Mark R. Abel

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio magistrate Retired 2015 · served 1971–2015 13 signed orders read

Judge Abel no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

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

Szeinbach v. Ohio State University
· 2010-12-10
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, Defendant’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. 122) is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment for the Defendant, and to close this case.”

Laney v. Ohio Department of Youth Services
· 2010-06-10
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons stated above, defendant ODYS’s March 8, 2010 motion for summary judgment (doc. 45) is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter JUDGMENT for defendant ODYS. This case is hereby DISMISSED.”

Sierra Club v. Korleski
· 2009-07-29
Summary judgment (plaintiffs) Denied

“For the reasons stated above, Plaintiffs’ March 7, 2009 motion for partial summary judgment (doc. 19) is DENIED.”

Sierra Club v. Korleski
· 2010-02-02
Motion for reconsideration (plaintiffs) Granted

“plaintiffs’ September 23, 2009 motion for reconsideration and reversal of the interlocutory order denying plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on count one (doc. 64) is GRANTED”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“defendant Christopher Korleski’s September 1, 2009 motion to dismiss complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted (doc. 61) is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (plaintiffs) Granted

“Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on count 1 of the complaint is GRANTED.”

Charvat v. EchoStar Satellite, LLC
· 2010-08-31
Motion to unseal (intervenors) Granted

“Accordingly, the intervenors’ motion to unseal court filings (Doc. 54) is GRANTED IN FULL.”

Langenfeld v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
· 2014-04-08
Motions to compel (defendant) Denied

“For the reasons stated above, Armstrong World Industries, Inc.’s January 22, 2014 motion to compel production of medical information (doc. 32) is DENIED.”

Sjöstrand v. Ohio State University
· 2013-03-14
Motions to strike (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs motion to strike is DENIED.”

Motion for leave to file surreply (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiffs motion for leave to file a surreply is GRANTED.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons stated above, defendant The Ohio State University’s (‘OSU’) September 17, 2012 motion for summary judgment (doc. 27) is GRANTED.”

Szeinbach v. Ohio State University
· 2013-12-13
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“For the reasons stated above, defendant The Ohio State University’s May 22, 2013 renewed motion for summary judgment (doc. 123) is DENIED.”

Peterson v. TIG Specialty Insurance
· 2002-07-26
Motions to remand (plaintiffs) Denied

“Accordingly, it is RECOMMENDED that plaintiffs’ April 24, 2002 motion to remand (doc. 6) be DENIED.”

Noland v. Hurley
· 2007-10-18
Petition for writ of habeas corpus (petitioner) Granted

“the Magistrate Judge RECOMMENDS that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus conditionally be GRANTED, and that petitioner’s sentence be VACATED and petitioner released from incarceration unless the State of Ohio releases him within ninety days.”

Hill v. Sheets
· 2008-11-04
Request for stay (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“petitioner’s request for a stay, Doc. No. 10, is DENIED, as moot.”

Motion to strike response (petitioner) Denied

“Petitioner’s motion to strike respondent’s response to his request for a stay, Doc. No. 15, is DENIED.”

Petition for writ of habeas corpus (petitioner) Granted in part

“The Magistrate Judge RECOMMENDS that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus conditionally be GRANTED on claim one, that petitioner’s sentence be VACATED and petitioner be released unless the State re-sentences him within sixty (60) days. The Magistrate Judge further RECOMMENDS that claim two be DISMISSED.”

Bacon v. Secretary of the Air Force
· 1991-10-08
Judgment after bench trial (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, I hereby RECOMMEND that JUDGMENT be entered for defendant.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 398 days (N = 6).

Median motion-to-ruling time: 43 days (N = 5).

The randomized historical sample includes disability-access, employment, Social Security, prisoner civil-rights, and miscellaneous matters. All six sampled cases were terminated.

A historical record

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