John F. Simon
How Judge Simon rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Simon no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Simon decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He applies the double-jeopardy 'implicit acquittal' doctrine on collateral review: where a jury was given a full opportunity to convict on the charged offense but returned a verdict on a (here, non-existent) lesser offense, that operates as an acquittal of the greater charge and bars retrial, even though the lesser-offense verdict was itself a nullity.
“by returning a verdict of 'guilty of attempted aggravated battery', the jury implicitly acquitted Mayeux of the crime of 'aggravated battery.'”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Based upon the foregoing discussion, IT IS RECOMMENDED that Mayeux's application for writ of habeas corpus be GRANTED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
As a full-time magistrate judge in the Alexandria and Monroe Divisions (c.1987-1997), Simon carried the divisions' referred pretrial and recommendation work plus the misdemeanor / petty-offense docket. No usable case-level caseload data survives in the electronic docket records for his pre-1997 tenure, so the mix and durations cannot be characterized here.
A historical record
Judge Simon 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.