Sherri Allen Lydon

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina district Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican) 20 signed orders read

How Judge Lydon decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Procedural preferences

When no party objects to a magistrate judge's recommendation, Lydon reviews the record for clear error before adopting it.

“After a thorough review of the Report, the applicable law, and the record of this case in accordance with the above standard, the Court finds no clear error, adopts the Report, and incorporates the Report by reference herein.”

Signed rulings

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

Hicklin v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
· 2020-03-16
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant State Farm Fire and Casualtys Motion for Summary Judgment [30] is GRANTED in its entirety. ... the court finds that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact, and State Farm is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on all claims.”

Red Bluff Trade Center, LLC v. Horry County
· 2020-04-15
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“The Court GRANTS, in part, Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 40) and Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 39).”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part
Buckmon v. Brown
· 2020-06-08
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 70, is GRANTED, Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 59, is DENIED, and this case is DISMISSED with prejudice.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied
Sweeper v. Dozier
· 2022-01-21
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“After a de novo review of each part of the Report to which Petitioner specifically objected, the Court hereby adopts the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 51. For the reasons discussed above and in the Report, Defendants' motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 44, is GRANTED.”

Sweeper v. Dozier
· 2022-06-02
Motion for reconsideration (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff fails to show that the court's Order contains clear error of law or manifest injustice, or that he is otherwise entitled to relief under Rule 59(e). Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion to reconsider, ECF No. 57, is DENIED.”

Hill v. Knight
· 2021-11-30
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, the court adopts the Report, ECF No. 32, in its entirety and incorporates it herein. Therefore, it is the judgment of this court that Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 14, is GRANTED.”

Lester v. Knight
· 2021-11-30
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, the court adopts the Report, ECF No. 16, in its entirety and incorporates it herein. Therefore, it is the judgment of this court that Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 12, is GRANTED.”

Lee v. Olsten Staffing Services Corporation
· 2020-08-14
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant Olsten's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 45, is GRANTED, and Defendant Honda's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 44, is GRANTED except as to the issue of whether Honda and Olsten were joint employers of Plaintiff.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant Olsten's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 45, is GRANTED, and Defendant Honda's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 44, is GRANTED except as to the issue of whether Honda and Honda were joint employers of Plaintiff.”

Nationstar Mortgage LLC v. Gore
· 2020-04-08
Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“It is therefore ORDERED that Plaintiff Nationstar Mortgage LLC's motion for default judgment is GRANTED, and the Clerk of Court is directed to enter default judgment against Defendant Barbara J. Gore in the amount of Three Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Nine and 45/100 ($343,599.45) Dollars.”

Greene v. Warden, Kershaw Correctional Institution
· 2020-02-20
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“The Report [ECF No. 26] is accepted, adopted in its entirety, and is incorporated herein. Therefore, it is the judgment of this Court that Respondent's motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 18] is GRANTED in its ENTIRETY, and the petition [ECF No. 1] is DISMISSED without an evidentiary hearing.”

Norton v. General Motors LLC
· 2020-07-23
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 65] is GRANTED, and Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 85] is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied
Feaster v. Stirling
· 2020-02-24
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 106, is GRANTED and this case is DISMISSED with prejudice.”

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