Leslie A. Bowman
How Judge Bowman rules, drawn from 5 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Bowman no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Bowman
Leslie A. Bowman is a former United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Arizona. She joined the court in May 2012 and served in Tucson. A case was reassigned to another magistrate judge in May 2023 following her retirement.
How Judge Bowman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Toomey, Bowman recommended certifying a class challenging a public health plan's exclusion of gender reassignment surgery and appointing class counsel under Rule 23(g).
“GRANTING the plaintiff’s pending motion to certify this case as a class action pursuant”
In United States v. Mixon, she recommended consolidating three false-statement counts; the district judge adopted the recommendation and directed the government to elect one count or seek a superseding indictment.
“The Report and Recommendation (doc. 209) is accepted and adopted; Defendant's Motion to Consolidate Counts 8 through 10 (doc. 148) is GRANTED to the extent provided in this Order”
Cautions
In Elite Performance v. Echelon, she recommended denying remand after finding that the insurance bad-faith suit was not a direct action under the diversity statute; the district judge adopted her recommendation.
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 14) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Remand (Doc. 4) is denied.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“GRANTING the plaintiff’s pending motion to certify this case as a class action pursuant”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 14) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Remand (Doc. 4) is denied.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 21) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Under 28 U.S.C. 2254 (Doc. 1) is denied.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 302) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Aaron Abel Lizarraga is found to have violated Standard Conditions #2 and #10 of his Supervised Release.”
“The Report and Recommendation (doc. 209) is accepted and adopted; Defendant's Motion to Consolidate Counts 8 through 10 (doc. 148) is GRANTED to the extent provided in this Order”
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Bowman was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of September 30, 2022.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
A historical record
Judge Bowman 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.