Joyce Hens Green
Judge Green no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Green decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
She found a minimally supported affidavit enough to create a genuine dispute over an owner’s consent to illegal use of property.
“Claimant has met his burden, albeit minimally, and succeeded in raising a genuine dispute as to whether he consented to the use of defendant property for the facilitation of drug offenses.”
She gave substantial weight to newly available medical evidence that could alter a disability determination.
“It is clear that justice mandates that this additional evidence be considered and evaluated.”
Cautions
She declined to imply nationwide service authority from statutory language that did not expressly confer it.
“Congress did not expressly authorize nationwide service of process in 12 U.S.C. § 1818(n), and, in the absence of any legislative history to the contrary, this Court will not liberally interpret the term ‘power’ to imply such a grant of authority.”
She required plaintiffs asserting statutory property rights to connect their own use of the property to the protected interest.
“As the church’s pastor and a longtime member of the board of trustees, respectively, Mr. Hargraves and Ms. Cooper ‘hold’ the church property in the sense that word has been interpreted to convey under Section 1982.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, the Court grants summary judgment in favor of defendant and denies plaintiff’s motions for summary judgment and attorney fees.”
“For the same reasons given in the Court’s decision today in a related action filed by plaintiff, Texas Oil & Gas Corp. v. Andrus, 498 F.Supp. 668 (D.D.C. 1980), summary judgment appropriately can be entered in favor of defendant Andrus and against plaintiff.”
“For the reasons set forth below in this Memorandum Opinion, defendant’s motion is denied, and, while the Court finds the undisputed facts to weigh in favor of plaintiff, her motion also is denied, in light of Court’s remand of this case to defendant’s Administrative Law Judge.”
“ORDERED that defendants’ motion to dismiss shall be and hereby is granted in part and denied in part as set forth in this Order, and it is”
“FURTHER ORDERED, that plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction shall be and hereby is denied, and it is”
“ORDERED that defendants’ motion to dismiss this complaint for failure to state a claim is hereby granted.”
“For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants defendant’s motion and dismisses the case in its entirety.”
“For the reasons set forth below, defendant’s motion will be granted in part and denied in part.”
“ORDERED that WMATA’s motion to dismiss is granted, and this action be and it hereby is dismissed.”
“For the reasons stated below, defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted.”
“For the following reasons, plaintiff’s motion is denied.”
“For the following reasons, plaintiff’s motion is granted, defendant’s motion is denied, and this case is dismissed.”
“Having considered the arguments raised at oral argument and in the pleadings, and for the following reasons, defendant’s motion to dismiss shall be denied.”
A historical record
Judge Green 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.