Abdul Karim Kallon
Judge Kallon no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Kallon decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He treated concrete evidentiary disputes about decision-making and stated reasons as trial issues rather than resolving them on summary judgment.
“Genuine issues of material fact remain in the case”
He treated workplace-safety judgments tied to an employee’s ability to perform heavy labor as legitimate job-related criteria when supported by medical evidence.
“Whether an employee can safely execute his duties is clearly job-related criteria and consistent with business necessity.”
Procedural preferences
At the pleading stage, he confined review to the complaint and properly incorporated documents rather than outside factual material.
“On a motion to dismiss, the court must confine its review to the pleadings and documents attached thereto.”
His pretrial instructions favored focused joint submissions that narrow disputed issues and give jurors useful context.
“Pretrial orders should be simple, short, and informative.”
Cautions
He required parties invoking diversity jurisdiction with indeterminate damages to prove the amount in controversy rather than rely on the complaint’s silence.
“the party seeking to invoke federal jurisdiction bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the claim on which it is basing jurisdiction meets the jurisdictional minimum”
He required evidence linking protected activity to the challenged employment decision rather than temporal speculation alone.
“there is no causal connection between Doxie’s protected activity and the adverse employment action”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons stated above, Defendant’s motion to dismiss is DENIED.”
“the court DENIES Defendant’s motion for summary judgment”
“the court GRANTS Plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment with respect to several of Defendant’s affirmative defenses.”
“GAIC’s motion for summary judgment is DENIED.”
“BLH’s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED, in part.”
“Ingram’s motion for summary judgment, (doc. 58), is GRANTED.”
“Ingram’s motions to strike, (docs. 66 and 73), are DENIED.”
“the court GRANTS, in part, Defendant’s motion for decertification.”
“the court DENIES the parties’ respective motions to strike”
“The Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED with respect to Leahey’s state law claims, Counts II and III of the Amended Complaint.”
“JWEMC’s motion to dismiss, doc. 11, is GRANTED with respect to the claims based on JWEMC’s alleged failure to issue patronage refunds or reduce rates, and those claims are accordingly DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“the TVA’s motion to dismiss,-doc. 11, is GRANTED, and this matter is DISMISSED without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”
“The court also has for consideration the Defendant’s Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages, doc. 18, which is GRANTED.”
“Brown’s and Carman’s motions to dismiss, docs. 2 and 9, are GRANTED.”
“Defendants’ Motion to Withdraw the Reference, doc. 1, is due to be denied without prejudice.”
“LVNV’s Motion to Withdraw the Reference, doc. 1, is due to be denied without prejudice.”
“McBride and TVA’s motion is due to be GRANTED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 206.5 days (N = 20).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 6 days (N = 5).
The 20 located assigned cases were all later terminated and included employment, prisoner, contract, civil-rights, labor, personal-injury, fraud, trademark, Social Security, securities, and other statutory matters. This narrow archival slice does not establish the distribution of Judge Kallon’s full caseload.
A historical record
Judge Kallon 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.