Megan Blair Benton
How Judge Benton decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Cautions
After de novo review, denies a criminal defendant's motion to suppress evidence and overrules the objections, adopting the magistrate's report and recommendation.
“It is further ORDERED that Defendant's motion to suppress evidence (Doc. 18) is DENIED for the reasons set forth in the Report and Recommendation.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“It is further ORDERED that Defendant's motion to suppress evidence (Doc. 18) is DENIED for the reasons set forth in the Report and Recommendation.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 22 days (N = 15).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 18 days (N = 24).
Because Benton joined the court in February 2026, most of her cases remain pending. The sampled docket is dominated by alien-detainee habeas petitions, with a growing mix of civil-rights, contract, diversity, prisoner, and criminal matters.
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