Arianna Julia Freeman
How Judge Freeman rules, drawn from 40 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Freeman
Arianna Julia Freeman is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, Judge Freeman received a commission on October 20, 2022.
Judge Freeman's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Freeman'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 11, 2026).
- Third Circuit Motions Practice ↗
- Motions to Exceed the Page or Word Limitations ↗
- Motions for Extensions of Time and Clarification of L.A.R. 110 ↗
- Vacating Option B for Filing of an Appendix ↗
- Reduced Number of Copies of Briefs Required ↗
- Stays in Immigration Cases ↗
- Submission of Audio and Video Files ↗
How Judge Freeman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Enforces unambiguous statutory rights and express federal preemption even when state administration may become more demanding.
“We may not ignore Congress's unambiguous conferral of an individual right or its clear intent to preempt state law.”
In Hayes v. New Jersey Department of Human Services, she held that Hayes’s and her lawyer’s office manager’s sworn statements about nonreceipt of the mailed right-to-sue letter created a fact dispute on timeliness, requiring vacatur of summary judgment.
“They create a dispute of material fact sufficient to defeat summary judgment on timeliness.”
Procedural preferences
Treats jurisdictional dismissals as ordinarily without prejudice and modifies judgments that incorrectly reach the merits.
“Because the absence of standing leaves the court without subject matter jurisdiction to reach a decision on the merits, dismissals 'with prejudice' for lack of standing are generally improper.”
Expects a party that receives a clear pre-ruling warning about pleading deficiencies to seek leave to amend promptly rather than waiting for dismissal.
“a plaintiff who wishes to amend based on facts available to him shall seek leave to do so promptly after receiving the clear indication.”
In Qatanani, she held the immigration agency to the statutory process for rescinding lawful permanent resident status after the underlying grant became final.
“the BIA disregarded the import of the Congressional directive in 8 U.S.C. 1255(b) and attempted to end-run the LPR-rescission procedures Congress established in 8 U.S.C. § 1256(a). Its actions were unlawful.”
Ordered a new immigration hearing after denial of a continuance prevented the petitioner from exercising his right to counsel.
“Because that denial of a continuance violated Robles’s constitutional and statutory right to counsel, it was an abuse of discretion.”
In Williams v. Attorney General, Freeman wrote separately that the court should remand a firearm-rights restoration case for factfinding about the applicant’s present risk of physical danger. She dissented from the en banc judgment affirming declaratory relief; her proposed remand was not the majority’s disposition.
“I would grant the government’s request for a remand for factfinding about Williams’s present risk of physical danger to others if he were to possess a gun.”
In Invitae, she affirmed denial of a creditors committee’s request to sue on the bankruptcy estate’s behalf because the expected recovery did not outweigh litigation costs, risks, and delay.
“Instead, it assessed the attendant costs, risks, and delays and determined they outweighed the potential recovery.”
Cautions
In Janssen Products v. Evenus, she held that DTSA ex parte seizure rulings were not immediately appealable without a clear congressional indication and dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
“Lacking clear indication that Congress intended DTSA ex parte seizure rulings to be immediately appealable, we hold that we lack jurisdiction.”
In Spivack v. City of Philadelphia, the panel vacated summary judgment and remanded the religious-neutrality dispute for trial because factual questions remained about the challenged policy.
“Unanswered factual questions pervade this inquiry.”
Does not treat an incorrect jury instruction as automatically requiring a new trial when the full context and record show no prejudice.
“After all, justice is not served if a non-prejudicial error disturbs a jury’s verdict.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the foregoing reasons, we will affirm the District Court's judgment.”
“Clark has failed to make the required showing for a COA, so we will dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.”
“For the foregoing reasons, we will dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.”
“For the above reasons, we will vacate the District Court's order granting Wayne Burt's motion to dismiss Vertiv's complaint and remand for further proceedings.”
“We agree that Barclift lacks standing, but we will modify the District Court's order so that the dismissal will be without prejudice.”
“We will affirm the part of the District Court's order certifying the taxes-and-fees class, but we will vacate the part of the District Court's order certifying the condition-adjustment class and remand with instructions to dismiss that claim.”
“We will reverse the District Court's summary judgment for the airline on the USERRA claims and remand for further proceedings on those claims. We will affirm the summary judgment for the airline on the breach of contract claim.”
“For the reasons set forth above, we will vacate the District Court's order and remand for further proceedings.”
“Because the HFPO-DA health advisory is not a final agency action, we will dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.”
“For the reasons set forth above, we will vacate the District Court's order and remand the case for trial.”
“Because he had fewer than three strikes, we will grant his motion to proceed in forma pauperis for this appeal.”
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