Thomas Ambrose Masterson
How Judge Masterson rules, drawn from 24 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Masterson 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.
“grant the defendant’s motion to dismiss.”
“Accordingly, the Commonwealth’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted without prejudice to the petitioner’s properly suing and serving his arresting officer, and the petitioner’s motions for appointment of counsel and for the setting of bail are denied.”
“Accordingly, we will enter an Order denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus without prejudice.”
“Under these circumstances, we will deny the relator’s petition for failure to exhaust state remedies, as it appears that a hearing in the state forum is reasonably imminent.”
“we will deny his petition without prejudice for failure to exhaust state remedies”
“Relator’s petition for habeas corpus must be denied.”
“Insofar as this may be considered a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the petition is denied for failure to exhaust state remedies.”
“Insofar as this may be considered a civil rights action, plaintiff’s petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied because the action is plainly lacking in merit.”
“Accordingly, plaintiff’s petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be denied as the complaint is plainly lacking in merit.”
“it is ordered that defendant, Lavino Shipping Co.’s motion to amend its pretrial memorandum be and the same is hereby denied.”
“Accordingly, plaintiff’s petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied.”
“Accordingly, relator’s instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus will be denied without prejudice for failure to exhaust available state remedies.”
“The instant petition will be denied without prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No surviving assigned-case index was located for Masterson's Eastern District tenure. The profile therefore makes no claim about his caseload, case duration, motion base rates, or ruling speed.
A historical record
Judge Masterson 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.