Dan Monroe Russell Jr.
Judge Russell no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Russell decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Russell resolved an insurance dispute from the policy text when both sides treated the provision as unambiguous.
“Given the fact that the contract is unambiguous, the Court is left to interpret the contract from the four corners of the instrument”
Russell denied a late amendment when the delay and proximity to trial would prejudice the opposing parties.
“because any amendment at this state of the proceedings, 17 days before trial, would result in undue prejudice to the plaintiffs.”
Procedural preferences
Russell converted a dismissal motion to summary judgment when the submitted record allowed a complete determination.
“since the submitted material is comprehensive enough to enable this Court to make a complete and rational determination, the motion to dismiss will be directed as one for summary judgment.”
Russell enforced marital privilege against post-judgment discovery directed to a judgment debtor's spouse.
“Clearly, the privilege is applicable to the facts sub judice.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Motion of the defendant, the Crosby Arboretum Foundation, to Deny Jury Trial is hereby GRANTED.”
“the Motion of the plaintiffs, John P. Pitre and Sydney H. Pitre, for Reconsideration of this Court’s Memorandum Order granting defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment dated January 21, 1993 is hereby DENIED”
“the the Motion of the defendants, The Twelve Oaks Trust U/A 1/4/91, Christine Antkowiak Fischer, Individually and as Trustee, and John H. Marshall, III, for Attorney’s fees is hereby DENIED.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is hereby GRANTED.”
“the third-party complaint and counterclaim of the defendant, Laurie Boswell, is dismissed.”
“the plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby GRANTED”
“the defendant’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”
“the action is not time barred and the motion to dismiss will be denied.”
“In conclusion, the defendant’s motion for summary judgment is hereby DENIED.”
“Instead the Court grants the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment”
“The Court grants the defendant’s motion to dismiss which was converted by the Court into one for summary judgment.”
“The motions for summary by defendants Edwards and Peters will be denied.”
“the motion to dismiss will be denied.”
“the plaintiff’s motion for summary is without merit and should be denied.”
“We therefore conclude that the petitioner is entitled to relief upon his petition for habeas corpus insofar as his sentence of death is affected.”
“The Court finds that the plaintiff’s motion is not well taken and should be denied primarily because Mrs. Swindle did ‘answer’ the garnishment as required.”
“the plaintiffs motion to compel should be denied based on the privilege found in § 13-1-5.”
“the Court finds the plaintiffs are entitled to partial summary judgment as a matter of law in the amount of $40,000.00.”
“Therefore, this Court denies the defendant’s motion to amend and for continuance”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled docket metadata included civil-rights, insurance, ERISA, contract, prisoner, habeas, and personal-liability matters. The empty entry streams do not support timing analysis.
A historical record
Judge Russell 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.