Andrew Lynn Brasher
How Judge Brasher rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Brasher left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Brasher
Andrew Lynn Brasher was a judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Judge Brasher received a commission on May 3, 2019. Judge Brasher left the court on June 30, 2020 on appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
How Judge Brasher decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Brasher treated multiple structural similarities to a transaction identified in tax guidance as sufficient even though the arrangement was not identical in every respect.
“Although the transactions at issue here may not be identical to those the IRS has proscribed, there is no genuine dispute that they are ‘substantially similar’ in multiple material factors.”
Cautions
A party invoking diversity jurisdiction must establish complete diversity; shared state citizenship required dismissal without prejudice in the reviewed motor-vehicle case.
“The Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject-matter Jurisdiction is GRANTED. (Doc. 23). Defendant GEICO’s motion for Extension of Time to opt out (Doc. 22) is DENIED as moot. This suit is DISMISSED without prejudice for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“1. The United States' motion for summary judgment (Doc. 45) is GRANTED .”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 176 days (N = 2).
The fixed-seed sample contains prisoner civil-rights matters, product-liability and motor-vehicle suits, contract and insurance disputes, a bankruptcy appeal, a forfeiture case, and another civil-rights action. All fifteen are terminated; this small early-tenure sample is descriptive only.
Pending matters in the official report
Reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Civil Justice Reform Act, as of March 31, 2026.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 7 | 1 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 2 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
A historical record
Judge Brasher left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.