William S. Brownell

How Judge Brownell rules, drawn from 3 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Brownell no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
United States District Court for the District of Maine
Position
magistrate
Status
Retired 2007
Served
1979–2007
Commissioned
1979-01-08
Education
University of Maine; University of Maine School of Law, law degree, 1971
Signed orders read
3

How Judge Brownell decides

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

Procedural preferences

Across the available detention orders, Brownell focused on whether concrete release conditions could reasonably assure both future appearances and community safety.

“there are no conditions of release which would reasonably assure his future court appearances or the safety of the community”

Signed rulings

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

United States v. Lovely
2:06-cr-00062 · 2006-07-11
Motion for pretrial detention (government) Granted

“It is therefore ORDERED that the defendant by detained pending trial.”

United States v. Butterworth
2:06-cr-00062 · 2006-07-12
Motion for pretrial detention (government) Granted

“I am satisfied that he has not rebutted the statutory presumption and that there are no conditions of release which would reasonably assure his future court appearances or the safety of the community.”

United States v. Smith
2:07-cr-00024 · 2006-11-15
Motion to reopen detention (government) Granted

“Finding that community safety and the safety of Ms. Karchenes cannot be reasonably assured by any condition of release or combination of conditions and accordingly, I ORDER that the defendant be detained pending trial.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The sampled historical matters were primarily short miscellaneous proceedings, including government applications and sealed matters, but their empty timelines support no motion-rate or timing analysis.

A historical record

Judge Brownell 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.