Janice Rogers Brown

How Judge Brown rules, drawn from 28 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Brown no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Position
Circuit judge
Status
Retired 2017
Served
2005–2017
Appointed by
George W. Bush (Republican)
Commissioned
June 10, 2005
Education
California State University, Sacramento (B.A., 1974); University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1977); University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 2004)
Signed orders read
28

About Judge Brown

Janice Rogers Brown was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Judge Brown received a commission on June 10, 2005. Judge Brown retired on August 31, 2017.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Miller v. Department of Navy
05-5343 · 2007-01-19
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“we reverse and remand to the District Court with instructions to remand to the Secretary for reconsideration.”

Interstate Natural Gas Ass'n of America v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
05-1426 · 2007-07-24
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“Finding FERC's explanation for its Accounting Order reasonable and its responses to INGAA's comments sufficient, we deny the petition.”

King & King, Chartered v. Harbert International, Inc.
06-7119 · 2007-10-12
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We affirm the district court's decision as to both claims.”

Carter v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
06-7174 · 2007-10-05
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We conclude Carter's charge was timely. Therefore, we reverse the district court's dismissal of her complaint.”

Energie Group, LLC v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
05-1206, 06-1141, 06-1429 · 2007-12-21
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“We deny the petitions.”

Cody v. Cox
06-5253 · 2007-12-14
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We reverse and hold the case is not moot and subsection 413(b) is not committed to agency discretion by law.”

Wilson v. CARCO Group, Inc.
07-7053 · 2008-02-29
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Thus, we reverse the district court's order.”

Smith v. Mallick
06-7179 · 2008-02-01
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We agree and reverse the district court's denial.”

St. John's United Church of Christ v. Federal Aviation Administration
06-1386 · 2008-03-21
Petition for review (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“We dismiss the petition for lack of standing.”

United States v. George
06-3172 · 2008-07-22
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We affirm.”

Washington Gas Light Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
07-1015 · 2008-07-18
Petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“we grant WGL's petition because substantial evidence does not support FERC's conclusion that WGL can address safety concerns before the project's in-service date.”

United States ex rel. K & R Limited Partnership v. Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency
07-7014 · 2008-07-08
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“we affirm because there is no genuine issue as to whether MassHousing knew its claims were false.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Circuit judges do not carry a trial caseload; not enumerated.

A historical record

Judge Brown 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.