David Dudley Dowd Jr.
Judge Dowd no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
Dowd noted the designation of a three-judge panel and deferred further scheduling until the judges could confer.
Dowd appointed a special master to assist with the remedial phase of jail-conditions litigation.
“That request is granted.”
After approval of a stipulated population order resolved the local jail problem, Dowd terminated the special master's appointment.
“Accordingly, Doc. No. 71 is granted in part and denied in part.”
Dowd analyzed whether an adult mandatory life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense could be reconsidered after later sentencing developments, but did not enter a separately stated disposition on the requested relief.
“For the reasons set forth above, defendant Youngstown’s motion for judgment as a matter of law is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants’ Objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Ruling are OVERRULED.”
On appellate remand, Dowd amended an earlier judgment to remove interest and entered the revised principal award.
“For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff Timothy R. Corman’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 22) is DENIED.”
“For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff Ravenna Road Management, Inc.’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED as follows:”
“For the reasons set forth above, plaintiffs’ motion to remand (Doc. No. 21) is denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The eighteen post-commission assigned cases form an archival slice rather than a complete caseload. Two older inherited cases were excluded from duration and case-mix calculations. Contract, benefits, civil-rights, fraud, labor, habeas, foreclosure, and other statutory matters were represented.
A historical record
Judge Dowd 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.