Aaron Christian Peterson
How Judge Peterson rules, drawn from 13 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Peterson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On a request for a temporary restraining order he denies relief where the movant has not shown irreparable harm.
“the request for a TRO is DENIED ... the Plaintiff has not proved irreparable harm at this stage.”
Cautions
He examines his own subject-matter jurisdiction first and dismisses without prejudice where federal jurisdiction is lacking.
“the motion to dismiss filed by Defendant Contango Ore, Inc. is GRANTED because the Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over the complaint. ... The complaint is thus DISMISSED without prejudice for lack of federal jurisdiction.”
On a post-verdict judgment-of-acquittal motion, he views the evidence in the prosecution's favor and leaves witness credibility and evidentiary conflicts to the jury.
“It is not the district court’s function to determine witness credibility when ruling on a Rule 29 motion.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Each above captioned action is DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to prosecute.”
“This action is DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“All pending motions are DENIED as moot.”
“the motion to dismiss filed by Defendant Contango Ore, Inc. is GRANTED because the Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over the complaint. ... The complaint is thus DISMISSED without prejudice for lack of federal jurisdiction.”
“The remaining motions to dismiss at Dockets 11 and 20 are DENIED as moot.”
“Plaintiff's motion for a court-appointed attorney at Docket 3 is DENIED.”
“his requests at Dockets 16 and 17 are DENIED.”
“Plaintiff's application to proceed without prepaying the Court's filing fee is GRANTED.”
“The motion for summary judgment is therefore GRANTED. ... Officer Mooney's motion for summary judgment at Docket 22 is GRANTED.”
“the request for a TRO is DENIED ... the Plaintiff has not proved irreparable harm at this stage.”
“the Defendant's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. ... For the above stated reasons, summary judgment is GRANTED in favor of Defendant.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Remand at Docket 10 is DENIED. ... However, given Plaintiff's self-represented status and the strong presumption against removal jurisdiction, this denial is without prejudice.”
“the Court finds that Hampton has not met the standard for awarding sanctions. The Motion is therefore DENIED.”
The court dismissed a prisoner's civil-rights complaint at screening because appointed defense attorneys were not state actors, the pleading could not be used to challenge the criminal case, and the asserted conspiracy was conclusory. Amendment was deemed futile, the dismissal counted as a statutory strike, and unidentified pending motions were denied as moot.
“Judge Reardon reviewed these arguments and issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that the recusal motion be denied.”
“As such, Seabrease’s motion for a judgment of acquittal is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
- A sample of Judge Peterson's docket drawn from the public federal docket record.
- Because he joined the court in February 2026 to fill a seat that had been vacant for more than four years, his caseload combines a small number of cases filed since his appointment with older cases, some dating back to 2019, that were reassigned to him from other judges once he took the bench.
- His docket to date includes federal and state habeas petitions, employment-discrimination and other civil-rights claims, prisoner suits, a civil forfeiture action, personal-injury and insurance removals, an immigration naturalization petition, and a federal criminal calendar, including two inherited prosecutions he carried through to sentencing shortly after they were reassigned to him.
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