Judge Joseph Dawson III

Judge Joseph Dawson III (D. South Carolina) has 81 assigned dockets in the Repleader record, filed to , 78 still open. Activity, not outcomes.

Data through . Dockets come from the CourtListener bulk snapshot of , complete through , plus newer dockets from court feeds.

Assigned dockets
81

Filed to

Last 90 days
24

Filed in the 90 days to

Open (estimate)
78

No termination date in the record

Terminated
3

With a termination date

Dockets assigned per month

Measured: dockets in the record assigned to this judge each month by filing date, stacked by case group.

Dockets assigned to Judge Joseph Dawson III per month
Dockets assigned to Judge Joseph Dawson III per monthDockets assigned each month by filing date, stacked by case group; hatched months are estimates025810Nov 2025Feb 2026May 2026Aug 2026Nov 2026Dockets assigned to Judge Joseph Dawson III per monthDockets assigned each month by filing date, stacked by case group; hatched months are estimates025810Nov 2025Mar 2026Jul 2026Nov 2026
Show the numbers
Dockets assigned to Judge Joseph Dawson III per month. Source: CourtListener bulk dockets. Hatched months are estimates (projection-1.0, method).
MonthOther statutesTortsObservedEstimate (pace and trend)
134
336
224
437
448
404
527
549
2357
5499
731010
7
7

Hatched months are estimates: the snapshot reads low for its newest months and later months come only from court feeds; the table shows what was observed. Source: CourtListener bulk dockets.

Pace and shares

Each figure with n, the cases behind it, beside the district figure. Under 20 cases a rate is too few to rate.

MeasureThis judgenD. South CarolinanData
Median days to first order no data0 no data0
Median days to scheduling order no data0
Median days to first dispositive ruling no data0
Median days to termination too few to rate3 too few to rate19 JSON
Share ended within 90 days 3.5%57 JSON
Share ended within 180 days 7.9%38 1.4%792 JSON
Share ended within 365 days no data0
Jury demand share 84.0%81 94.6%1,084 JSON
Removal share 29.6%81 11.9%1,084 JSON
Class action share 0.0%81 0.5%1,091 JSON

Days to an order count only dockets whose numbered entries are all held from the first through that order, so the first order is known. Sources: CourtListener docket entries; methods on the registry.

Caseload by case type

Assigned dockets by nature-of-suit code, with the open count.

Case typeGroupDocketsOpenShare
360 Other Personal Injury Torts 24 24 29.6%
890 Other Statutory Actions Other statutes 24 24 29.6%
480 Consumer Credit Other statutes 13 13 16.0%
485 Telephone Consumer Protection Act Other statutes 9 6 11.1%
365 Personal Injury - Product Liability Torts 6 6 7.4%
355 Motor Vehicle Product Liability Torts 2 2 2.5%
370 Other Fraud Torts 2 2 2.5%
371 Truth in Lending Torts 1 1 1.2%

Codes from the JS 44 civil cover sheet. Counts cover the case types this site tracks, not every case on the judge's docket.

Recent matters

The newest dockets assigned to this judge, each linked to its record.

FiledDocketCaseCourtStatus
4:26-cv-04320 Individual plaintiff v. Circle K Stores, Inc. D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-04271 Individual plaintiff v. Towers on the Grove Homeowners Association of North Myrtle Beach Inc D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-04112 Carraway v. LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. D. South Carolina Open
2:26-cv-04097 Fowler v. American Honda Finance Corporation D. South Carolina Open
2:26-cv-04022 Fowler v. Navy Federal Credit Union D. South Carolina Open
2:26-cv-03970 Fowler v. Equifax Information Services, LLC D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03889 Fore v. TransUnion LLC D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03895 Fore v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03844 Fore v. Equifax Information Services, LLC D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03809 Individual plaintiff v. Harris Teeter, LLC D. South Carolina Open
2:26-cv-03685 Connor v. CWPVA, Inc. D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03680 Woodward v. Barclays Bank Delaware D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03667 Individual plaintiff v. Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Inc. D. South Carolina Open
2:26-cv-03627 Connor v. 33 Mile Radius LLC D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03595 Individual plaintiff v. Golden Zeta Industrial Co., Ltd. D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03505 Individual plaintiff v. Waffle House, Inc D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03470 Individual plaintiff v. PGP Hartsville 1, LLC D. South Carolina Open
2:26-cv-03384 Fowler v. Trans Union, LLC D. South Carolina Open
2:26-cv-03278 Connor v. Leads Edge, LLC D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03160 Individual plaintiff v. Walmart Inc. D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03109 Smith v. Waypoint Resource Group, LLC D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-03092 Individual plaintiff v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-02725 Fowler v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-02696 Individual plaintiff v. Galloway D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-02583 Individual plaintiff v. Sunbeam Products Inc D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-02453 McInnis v. LVNV Funding LLC D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-02443 McInnis v. Equifax Information Services, LLC D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-02342 Individual plaintiff v. The Kroger Co. D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-02273 Kerr v. Allied Van Lines, Inc. D. South Carolina Open
4:26-cv-02264 Individual plaintiff v. Nissan Motor Corporation D. South Carolina Open

Recent rulings

Court-issued docket entries on this judge's dockets, classified from the entry text.

None yet: Repleader holds docket entries for recent days only, and none on these dockets is a classified order.

Federal Judicial Center record

Court
U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Appointed by
Donald J. Trump
Commissioned

Linked by name and court to the FJC Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges.

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