Arthur James Schwab

How Judge Schwab rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Position
district
Appointed by
George W. Bush (Republican)
Commissioned
2002-09-17
Education
Grove City College, A.B., 1968; University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1972
Signed orders read
23

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Taylor v. Winnecour
· 2011-07-26
Bankruptcy appeal (Carole Taylor) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the decision of the Bankruptcy Court is AFFIRMED.”

Neal v. Astrue
· 2010-10-04
Petition for attorney fees (plaintiff) Granted

“the Court will grant plaintiffs Petition and Amended Petition for attorney’s fees in the total amount of $7,565.00, under the EAJA (doc. nos. 19 and 24), based upon an expenditure of 44.5 hours at the rate of $170.00 per hour.”

N.A. v. Gateway School District
· 2011-05-17
Motions to dismiss (Gateway School District) Granted

“For the reasons discussed above, the Defendant’s motion to dismiss will be GRANTED.”

United States v. Harris
· 2004-07-16

Schwab addressed the effect of Blakely on the federal Sentencing Guidelines while imposing sentence; the writing does not resolve a party motion included in this profile.

Ferrone v. Cardiello
· 2014-09-29
Motion for stay or preliminary injunction (Rock Ferrone) Denied

“it is hereby ORDERED that Fer-rone’s Emergency Motion to Stay Sale Pending Appeal is DENIED.”

Romano v. Williams & Fudge, Inc.
· 2008-12-04
Motion for partial summary judgment (Ruben Romano) Granted

“this Court will grant plaintiffs motion (doc. no. 35) to the extent that defendant violated the FDCPA as a matter of law.”

Summary judgment (Williams & Fudge, Inc.) Denied

“The Court will deny defendant’s motion for summary judgment (doc. no. 39).”

Lippl v. International Fidelity Insurance
· 2014-07-25
Bankruptcy appeal (John R. Lippi) Denied

“the Order by the Bankruptcy Judge on the Motion to Compel Abandonment will be AFFIRMED.”

Shovlin v. Klaas
· 2015-08-28
Bankruptcy appeal (creditor-appellant) Denied

“the Court hereby AFFIRMS the June 4, 2015 Order of the Bankruptcy Court denying the Motion to Dismiss.”

Konold v. Superior International Industries Inc.
· 2012-10-31
Motions to dismiss (Superior International Industries Inc. and Small Water Slides) Granted in part

“Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss (Doc. Nos. 6 and 8) will be GRANTED in PART and DENIED in PART.”

Motions to dismiss (Aquatic Facility Design Inc.) Granted in part
Countryway Insurance v. Slaugenhoup
· 2008-02-22
Summary judgment (Countryway Insurance Company) Denied

“The motion for summary judgment by plaintiff, Countryway Insurance Company (doc. no. 18) will be DENIED.”

Summary judgment (Dustin C. Sams) Granted

“The motion for summary judgment by defendant, Dustin C. Sams’, (doc. no. 28) will be GRANTED.”

Summary judgment (Walter C. Slaugenhoup and Walter P. Slaugenhoup) Granted

“The motion for summary judgment by defendants, Walter C. Slaugenhoup and Walter P. Slaugenhoup (doc. no. 31) will be GRANTED.”

Young v. 1200 Buena Vista Condominiums
· 2012-08-27
Bankruptcy appeal (Bradley J. Young) Granted

“Thus, the decision of the Bankruptcy Court will be REVERSED. The case will be REMANDED to the Bankruptcy Court for further proceedings consistent with this Opinion.”

Tayfur v. Swepi LP
· 2014-07-07
Bankruptcy appeal (Mustafa Tayfur) Denied

“For the reasons that follow, the decision of the Bankruptcy Court will be affirmed.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The surviving 20-case metadata cohort consists entirely of terminated matters filed from September through December 2002. It is an archival slice rather than a career-wide caseload estimate.

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