Ralph Clyde Body

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1962–1973 Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic) 20 signed orders read

Judge Body 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.

Keadle v. Benedict
· 1970-11-24
Motions to dismiss (all defendants) Moot / procedural

“It does not agree that improper venue should lead to dismissal.”

United States Ex Rel. Kirk v. Kirkpatrick
· 1971-05-06
Habeas petition (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“Hence we must dismiss without prejudice for failure to exhaust available state remedies.”

United States ex rel. Hart v. Rundle
· 1970-01-15
Motion to appoint counsel (petitioner) Denied

“Accordingly, the motion will be denied.”

United States ex rel. Clapper v. Veth
· 1970-06-09
Habeas petition (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“For the above reasons, relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus will be denied.”

United States ex rel. Long v. Rundle
· 1971-04-16
Habeas petition (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“Accordingly, we will dismiss relator’s petition for failure to exhaust state remedies as required as a matter of comity by 28 U.S.C. § 2254.”

Forward v. Gernert
· 1968-05-08
Motion to proceed ifp (applicant) Denied

“His application to proceed in forma pauperis must be denied.”

United States ex rel. Crawley v. Rundle
· 1970-11-06
Motion to reinstate appeal time (petitioner) Denied

“it is ordered that the motion of John Crawley for reinstatement of appeal time is denied.”

United States ex rel. Ruth v. Russell
· 1971-05-10
Habeas petition (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“we feel we must dismiss relator’s petition due to his failure to exhaust his state remedies.”

United States ex rel. Thomas v. Johnson
· 1971-04-19
Habeas petition (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“Accordingly, for the above-stated reasons, we must deny this request for a writ of habeas corpus.”

Molter v. United States
· 1970-01-07
Judgment on the pleadings (United States) Granted

“Since the damages alleged are limited to mental suffering, the defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings must be granted.”

United States ex rel. Mercer v. Kelly
· 1970-05-04
Default judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“For these reasons, plaintiff’s motion for judgment by default will be denied.”

Motion for leave to file answer (defendant) Granted

“will be granted leave to answer forthwith”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment will be denied as premature, with leave to renew after an answer has been filed.”

Sunde v. Sheridan Transportation Co.
· 1969-11-19
Summary judgment (defendant employer) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, defendant’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No assigned-case enumeration or motion timeline was available for Body’s service. The profile therefore makes no claim about his caseload, case duration, docket-wide motion base rates, or ruling speed.

A historical record

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