants Ashcraft, Yates, and Berry's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 30) is DENIED as to Plaintiff's excessive force claim against Defendant Ashcraft and failure to intervene claim against Defendant Yates. The motion (Doc. 30) is GRANTED as to Plaintiff's failure to report the claim against Defendant Yates and all claims against Defendant Berry.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant Boykin's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 31) is GRANTED.”

Michael P. v. Commissioner of Social Security
· 2026-02-27
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“the Magistrate Judge recommended that the Commissioner's non-disability finding be affirmed. ... The Commissioner's decision that Plaintiff is not disabled is AFFIRMED.”

Williams v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
· 2023-05-12
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons stated, the Undersigned RECOMMENDS that Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 100) be GRANTED.”

Wolfe v. Hocking County Sheriff's Department
· 2025-08-13
Voluntary dismissal (plaintiff) Granted

“Therefore, the Undersigned RECOMMENDS that Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss be GRANTED and this action be DISMISSED without prejudice.”

Moore v. Licking County Sheriff's Office
· 2016-04-07
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons stated, it is RECOMMENDED that the Court GRANT Detective Boerstler's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 14) without prejudice.”

Billiter v. Aufdemkampe (consolidated with 2:19-cv-715)
· 2020-01-28
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, it is RECOMMENDED that Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment on Exhaustion be DENIED.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, it is RECOMMENDED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim be DENIED.”

Ginger B. v. Commissioner of Social Security
· 2024-04-10
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“Based on the foregoing, it is RECOMMENDED the Court SUSTAIN Plaintiff's Statement of Errors (Doc. 12) and REVERSE the Commissioner's non-disability finding and REMAND this case to the Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge under Sentence Four of § 405(g).”

Ruth T. v. Commissioner of Social Security
· 2026-04-08
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“Based on the foregoing, the Undersigned RECOMMENDS that the Court OVERRULE Plaintiff's Statement of Errors (Doc. 9) and enter judgment in favor of Defendant.”

Turner v. Ohio Bureau of Prisons
· 2018-07-30
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the Undersigned RECOMMENDS that this action be DISMISSED because Petitioner's claims are not cognizable.”

Tolliver v. Warden
· 2022-09-20
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, it is RECOMMENDED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Docs. 188, 190) be DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Judge Jolson's directly assigned sample consists of criminal-duty search-warrant and subpoena matters. Her prisoner civil-rights, Social Security, and employment work generally appears as recommendations in cases assigned to district judges. The sample is illustrative rather than a measured caseload distribution.

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