John D. Love
How Judge Love decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Much of his output is in the form of reports and recommendations on referred motions; a litigant who wants de novo review from the district judge must file timely, specific written objections, because unobjected-to recommendations are adopted on clear-error review and routinely become the court's opinion.
“On August 3, 2023, Judge Love issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that the Court deny the petition for a writ of habeas corpus ... No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time period for filing objections has passed.”
On routine case-management motions in cases he presides over he turns rulings around quickly -- agreed motions to extend deadlines and to submit a juror questionnaire were granted within one to three days of filing -- and he disposes of pretrial motions in limine as moot at the final pretrial conference where they are no longer live.
“ORDER granting 14 Motion to Extend Deadline. The mediation deadline is extended until October 15, 2023.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, judicial economy warrants that the Defendants' Motions to Transfer to the Southern District of New York be DENIED.”
“Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment of Invalidity for Indefiniteness and Lack of Written Description is DENIED.”
“the above-entitled and numbered civil action was directly assigned to United States Magistrate Judge John D. Love, who subsequently issued a Report and Recommendation that Plaintiff's action be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute and failure to obey an order. ... IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the above-entitled and numbered cause of action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“On April 29, 2020, Judge Love issued a Report, (Dkt. #18), recommending that Movant's section 2255 motion be denied, the civil case be dismissed, with prejudice, and that Movant be denied a certificate of appealability sua sponte. ... ORDERED that Movant's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his federal sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255 is DENIED and the above-styled civil action is DISMISSED, with prejudice.”
“ORDERED that the Defendant Officer Blair's motion to dismiss (docket no. 37) is GRANTED and the claims against Officer Blair are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.”
“On January 11, 2021, Judge Love issued a Report recommending that the Court dismiss the motion for failure to comply with a Court order. ... ORDERED that Thompson's motion to vacate or correct his federal sentence is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“ORDERED that Defendants' motion to dismiss, (Docket No. 24), is GRANTED, in part, and DENIED in part. Plaintiff's claims against Defendants Kempt and Meador are DISMISSED, with prejudice, for the failure to state a claim ... Finally, Plaintiff's claims against Defendant Thompson shall proceed before the Court.”
“ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Docket No. 5) as the opinion of the District Court. Petitioner's petition for habeas corpus is hereby DISMISSED with prejudice as frivolous.”
“ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (Docket No. 29) as the findings of this Court. This petition for habeas corpus is hereby DENIED and this action is DISMISSED without prejudice. The Court DENIES a certificate of appealability.”
“the Court DENIES Teradata's request to transfer this case to the Central District of California, but GRANTS Teradata's alternative request to transfer this case to the Northern District of California.”
“the Court finds that the proper construction of 'data flow control protocol,' 'network flow control protocol' and 'network data flow control protocol' is 'rules or conventions for managing the flow of data between devices in a network.'”
“Having considered the parties' submissions, the Court GRANTS Defendants' motion. The Court ORDERS Plaintiff to answer Interrogatory No. 5 by December 16, 2009, in accordance with this Order.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Love's directly assigned and consent docket includes prisoner civil-rights and habeas matters, Social Security appeals, civil-forfeiture actions, and civil cases tried by consent. His broader referral work is not represented in that assignment slice. His Tyler Division work has also included patent claim-construction, expert-evidence, and dispositive motions.
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