Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo
Judge Fernandez-Badillo no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Fernandez-Badillo decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He treated later medical evidence showing a materially worsened condition as good cause to return a disability claim for a fuller administrative record.
“The motion to remand to the Secretary for the taking of additional testimony and evidence is granted.”
He applied Puerto Rico's limitations-tolling rule when the practical service requirements for a nonresident had not been satisfied.
“Therefore, the one-year statute of limitations was tolled and the action against co-defendant Champagne stands.”
Procedural preferences
He rejected summary-judgment motion practice in Social Security review and directed the parties to use the statute's record-review procedure.
“We have accordingly decided that since the procedure used is inadequate, the motions for summary judgment filed by both claimant and defendant must be denied.”
He assessed transfer requests through practical fairness and convenience rather than treating venue as jurisdictional.
“It is a well known principle that venue is a doctrine of convenience and not jurisdictional.”
Cautions
He resisted intervention that would introduce a separate priority dispute and delay adjudication of the existing foreclosure parties' rights.
“This Court believes that to grant intervention at this stage of the proceedings would unduly delay and prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Applicants’ Motion for Leave to Intervene dated June 17, 1971, is hereby denied and Counterclaim filed on said date must be dismissed.”
“It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the action herein be dismissed as to the United States Department of Agriculture and Farmers Home Administration.”
“Accordingly, this action must be and is hereby remanded to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare for the taking of evidence on the issue of plaintiff’s psychiatric disorder.”
“Accordingly, the motion to dismiss filed on May 25, 1970 is hereby denied and defendant Iberia is granted 10 days within which to answer the complaint.”
“Having held that a third party defendant does not have the right to remove, the Court hereby orders and decrees the immediate remand of this action to the court from whence it was improvidently removed.”
“We have accordingly decided that since the procedure used is inadequate, the motions for summary judgment filed by both claimant and defendant must be denied.”
“In view of the foregoing, the Motion is granted and the complaint is hereby dismissed.”
“Accordingly, it is now ordered that the motions of complainant union and of the Puerto Rico Labor Relations Board, be, and the same are hereby sustained and the cause is remanded to said agency as not properly removable to this Court.”
“Therefore, the petition for writ of habeas corpus should be and is hereby denied.”
“It is therefore ordered that the action be and it is hereby dismissed.”
“It is therefore ordered that the complaint be and it is hereby dismissed.”
“Therefore, the decision of the Secretary is supported by substantial evidence and is hereby affirmed, and the action is hereby dismissed.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No electronic case-level dockets assigned to Fernandez-Badillo were located for his historical tenure, so no caseload mix or duration claim is made.
A historical record
Judge Fernandez-Badillo 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.