James McGirr Kelly
Judge Kelly 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.
“the appropriate course upon this appeal is to vacate the Final Order of the bankruptcy court and remand this matter to allow the bankruptcy court to apply the proper burden of proof”
“Plaintiffs' surreply, entitled Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Reply in Opposition to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Reply Brief in Support of its Motion to Dismiss [Docket Entry 8], is STRICKEN;”
“Plaintiffs' Complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice. Plaintiffs may file, on or before June 7, 1996, an amended complaint of employment discrimination against the head of the DLA under Title VII, the ADEA, and the Rehabilitation Act;”
“The Memorandum of Decision and Order of the United States Magistrate Judge, dated June 25, 1996 [Docket Entry 24], is AFFIRMED;”
“Trust Corporation is GRANTED. The complaint is DISMISSED as to all defendants.”
Kelly entered findings and judgment after a bench trial on an employee-benefits claim; because the writing did not decide a motion, it is retained as reasoning evidence but excluded from motion statistics.
“The Home Indemnity Company's Motion for Summary Judgment against Plaintiffs is DENIED.”
“PEIC's Motion for Summary Judgment as to Policy No. XMO 01 1108 against Plaintiffs is DENIED.”
“For the reasons set forth below, the Motion will be DENIED.”
“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Count Two is denied.”
“Plaintiff’s Second Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is DENIED;”
“Defendants’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is GRANTED;”
“Accordingly, Counts I and XIII are dismissed completely against the Commonwealth defendants. Moreover, plaintiff may not seek monetary relief against any of the Commonwealth defendants based on Counts VI, VII, X or XI. In addition, the plaintiff may not seek injunctive relief under these counts against the Commonwealth or its agencies. However, plaintiff may proceed against the defendant Zazyczny in his official capacity, for injunctive relief only, based on Counts VI, VII, X and XI.”
“Accordingly, summary judgment must be granted to FTR on ServiceMaster’s claim for broker liability.”
“Accordingly, FTR’s motion will be denied.”
“this court ORDERS that the Defendant’s Motion is GRANTED and Judgment is entered in favor of the Defendant and against the Plaintiff.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Eight confirmed Kelly cases filed from 1985 through 1987 were sampled across contract, interstate-commerce, employee-benefits, civil RICO, personal-liability, lease, civil-rights, and insurance matters. All were terminated, but none had an electronic entry stream, so this bounded historical sample does not support career-wide caseload, duration, motion-outcome, or timing claims.
A historical record
Judge Kelly no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.