Michael Ryan Barrett
How Judge Barrett decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He resolves summary judgment count by count, granting the motion as to some claims while denying it as to others rather than disposing of the case wholesale.
“Summary Judgment is GRANTED as to Counts III, IV and V. Summary Judgment is DENIED as to Counts I and II.”
Procedural preferences
He refers dispositive motions to a magistrate judge and, on review, adopts the report and recommendation in its entirety, entering the recommended disposition on the reasoning set out therein.
“the January 21, 2021 R&R (Doc. 28) is adopted in its entirety and, for the reasons set forth therein, Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 24) and Motion to Strike (Doc. 27) are DENIED”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 9, 10) are DENIED.”
“Defendants' Motions to Strike (Docs. 16, 17) are DENIED”
“Summary Judgment is GRANTED as to Counts III, IV and V. Summary Judgment is DENIED as to Counts I and II.”
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint (Doc. 11) is DENIED.”
“Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 15) is DENIED.”
“Respondent's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 5) is GRANTED and this matter is DISMISSED.”
“the January 21, 2021 R&R (Doc. 28) is adopted in its entirety and, for the reasons set forth therein, Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 24) and Motion to Strike (Doc. 27) are DENIED”
“to the extent that it seeks dismissal of this action, Defendants' Motion to Dismiss is DENIED”
“the Amended Complaint is DISMISSED with prejudice, with the exception of Plaintiff's unlawful arrest and detention claims against unknown "Clinton County Sheriff/Deputy in his individual capacity," and those claims are STAYED”
Barrett granted a limited motion to file documents under seal under the local rule and stipulated protective order. The ruling did not address the merits and is excluded from the motion statistics.
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Samples from 2021 through 2023 show a Cincinnati docket that includes employment and civil-rights actions, consumer-credit disputes, personal-injury and product-liability cases, contracts, False Claims Act matters, prisoner habeas petitions, and federal criminal cases. The samples are illustrative rather than random.
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