Beth Deere
How Judge Deere rules, drawn from 6 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Deere
Beth Deere has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas since January 2007. Her chambers are in Little Rock.
Judge Deere's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Deere's own (checked October 11, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026).
How Judge Deere decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In one prisoner civil-rights case, the court required evidence connecting each defendant personally to the asserted violation before allowing the claims to proceed.
“Mr. Thomas has failed to come forward with evidence that would create any genuine issue of material fact as to whether either Defendant personally violated his constitutional rights.”
In one disability appeal, the court remanded after the administrative decision failed to account for a condition that could affect employability.
“The case must be remanded because the ALJ erred by failing to account for Mr. Bolt’s incontinence.”
Cautions
In Jackson's prisoner medical care case, Deere focused on whether defendants' treatment during the relevant period reached the level of a constitutional violation, rather than their motivation for later treatment decisions.
“The issue here is whether Defendants’ treatment of Mr. Jackson’s knee problems during the relevant time rose to the high level of a constitutional violation, not the motivation of their subsequent treatment decisions.”
In one prisoner retaliation case, the recommendation turned on the absence of evidence that the defendants knew about the earlier lawsuit. The district judge adopted the recommendation and entered judgment for the defendants.
“He has not offered any evidence, however, to show that any of these Defendants knew of his previous lawsuit.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (#33) is GRANTED.”
“Mr. Jackson’s motion for summary judgment (#39) is DENIED.”
“This case is hereby remanded with instructions”
“Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Doc. No. 17) is GRANTED.”
“Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Doc. No. 57) be GRANTED”
“Defendants’ motions for summary judgment (Doc. Nos. 49, 58) be GRANTED”
“Mr. Robinson’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. No. 53) should be DENIED, as moot.”
“Defendant Hall’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. No. 59) is GRANTED.”
“pending motions (Doc. Nos. 64, 68) are DENIED, as moot.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled matters were selected for readable signed dispositions. Their mix and durations do not estimate the judge's full caseload.
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 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 0 |
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.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, not for Judge Deere: median time from filing to disposition of the civil cases the court closed in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, as reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
| Cases | Median time | |
|---|---|---|
| All civil cases closed | 726 | 10.4 months |
| Closed with no court action | 373 | 12.7 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 338 | 7.9 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 2 | not reported |
| Closed during trial | 13 | 30.9 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 726 | 10.4 months |
| Sep 2024 | 787 | 10.1 months |
| Sep 2023 | 995 | 12.4 months |
| Sep 2022 | 894 | 12.7 months |
| Sep 2021 | 845 | 11.2 months |
| Sep 2020 | 848 | 10.9 months |
| Sep 2019 | 878 | 10.5 months |
The table leaves out prisoner petitions, land condemnations, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments, and reports no median for fewer than 10 cases. A district that closed a large multidistrict litigation in the period shows very large counts and long medians for that year. Source: Table C-5, U.S. District Courts (spreadsheet).
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