Philip Andrew Brimmer

How Judge Brimmer rules, drawn from 31 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Position
district
Appointed by
George W. Bush (Republican)
Commissioned
2008-10-14
Education
Harvard College (B.A., 1981); Yale Law School (J.D., 1985)
Signed orders read
31

How Judge Brimmer decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

In immigration habeas cases involving a noncitizen who lived in the country before being re-detained, Brimmer applies the bond-hearing statute and orders a prompt hearing when none has occurred.

“Because there is no evidence that petitioner has been provided a bond hearing, his current detention violates § 1226(a).”

Procedural preferences

Before entering default judgment on a newly asserted claim, Brimmer requires proof that the operative pleading was served on the defaulting party under Rule 4.

“Because the second amended complaint states a claim for relief against Mr. Rey, and the first amended complaint did not, Mr. Rey must be served with the second amended complaint before default judgment is appropriate.”

Signed rulings

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

Echon v. Sackett
1:14-cv-03420-PAB-NYW · 2017-11-01
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment [Docket No. 106] is granted in part and denied in part.... The motion is granted as to Claims Five and Six, pled in the alternative, with respect to liability. ... The motion is denied as to Claims One, Three, Four, and Seven.”

Lewis v. Peabody Rocky Mountain Services, LLC
1:20-cv-00615-PAB-GPG · 2021-06-21
Motion for extension of time (plaintiff) Denied

“ORDERED that plaintiff's Motion for Additional Time to Respond to Motion for Summary Judgment [Docket No. 31] is DENIED.”

Morgan v. Partner Colorado Credit Union
1:24-cv-02590-PAB-CYC · 2025-08-25
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED that Defendant, Partner Colorado Credit Union's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) [Docket No. 22] is GRANTED.”

Motion for leave to amend (plaintiff) Denied

“ORDERED that the Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint [Docket No. 26] is DENIED.”

Bryant v. United States Drug Enforcement Administration
1:24-cv-02114-PAB-SBP · 2025-09-09
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss [Docket No. 10] is GRANTED for lack of venue.”

Motions to strike (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“ORDERED that the Motion to Strike Portions of Defendant's Reply and for a Surreply [Docket No. 14] is DENIED as moot.”

Bellecourt v. Indian Harbor Insurance Company
1:22-cv-00049-PAB-SKC · 2022-08-25
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the Renewed Motion to Dismiss Complaint Against Constitution State Services, LLC [Docket No. 8] is GRANTED”

Dimick v. Bondi
1:24-cv-02521-PAB-KAS · 2025-09-04
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Federal Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [Docket No. 26] is GRANTED”

Motions to strike (defendant) Granted

“construed as a Motion to Strike, is GRANTED”

Brown v. Wallace
1:24-cv-01057-PAB-STV · 2025-03-18
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint [Docket No. 52] is GRANTED in part”

Meany v. Atomic Protocol Systems OU
1:23-cv-01582-PAB-MEH · 2024-09-09
Other motion (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiffs' Motion Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(B) to Extend Deadlines ... is GRANTED”

Motions to strike (defendant) Denied

“Defendants Konstantin Gladyshev and Pavel Sokolov's Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Response Brief Due to Untimely Filing [Docket No. 98] is DENIED”

Garitano v. Chick-fil-A, Inc.
1:20-cv-03631-PAB-KMT · 2021-01-28
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“plaintiff's Motion for Remand [Docket No. 19] is DENIED”

Alvarez v. TTEC Services Corporation
1:24-cv-02847-PAB-SBP · 2025-06-02
Other motion (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's Motion to Stay Briefing on Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration ... [Docket No. 29] is DENIED”

Other motion (defendant) Denied

“Defendant's Motion to Stay Briefing on Plaintiff's Motion for Conditional Certification [Docket No. 31] is DENIED”

Martin-Harker v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
1:23-cv-00629-PAB-STV · 2025-03-26
Motion to exclude expert (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant's Corrected Motion to Exclude Opinions of Jeremy Sitcoff [Docket No. 69] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part”

Sgaggio v. Weiser
1:22-cv-01791-PAB · 2022-08-26
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Denied

“the Motion for Preliminary Injunction [Docket No. 2] is DENIED”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Small, non-representative sample of terminated cases. The 33-day Tomiampos insurance case is the kind of fast administrative termination (likely remand/settlement) that contrasts with the multi-year contested matters; not a distribution.

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