Herman N. Johnson, Jr.
How Judge Johnson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
As a 636(c) consent judge he does meticulous limitations analysis anchored in the complaint's own statutory quotations, treating veil-piercing as a procedural remedy to reach a second party on an existing judgment rather than a standalone fraud claim, and denies a time-bar dismissal.
“In summary, both claims in Anantharaju's Complaint satisfy the statute of limitations. Accordingly, the court DENIES Defendants' motion to dismiss.”
Procedural preferences
On Social Security appeals he conducts a thorough claim-by-claim review of the ALJ's treating-physician weighting on the administrative record and affirms where the ALJ showed good cause for the weight given.
“the court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Johnson's Report and Recommendation (doc. 21) and finds that Gurley's Motion to Remand (doc. 17) is due to [be] DENIED.”
Cautions
On employment-discrimination summary judgment he grants in part and denies in part, letting specific Title VII retaliation and hostile-work-environment claims survive while dismissing the rest.
“Based on the foregoing analyses, the court will GRANT IN PART AND DENY IN PART the Agency's motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 44). Specifically, the court GRANTS the motion as to all claims EXCEPT Gregerson's Title VII retaliation claims based on (1) the May 16, 2018, verbal reprimand; (2) the November 27, 2018, written reprimand; (3) Gregerson's non-selection for the Thomasville, Georgia Operations Supervisor vacancy; and (4) the retaliatory hostile work environment claim.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“In summary, both claims in Anantharaju's Complaint satisfy the statute of limitations. Accordingly, the court DENIES Defendants' motion to dismiss.”
“the court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Johnson's Report and Recommendation (doc. 21) and finds that Gurley's Motion to Remand (doc. 17) is due to [be] DENIED.”
“recommending that the Court dismiss this action without prejudice for failure to prosecute. (Doc. 5). ... the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 5) should be ACCEPTED and hereby ADOPTS it ... The case is therefore DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the court AFFIRMS the Commissioner's decision. The court will enter a separate final judgment.”
“Based on the foregoing analyses, the court will GRANT IN PART AND DENY IN PART the Agency's motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 44). Specifically, the court GRANTS the motion as to all claims EXCEPT Gregerson's Title VII retaliation claims based on (1) the May 16, 2018, verbal reprimand; (2) the November 27, 2018, written reprimand; (3) Gregerson's non-selection for the Thomasville, Georgia Operations Supervisor vacancy; and (4) the retaliatory hostile work environment claim.”
“the court GRANTS summary judgment in favor of the IRS.”
“WILL DISMISS Plaintiff's claims WITH PREJUDICE because Plaintiff failed to timely file this action.”
“the court WILL GRANT Yorktown's motion to dismiss, and it WILL DISMISS all of Salmon's claims WITH PREJUDICE.”
Section 1915A screening recommendation to dismiss a pro se prisoner 1983 suit against a state judge on absolute judicial immunity and frivolity grounds: the undersigned Magistrate Judge RECOMMENDS the court DISMISS this action WITH PREJUDICE pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915A(b)(1) & (2).
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Judge Johnson's consent caseload includes consumer-protection and Social Security appeals, employment and civil-rights disputes, commercial matters, insurance, transportation, public-records claims, and a qui tam action. The available cases provide an illustrative rather than exhaustive mix.
Put Judge Johnson's record to work
Ezel drafts and answers grounded in this exact profile: how Judge Johnson actually rules, not a generic AI guess.
Opens in Ezel Pro. Every answer is grounded in Judge Johnson's own signed orders and cites them.