Timothy R. Rice
How Judge Rice rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Rice no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Rice
Timothy R. Rice served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Following his retirement from full-time service, he serves by recall in the Middle District of Florida's Fort Myers Division.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Timothy R. Rice is APPROVED and ADOPTED; 2. The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED; and, 3. There is no probable cause to issue a certificate of appealability.”
“The Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 17) is APPROVED and ADOPTED. The Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. No. 1) is DENIED and DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“On May 16, 2017, Judge Rice issued a report and recommendation that King's petition be denied with prejudice, on the ground that each of his claims lacks merit ... 1. The Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED. 2. King's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DENIED with prejudice.”
“The Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Timothy R. Rice dated March 9, 2017, is APPROVED and ADOPTED; ... Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED; and, ... Plaintiff's Request for Review is DENIED.”
“Plaintiff's Objections are OVERRULED. ... The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED. ... enter JUDGMENT in favor of Defendant ... Judge Rice prepared a Report and Recommendation, which recommended that Plaintiff's request for review be denied and that judgment be entered for the Commissioner.”
“Because I find AT&T failed to meet the statutory requirements for a valid ADEA waiver by failing to disclose the decisional unit involved in the reduction-in-force, I find the Release invalid and unenforceable, and therefore grant partial summary judgment in favor of Ray as to Count II of her complaint.”
“AT&T also seeks summary judgment, arguing that the Release is valid and bars Ray from bringing her ADEA claim. ... Its Release violates the OWBPA and is unenforceable. Ray is entitled to partial summary judgment as to Count II of her complaint.”
In this consent dispute over the sale of a medical practice and an employment contract, Judge Rice issued findings of fact and conclusions of law after a bench trial. The decision was a final merits judgment rather than a ruling on a motion.
“Defendant’s Motion is GRANTED in PART and DENIED in PART: Claim 5 is DISMISSED; Defendants DeBona and Rattigan are DISMISSED from Claim 3; and Defendant’s Motion to otherwise Dismiss Claims 1, 2, 3, and 4 is DENIED.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”
“Plaintiff's Request for Review is GRANTED; 2. The matter is REMANDED to the Commissioner for reconsideration in accordance with the accompanying Memorandum Opinion”
“the motion is GRANTED, in part, and DENIED, in part. 1. Defendants Schultz and Yaniv are dismissed with prejudice. ... 3. Based on that discovery, Keuch may file an amended complaint by January 19, 2021.”
“it is respectfully recommended that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be DENIED with prejudice, and that the motion for appointment of counsel and request for an evidentiary hearing be denied. It is further recommended that there is no probable cause to issue a certificate of appealability.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
- Judge Rice's consent and duty docket in his final active year included Social Security disability appeals, insurance and personal-injury disputes, employment cases, immigration mandamus petitions, and product-liability litigation.
- He also handled referred habeas and Social Security matters for district judges, along with consent civil and employment trials such as the Ray age-discrimination case and the Alpert bench trial. Several reviewed consent civil cases ended through settlement, arbitration, or voluntary dismissal rather than a dispositive ruling.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Rice was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of September 30, 2022.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 3 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
A historical record
Judge Rice no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.