Shiva V. Hodges

How Judge Hodges rules, drawn from 3 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Position
magistrate
Commissioned
2010-04-01
Signed orders read
3

How Judge Hodges decides

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

What persuades

On employment-discrimination summary-judgment motions Hodges recommends granting the defendant's motion where the plaintiff fails to establish a prima facie case or to show the employer's stated reasons were pretextual.

“the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation in which she recommended that the court grant Defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismiss Plaintiffs case.”

Cautions

She recommends granting a Rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction where the plaintiff cannot establish it.

“the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation in which she recommended that the court grant Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss. ... the court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss.”

Signed rulings

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

Hemphill v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
· 2013-09-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation in which she recommended that the court grant Defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismiss Plaintiffs case.”

Giraldo v. City of Columbia
· 2014-09-18
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“The Magistrate Judge recommended that this court grant Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment.”

Eghbali v. Department of Energy at Savannah River National Lab
· 2015-03-02
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation in which she recommended that the court grant Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss. ... the court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss.”

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