Beverly Stites Jones
How Judge Jones rules, drawn from 28 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Jones no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Jones
Beverly Stites Jones served as a U.S. magistrate judge for the Western District of Arkansas until her retirement in the 2000s. She handled Social Security appeals by consent and issued reports and recommendations in referred civil matters. She earned her law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1981.
How Judge Jones decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Weeks, after a Social Security claimant obtained a sentence-four remand, she recommended an award of Equal Access to Justice Act fees.
“we recommend awarding plaintiff's attorney fees and costs under EAJA in the amount of $1,399.51.”
In Barnes, Jones enforced a signed housing-agency conciliation release after finding it covered the same allegations and had been entered knowingly and voluntarily. She then left any state claims to state court.
“We believe the release was entered into voluntarily and knowingly and that it bars Barnes from bringing the present lawsuit.”
Cautions
She gives the standard 10-day window for specific written objections and warns that only timely, specific objections trigger de novo district-court review; vague or late objections waive appeal of fact questions.
“The parties are reminded that objections must be both timely and specific to trigger de novo review by the district court.”
In Fenner, she found that self-representation and lack of legal knowledge did not justify extending the habeas filing deadline.
“pro se status and lack of legal knowledge, factors which are inadequate to warrant equitable tolling.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“we recommend awarding plaintiff's attorney fees and costs under EAJA in the amount of $1,399.51.”
“we recommend awarding plaintiff's attorney fees and costs under EAJA in the amount of $4,212.45.”
“I recommend that the motion for attorney fees be denied.”
“The motion to stay discovery (Doc. 72) is denied.”
“recommend that the denial of benefits to plaintiff be reversed and this matter remanded to the Commissioner for further consideration pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).”
“Bader’s § 2254 petition is barred by limitations and should be dismissed with prejudice.”
“I recommend that this action be dismissed with prejudice on the ground it is barred by the one-year statute of limitations of the AEDPA.”
“we hereby reverse the decision of the ALJ and remand this case for further consideration pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).”
“we hereby reverse the decision of the Commissioner and remand this case for further consideration pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).”
“we remand this case to the Commissioner for consideration of additional evidence pursuant to sentence six of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).”
“we hereby reverse the decision of the ALJ and remand this case for further consideration pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The three sampled dockets comprise one prisoner civil rights matter and two Social Security fee matters. This small availability sample cannot establish a caseload mix.
A historical record
Judge Jones no longer sits on this court. 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.