John F. Heil, III
How Judge Heil rules, drawn from 33 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Heil decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On a recurring Major Crimes Act assimilation argument, the judge looked to how other judges in the same district had already resolved the identical question and adopted their reasoning rather than treating the issue as open.
“Although these decisions are not binding on this Court, they are persuasive, and the Court today rules in harmony with them.”
Procedural preferences
When neither side objects to a magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation within the fourteen-day window, the judge adopts it without independent re-analysis, rather than writing a fresh opinion.
“Neither party objected to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation within the fourteen-day period prescribed by 28 U.S.C. Section 636(b) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b). Having reviewed the Report and Recommendation, the Court concurs with the Magistrate Judge's recommendation and accepts and adopts it as the order of this Court.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court grants Harpe's motion to dismiss the petition [Dkt. No. 9]... the petition for writ of habeas corpus [Dkt. No. 1] is DISMISSED with prejudice as barred by 28 U.S.C. Section 2244(d)(1)'s one-year statute of limitations”
“Respondent's motion to dismiss Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus as second or successive [Dkt. No. 11] should be GRANTED.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion to dismiss [Dkt. No. 82] filed by Defendant Kaira Leigh Wilson is DENIED.”
“Defendant Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Trust Authority's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Amended Complaint [Dkt. No. 13] is DENIED”
“The Motion for Summary Judgment [Dkt. No. 21] is GRANTED and Plaintiff's claims against Defendants Okmulgee County Board of County Commissioners and Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority are dismissed with prejudice”
“the United States' Motion [Dkt. No. 37] is GRANTED and the Supplemental Complaint [Dkt. No. 27] is dismissed with prejudice.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Government's motion to dismiss [Dkt. No. 84] is GRANTED and the Indictment [Dkt. No. 22] is dismissed without prejudice.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Government's Unopposed Motion to Dismiss [Dkt. No. 39] is GRANTED and the Indictment [Dkt. No. 2] is dismissed without prejudice as to Defendant Shawn Claude Rose.”
“Defendant's Motion for Sanctions for Failure to Comply with the Court's Order on Defendant's Motion to Compel [Dkt. No. 119] is granted. Plaintiff's claims are dismissed with prejudice.”
“On that basis, Defendant WW Tank & Vessel, Inc.'s motion to dismiss [Dkt. No. 12] is GRANTED. Plaintiff's claims against Defendant WW Tank & Vessel, Inc. are DISMISSED without prejudice.”
“On that basis, the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Defendants Brian Ridgeway, Colton Stonecipher, and Max Crook [Dkt. No. 77] is MOOT.”
“THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Gray's ‘Motion For: Objection to Court Ruling’ [Dkt. No. 11] is denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The caseload sample spans Social Security disability appeals, state-prisoner habeas petitions, Section 1983 civil-rights suits, and an ERISA interpleader action over a life-insurance death benefit. Several dispositions arose from judicial screening rather than party motions; two sampled cases produced separately classified motion outcomes.
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