Thomas Penfield Jackson
How Judge Jackson rules, drawn from 17 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Jackson no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Jackson
Thomas Penfield Jackson was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, Judge Jackson received a commission on June 25, 1982. Judge Jackson assumed senior status on January 31, 2002 and retired on August 31, 2004.
How Judge Jackson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He credited the absence of a witnessed traffic violation and rejected testimony that the defendant had volunteered consent to search.
“The conclusion the Court draws is that Bullock committed no traffic violation witnessed by the Fifth District vice officers on December 20, 2001, and that the traffic stop — a pretext for an investigatory stop under”
He enforced a broad settlement release where a beneficiary had declined participation but accepted her share of the proceeds without objection.
“She declined, but then willingly accepted her share of the proceeds of the settlement negotiated by Shaw without objection.”
Cautions
He required securities-fraud plaintiffs to satisfy heightened pleading rules for scienter rather than rely on generalized corporate allegations.
“Moreover, in assessing the viability of the instant claim against Sky-Tel, the Court must take into account the pleading requirements imposed by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 15 U.S.C.'§§ 78u-4, 78u-5 (‘PSLRA’), for still greater particularity in stating a private Section 10(b)/Rule 10b-5 class action claim.”
He applied equitable discretion to avoid adjudicating an intra-legislative dispute even without reaching the other asserted defenses.
“The motion will be granted on the sole ground of the doctrine of equitable or remedial discretion.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDERED, that defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted; and it is”
“ORDERED, that defendant’s motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, for summary judgment, is granted; and it is”
“ORDERED, that the motion of plaintiff Investment Company Institute for summary judgment is denied; and it is”
“FURTHER ORDERED, that the motion of defendant Comptroller of the Currency for summary judgment is granted, and the complaint is dismissed with prejudice.”
“ORDERED, that the Complaint is dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6).”
“ORDERED, that defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted; and it is”
“FURTHER ORDERED, that plaintiffs motion for leave to file a third amended complaint is denied; and it is”
“ORDERED, that plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is denied, and defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted; and it is”
“ORDERED, that defendants’ motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment is denied; and it is”
“FURTHER ORDERED, that plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is granted in part; and it is”
“ORDERED, that the motion of the defendant SkyTel Corporation to dismiss the complaint is granted, and the complaint is dis *165 missed with prejudice as to the defendant SkyTel Corporation.”
“ORDERED, that defendant’s motion to dismiss in part, or, in the alternative, for partial summary judgment, is granted in part ' and denied in part; and it is”
“ORDERED, that plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction is denied; and it is”
“ORDERED, that the motion of defendant Microsoft Corporation for my recusal is granted; and it is”
“ORDERED, that defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint is granted; and it is”
“FURTHER ORDERED, that defendants’ motion for a stay [7] is denied as moot.”
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Jackson 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 Jackson no longer hears cases. 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.