Jean Galloway Bissell
Judge Bissell no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Bissell decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Bissell treated a material mitigating circumstance as essential to a defensible penalty decision.
“failure to consider a significant mitigating circumstance constitutes an abuse of discretion.”
Procedural preferences
Bissell remanded when an administrative tribunal failed to address a factual question needed to decide timeliness.
“Whether Casey’s action during this twenty-one day period constituted due diligence on his part was not addressed by the Board.”
She required agencies to apply the governing statute rather than an inconsistent personnel directive.
“There is no evidence in the record before us that OPM followed these simple statutory requirements.”
Cautions
She required a party asserting procedural error to explain how the defect caused harm.
“Martin is required to demonstrate that the procedural error was harmful.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Not applicable to this circuit-court record.
A historical record
Judge Bissell 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.