Brendan Abell Hurson

How Judge Hurson rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Position
district
Appointed by
Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Commissioned
2023-10-06
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Education
Providence College, B.A. cum laude (2000); University of Maryland School of Law, J.D. with honors (2005)
Signed orders read
23

Signed rulings

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

Emiabata v. O'Malley
1:24-cv-01196 · 2025-08-01
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' motion to dismiss, ECF 21, is GRANTED”

Elias v. American Financial Resources
1:24-cv-00489 · 2026-02-20
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' motions to dismiss, ECF 49 and 51, are GRANTED, Plaintiffs' motions at ECF 56, 57, 58, 77, and 82 are DENIED, and this case is DISMISSED.”

Default judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“the motions for default were filed after Defendants defended against the action by filing their respective motions to dismiss and thus were improperly filed.”

Milligan (Receiver for Global Credit Recovery) v. May
1:23-cv-02691 · 2025-08-13
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Defendant Day's motion to dismiss is DENIED”

Motions to dismiss (plaintiff) Granted

“Receiver's motions to dismiss the counterclaims are GRANTED. ... the counterclaims are dismissed without prejudice.”

Inyangette v. Henry
1:25-cv-01814 · 2026-05-29
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant is entitled to qualified immunity, and summary judgment is granted in his favor.”

Flaubert M. o.b.o. F.W.M. v. Kijakazi
8:21-cv-03141-BAH · 2022-12-08
Social security appeal (claimant) Denied

“Under that standard, I will DENY Plaintiff’s motion, GRANT Defendant’s motion, and AFFIRM the Commissioner’s decision.”

Lori S. v. Kijakazi
1:21-cv-02034-BAH · 2022-05-27
Social security appeal (claimant) Denied

“Under that standard, I will DENY Plaintiff’s motion, GRANT Defendant’s motion, and AFFIRM the Commissioner’s decision.”

Regina T. v. Kijakazi
8:22-cv-03044-BAH · 2023-08-25
Social security appeal (claimant) Granted

“Pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), the SSA’s judgment is REVERSED due to inadequate analysis. The case is REMANDED for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.”

Barry S. c/o Mary Ann S. v. Kijakazi
1:22-cv-02421-BAH · 2023-06-09
Judgment on the pleadings (claimant) Denied

“Plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, ECF 9, is DENIED, and Plaintiff’s alternative motion for remand, ECF 9, is DENIED. Pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), the SSA’s judgment is AFFIRMED.”

Motions to remand (claimant) Denied

“Plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, ECF 9, is DENIED, and Plaintiff’s alternative motion for remand, ECF 9, is DENIED.”

White v. Sheraton Hotel North, Beltsville, MD, et al.
8:22-cv-01009-BAH · 2024-07-26
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Marriott’s Motion is GRANTED.”

Kolal v. Galen Robotics, Inc., et al.
1:24-cv-00721-BAH · 2025-02-24
Default judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff’s Motion is DENIED without prejudice.”

Davis v. Kim, et al.
8:19-cv-03605-BAH · 2022-09-16
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“PGPD’s motion for summary judgment (ECF 40) is GRANTED IN PART as to Count II and DENIED IN PART as to remaining counts because these counts are REMANDED to state court”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“J&H Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF 41) is GRANTED IN PART as to Count II and DENIED IN PART as to remaining counts because these counts are REMANDED to state court”

Sanctions (defendant) Denied

“The joint Motion for Sanctions (ECF 57) is DENIED.”

Salisbury House, LLC v. Citizens Insurance Company of America
1:24-cv-03378-BAH · 2025-02-18
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted

“Salisbury House’s motion to remand is GRANTED and the request for attorney’s fees is GRANTED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median motion-to-ruling time: 11 days (N = 2).

Hurson's reviewed assignments span constitutional and administrative challenges to federal action, consumer cases, mortgage and foreclosure disputes, civil-rights claims, Social Security appeals, receivership litigation, and criminal matters. Orders from his earlier magistrate-judge service are excluded from this district-court profile.

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