Ivan D. Davis
How Judge Davis decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On a Social Security appeal he applies the deferential substantial-evidence standard and will affirm the agency where the ALJ's decision is supported and the proper legal standard applied, rather than reweighing the evidence.
“the Administrative Law Judge's decision is supported by substantial evidence and applies the proper legal standard.”
Procedural preferences
He declines to grant relief that gets ahead of the case's posture: where discovery has not begun and no scheduling order has issued, he denies an evidence-preservation status conference as premature, unwilling to act on speculation.
“the Motion is DENIED as premature. Discovery has not commenced in this matter, nor has this Court issued a scheduling order. Accordingly, a status conference regarding the preservation of potentially relevant evidence and Defendants' future discovery obligations is premature. Such an order from the Court would be based upon information that is speculative at best and irrelevant at worst.”
He reads a magistrate's jurisdiction narrowly on a freestanding, non-merits motion: a party that has already complied with an administrative subpoena cannot invoke the court through a standalone motion to compel return of documents absent subject-matter jurisdiction and a cause of action.
“there is no subject matter jurisdiction to hear the request and no cause of action upon which to compel the Drug Enforcement Administration to return documents.”
Cautions
The reasoning evidence covers four motions in two attributed orders from 2012 through 2014, with two additional signed orders from 2024 and 2025. This small set does not establish a grant rate or merits tendency. Judge Davis also handles criminal-duty matters, referred discovery, and consent cases that are not represented in the published-opinion set.
“the Motion is DENIED as premature.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court affirms Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis' Order denying Walgreens' Motion to Compel the Return of Privileged Material. ... In Judge Davis' Order, the court found that 'there is no subject matter jurisdiction to hear the request and no cause of action upon which to compel the Drug Enforcement Administration to return documents.'”
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 19) is GRANTED ... Accordingly, the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration decision to deny Social Security supplemental income is AFFIRMED.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 12) is DENIED”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Remand (Doc. 13) is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No counted nature-of-suit distribution; the list above is the observed mix from the referral enumeration. Durations are the terminated civil cases in that set.
Put Judge Davis's record to work
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