Brian Theadore Stewart
How Judge Stewart decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A complaint needed factual substance beyond labels and a formulaic recitation of the elements.
“A pleading that offers ‘labels and conclusions’ or ‘a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not do.’”
A party opposing summary judgment had to identify and explain its evidence; the court would not construct the argument from the record.
“The Court will not sift through the evidence to make arguments on IPC’s behalf.”
Procedural preferences
Arguments first raised on reconsideration were not considered when they could have been presented in opposition to the original motion.
“The Court will similarly decline to consider this argument as one that Plaintiff failed to raise in opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion for Attorney Fees (Docket No. 224) is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Count IV of the Indictment (Docket No. 147) is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Docket No. 28) is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 20) is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that the government’s Motion for Reconsideration (Docket No. 352) is DENIED, subject to the conditions described above.”
“ORDERED that the Government’s Motion for Summary Judgment Against Funds Seized from Home Savings Bank Account # (Redacted) 8618 in the Name of Paul Gotay of at least $381,000 (Docket No. 163) is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that the Government’s Motion to Strike the Claim of American First Builders (Docket No. 161) is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that Defendant St. Jude’s Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 8) is granted.”
“ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction (Docket No. 13) is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Suppress (Docket No. 42) is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike the Second Through Fifth Affirmative Defenses Asserted in Defendants’ Answer (Docket No. 67) is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 69) is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion to Stay Proceedings (Docket No. 47) is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that Plaintiffs Rule 54(b) Motion to Revise this Court’s Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 45) is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion to Amend Scheduling Order (Docket No. 56) is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that Doubletap’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 18) is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that Hornady’s Motion to Stay (Docket No. 28) is DENIED AS MOOT.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 357 days (N = 20).
The bounded enumeration contains 20 terminated cases filed in January and February 2009. It is a historical slice, not a career-wide caseload profile.
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