Barry A. Bryant
How Judge Bryant decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
On consent Social Security appeals he sets a strict briefing schedule -- plaintiff must file a points-for-appeal brief within 30 days of the transcript or risk dismissal for failure to prosecute -- and routinely grants reasonable unopposed extensions.
“Plaintiff must file a brief within thirty (30) days of the date of the filing of the transcript. The brief must identify specific points for appeal. Plaintiff's failure to file a timely brief may result in dismissal for failure to prosecute.”
Cautions
Pro se plaintiffs who ignore a deficiency notice (no amended complaint, no filing fee/IFP motion, no prosecution) draw a prompt R&R recommending dismissal, which the district judges adopt; comply with his orders and deadlines.
“Based upon Plaintiff's failure to comply with a court order, this Court recommends that Plaintiff's case be DISMISSED.”
Motion outcomes
Counted from classified signed orders only. Percentages are shown only where the sample is large enough to be meaningful; smaller samples are reported as raw counts.
| Motion for attorney fees N = 1 |
Granted: 1 | counts only |
A "1 of 1" is one ruling, not a tendency. Treat small samples as illustrative, not predictive.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED IN ITS ENTIRETY. The Plaintiff's Motion (Doc. 22) is GRANTED, and the Court hereby orders that Plaintiff is entitled to compensation under the EAJA for 28.45 hours of legal work during 2020 and 2021 at an hourly rate of $203. The total award is therefore $5,775.35.”
Bryant's OWN signed R&R (the one order here he signed himself: '/s/ Barry A. Bryant, HON. BARRY A. BRYANT, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE'). Pro se prisoner complaint; recommends dismissal for failure to pay the filing fee or move for IFP after notice. Screening-type recommendation, not a party-motion ruling -- excluded from stats. Grounding quote: 'Based upon Plaintiff's failure to comply with a court order, this Court recommends that Plaintiff's case be DISMISSED.'
Bryant R&R (filed 2025-01-14) recommended dismissal without prejudice for failure to comply with the court's order to file an amended complaint; Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey adopted it in toto on clear-error review (2025-05-06). Screening/procedural -- excluded from stats. Grounding quote: 'Judge Bryant recommends that Plaintiff's Complaint (ECF No. 1) be dismissed without prejudice for failure to comply with the Court's Order to file an Amended Complaint. ... the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 7) in toto.'
Bryant R&R (filed 2025-07-10) recommended dismissal without prejudice for failure to comply with Local Rules/orders and failure to prosecute; Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey adopted it in toto (2025-08-05). Procedural -- excluded from stats. Grounding quote: 'Judge Bryant recommends that this case be dismissed without prejudice for failure to comply with the Court's Local Rules and orders and for failure to prosecute this case. ... the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 39) in toto.'
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
7 terminated consent SS appeals (2022-2025). Non-random sample. SS appeals routinely run ~5-12 months filing-to-termination because of the multi-stage briefing schedule (transcript -> plaintiff brief -> govt brief -> opinion).