Myron L. Gordon
How Judge Gordon decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Gordon required summary-judgment opponents to support allegations with evidence in the record.
“The plaintiff was obliged to submit evidence to support his allegations in order to survive summary judgment.”
Gordon treated the proportional limits of discovery as part of the court's case-specific discretion.
“A district court has ‘significant discretion’ in resolving a motion to compel.”
Procedural preferences
Gordon enforced discovery limits and expected parties to seek leave before exceeding them.
“Thus, the arguments presently advanced by the plaintiff would have been more appropriately raised in a motion seeking leave to file additional interrogatories.”
Gordon allowed arbitration stays but imposed limits when the parties made no progress.
“it does not contemplate that the court must tolerate an endless delay in addressing a resolution of the action.”
Cautions
Gordon expected proposed intervenors to act promptly when a case was approaching trial.
“Heritage does not explain why it waited five months after learning of this action to file a motion to intervene.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the defendant’s motion for summary judgment be and hereby is granted, with costs.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the defendant’s motion for summary judgment be and hereby is granted.”
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the defendant’s motion to dismiss counts I, II and V of the plaintiffs complaint be and hereby is denied.”
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the defendant’s motion to enlarge her time to respond to the motion to remand be and hereby is granted.”
“Accordingly, the plaintiffs motion to remand will be granted.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the plaintiffs request for attorney’s fees be and hereby is denied.”
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that Aetna’s motion to compel answers to interrogatories be and hereby is denied, with costs, as provided under Rule 37(a)(4)(B), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the defendants’ motion for partial judgment on the pleadings be and hereby is granted and that the plaintiffs’ second state law claim be and hereby is dismissed.”
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that defendant Niagara’s motion to stay this action pending arbitration be and hereby is granted.”
“Therefore, the plaintiffs motion to amend the judgment under Rule 60(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, be and hereby is denied.”
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that Mr. Griffin’s ‘motion for reconsideration’ be and hereby is denied.”
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that Mr. Brownson’s application for a certificate of probable cause be and hereby is denied.”
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that Pabst’s motion to enforce surety’s liability under Rule 65.1, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, be and hereby is held in abeyance pending a decision by the court of appeals for the seventh circuit in connection with Mr. Corrao’s pending appeal.”
“Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that Mr. Griffin’s current ‘Motion Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence By a Person In Federal Custody’ be and hereby is denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The historical docket index returned twenty assigned cases, all terminated. Eleven lacked a coded nature of suit; the coded subset included civil rights, foreclosure, veterans-benefit recovery, contract, and bankruptcy matters. Four checked timelines retained no entries, while a fifth had a mismatched entry stream and was excluded, so no motion-timing summary is available.
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