Robert Renaut Beezer
How Judge Beezer rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Beezer no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Beezer decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Separates self-defense from more constrained necessity defenses and focuses the inquiry on the immediacy and proportionality of force.
“Self-defense is distinct”
Treats claim preclusion as a practical rule against withholding transactionally related theories for a second lawsuit.
“Different theories supporting the same claim for relief must be brought in the initial action.”
Procedural preferences
Requires bankruptcy trustees to use the procedural form Congress specified before extinguishing nondebtor co-owners' interests.
“REVERSED AND REMANDED.”
Cautions
Enforces the jurisdictional consequences of an unconditional guilty plea even when the government does not raise the defect.
“Jacobo’s entry of an unconditional guilty plea deprives us of jurisdiction to consider his pre-plea constitutional claims.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
A historical record
Judge Beezer no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.