Luke A. Evans
How Judge Evans decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On a Rule 12(b)(6) motion against a pro se complaint he recommends dismissal for group-pleading failure and non-response under LR 7.01, but expressly declines dismissal with prejudice; a pleading deficiency at that stage warrants only a without-prejudice dismissal.
“IT IS RECOMMENDED that the Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 8) be GRANTED and Plaintiff's complaint be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
Procedural preferences
Attentive to the 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(A) limit on a magistrate's authority over dispositive motions; where a trial has been postponed he denies competing exclusion and voluntary-dismissal motions and resets the discovery schedule rather than forcing a premature disposition.
“Accordingly, the Court denies both pending motions. (Doc. Nos. 26, 30.)”
Cautions
Declines to dismiss for discovery misconduct where the parties never met and conferred as Rule 37 and the local rules require and the movant sat on its accusations across multiple joint status reports.
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court recommends that CSX's motion to dismiss (Doc. No. 196) be denied.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, the Court denies both pending motions. (Doc. Nos. 26, 30.)”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court recommends that CSX's motion to dismiss (Doc. No. 196) be denied.”
“IT IS RECOMMENDED that the Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 8) be GRANTED and Plaintiff's complaint be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“the Court ADOPTS the R&R (Doc. No. 65) in its entirety. Carson's motion to dismiss (Doc. No. 18) is GRANTED. The cruel and unusual punishment claim against Carson is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“Amazon's motion to dismiss (Doc. No. 36) but without prejudice to filing an appropriate motion, if desired, under Rule 12(c).”
“the Court GRANTS Mohammadi's alternative request for leave to amend (Doc. No. 39).”
“the pending motion for summary judgment (Doc. No. 95) but WITHOUT PREJUDICE to renewal after the close of discovery.”
“the Court respectfully recommends granting defendants' motions for summary judgment (Doc. Nos. 103, 106, 109, 112).”
“Plaintiff's motion for spoliation sanctions (Doc. No. 68) is DENIED.”
“the Magistrate Judge RECOMMENDS that Plaintiff Pamela Robinson's motion for judgment on the administrative record (Doc. No. 9) be DENIED and the Commissioner's final disability decision be AFFIRMED.”
“the Magistrate Judge RECOMMENDS that Defendants' motion to dismiss (Doc. No. 28) should be GRANTED and Coleman's amended complaint (Doc. No. 27) should be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“Harpole's motion (Doc. No. 13) is GRANTED.”
“the Magistrate Judge RECOMMENDS that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim (Doc. No. 23) be DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Evans took the bench in early 2026. He issues recommendations on referred dispositive motions, decides consent Social Security appeals, and manages removed civil cases. His directly assigned cases were filed in 2026 and remain pending, so duration data is not yet available.
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