Norah McCann King

How Judge King rules, drawn from 33 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
1982-06
Education
Rosary College (now Dominican University), River Forest, Illinois (B.A., cum laude); The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Ohio State Law Journal editor)
Signed orders read
33

Signed rulings

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

Wanda S. v. Commissioner of Social Security
· 2022-05-23
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“the Court grants Plaintiff's Statement of Errors and reverses the Commissioner's decision and remands the action for clarification of Plaintiff's residual functional capacity.”

Caren C. v. Bisignano (Camargo v. Commissioner of Social Security)
· 2025-05-13
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“the Court reverses the Commissioner's decision and remands the matter for further proceedings.”

Mark R. v. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security
· 2024-02-26
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“For the reasons that follow, the Court affirms the Commissioner's decision.”

Haweya Mire v. Commissioner of Social Security
· 2008-01-31
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“it is RECOMMENDED that the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security be REVERSED and that this action be REMANDED for further consideration of the medical necessity, if any, of plaintiff's use of a cane”

David S. v. Bisignano (Commissioner of Social Security)
· 2025-09-23
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“For these reasons, the Court REVERSES the Commissioner's decision and REMANDS the matter for further proceedings consistent with this Opinion and Order.”

Delaine Minus v. Bisignano (Commissioner of Social Security)
· 2026-03-19
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the Commissioner's decision is AFFIRMED pursuant to Sentence 4 of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).”

Elissa H. v. Kijakazi (Acting Commissioner of Social Security)
· 2022-09-28
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“the Court denies the Motion to Dismiss.”

Michael B. v. Kijakazi (Acting Commissioner of Social Security)
· 2022-11-07
Motion for reconsideration (defendant) Denied

“For these reasons, the Court DENIES the Acting Commissioner's Motion for Reconsideration, ECF No. 26.”

Laura H. v. Michelle King (Acting Commissioner of Social Security) [Motion for Clarification]
· 2025-02-07
Motion for clarification (plaintiff) Granted in part

“For the reasons that follow, the Court grants Plaintiff's Motion for Clarification, in part.”

Laura H. v. O'Malley (Commissioner of Social Security) [merits]
· 2024-02-26
Social security appeal (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons that follow, the Court grants the Commissioner's motion, reverses the Commissioner's decision, and remands the matter to the Commissioner for further proceedings, including further fact finding.”

Cinthia H. v. Michelle King (Acting Commissioner of Social Security)
· 2025-02-11
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“For these reasons, the Court REVERSES the Commissioner's decision and REMANDS the matter for further proceedings consistent with this Opinion and Order.”

Amy A. v. Kijakazi (Acting Commissioner of Social Security)
· 2021-12-10
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“For these reasons, the Court REVERSES the Commissioner's decision and REMANDS the matter for further proceedings consistent with this Opinion and Order.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Judge King's recall work across the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern District of Michigan, Middle District of Tennessee, and District of New Jersey is dominated in the available sample by Social Security disability appeals decided with the parties' consent. The sample is illustrative and cannot establish a distribution across all four courts.

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