Adalberto Jose Jordan
How Judge Jordan rules, drawn from 13 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Jordan no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Jordan decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
At the pleading stage, he resists limitations defenses that depend on undeveloped facts not apparent from the complaint.
“a court should not be forced to guess about such critical facts on a motion to dismiss.”
In insurance disputes, he treats the allegations in the underlying complaint as controlling the duty to defend even when the parties contest whether those allegations are true.
“The allegations of the underlying complaint control Mid-Continent’s duty to defend Cohen.”
He weighs the practical ability to vindicate very small consumer claims when deciding whether a class-action waiver is unconscionable.
“the clause may serve to keep Chase’s costs down, but only because it precludes the company from having to defend against allegations of wrongful conduct.”
Procedural preferences
He closely examines a post-removal request to add nondiverse parties when its timing suggests an effort to defeat federal jurisdiction.
“A motion to join non-diverse defendants made immediately after the ease is removed, and before discovery has commenced, should be looked at carefully because one implication is that it has been undertaken with the specific purpose of destroying federal jurisdiction.”
Cautions
A motion may fail independently when it omits the memorandum and supporting authorities required by the local rules.
“Alternatively, Ms. Gray’s motion is denied under the local rules for failing to ‘incorporate a memorandum of law citing supporting authorities.’”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the defendants’ motions to dismiss [D.E. 66, 68, 72] are denied.”
“The motions to adopt filed by Sanofi Pasteur, Henry Schein, and Medeva Pharmaceuticals, CA [D.E. 69, 73, 74] are granted.”
“the motions for summary judgment [D.E. 91, D.E. 92 in Case No. 07-23358, & D.E. 68, D.E. 69 in Case No. 07-23044] are Denied.”
“summary judgment on liability is entered in favor of Florida Transportation for the claims based on the County’s denial of stevedore permits in 2003, 2004, and 2005, and summary judgment is entered in favor of the County as to all other claims.”
“Mr. Olmedo’s motion to suppress the fruits of an illegal search and seizure [D.E. 320], and motion to suppress wiretap evidence and for a Franks hearing [D.E. 321], are DENIED.”
“Ibis Villas’ motion to join party defendants and to remand the case to state court [D.E. 10] is denied”
“Hotfile Corp.’s and Anton Titov’s motion to dismiss [D.E. 50] is Granted in PART and Denied in part”
“the motion for a hearing [D.E. 51] is Denied as Moot.”
“Bakalar & Associates’ motion to dismiss the amended complaint [D.E. 8] is DENIED”
“the motion to dismiss the initial complaint [D.E. 5] is DENIED AS MOOT.”
“the defendants’ motion for summary judgment [D.E. 25] is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”
“Mid-Continent Casualty Co.’s motion for summary judgment [D.E. 15] is GRANTED.”
“Gina G. Gray’s motion to enforce the settlement agreement [D.E. 26] is Denied.”
“PHLD’s motion [D.E. 5] is granted, and this case is remanded to state court.”
“although I find the class action waiver to be unenforceable, I find that the arbitration agreement is otherwise valid, and I therefore compel Ms. Caban to arbitration on a classwide basis.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The fixed sample contains ten terminated matters filed near the beginning and end of Jordan's district tenure. Subjects included statutory claims, civil rights, insurance, post-conviction petitions, personal injury, maritime contracts, and a miscellaneous proceeding. Filing-to-termination durations ranged from 31 to 590 days; the sample is descriptive, not representative.
A historical record
Judge Jordan 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.