Mark L. Carman
Judge Carman no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Carman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Grants an officer's motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity where the plaintiff cannot identify clearly established law that the conduct violated.
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Eric Norris is entitled to qualified immunity concerning all the claims against him in this matter. For that reason, the Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF Doc. 23] is GRANTED. This matter is HEREBY dismissed with prejudice.”
Procedural preferences
On discovery, grants a motion to quash and for a protective order in part, protecting privileged attorney communications.
“ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANT ALBANY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS' AND ALBANY COUNTY JOHN DOES I-X's MOTION TO QUASH AND MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER ... their communications with attorneys working on behalf of Defendants shall not be produced and are subject to protection ... However, Mr. DuBay and Mr. Daigle must disclose any audio or video relevant to the event in question that was produced to them.”
Cautions
Denies a defendant's motion to suppress.
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Suppress is DENIED.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANT ALBANY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS' AND ALBANY COUNTY JOHN DOES I-X's MOTION TO QUASH AND MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER ... their communications with attorneys working on behalf of Defendants shall not be produced and are subject to protection ... However, Mr. DuBay and Mr. Daigle must disclose any audio or video relevant to the event in question that was produced to them.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Eric Norris is entitled to qualified immunity concerning all the claims against him in this matter. For that reason, the Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF Doc. 23] is GRANTED. This matter is HEREBY dismissed with prejudice.”
“Defendant made a motion to dismiss some Counts during the trial which was taken under advisement. That motion is hereby DENIED for the reasons set forth in this order.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Suppress is DENIED.”
“For each of the foregoing reasons, the court RECOMMENDS denying the motion to amend.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Carman's portfolio has three buckets: (1) Yellowstone National Park petty-offense criminal cases ('-po-' dockets) where he was judge of record; (2) 636(c)-consent civil cases he handled to final judgment (insurance, ADA employment, personal injury); (3) annual 'Special Events (Magistrate Judge Carman)' miscellaneous administrative dockets. Durations run from filing to termination.
A historical record
Judge Carman no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.