John Pickering

How Judge Pickering rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Position
District judge
Status
Deceased
Served
1795–1804
Appointed by
George Washington (Federalist)
Commissioned
February 11, 1795
Education
Harvard College, 1761; Read law
Signed orders read
1

About Judge Pickering

John Pickering was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Appointed by President George Washington, Judge Pickering received a commission on February 11, 1795. Judge Pickering left the court on March 12, 1804.

How Judge Pickering decides

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

Procedural preferences

In the preserved debt action, Pickering entered judgment after the defendant was publicly called, failed to appear, and the government proved its declaration.

“The said Lewis being publicly called in court doth not appear [and] makes default and the United States, by then Attorney, appearing and proving their declaration”

Signed rulings

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

United States of America v. Lewis Barnes
· 1802-1803
Debt action (United States) Granted

“it is thereupon considered by the Court that the said United States recover against the said Lewis Barnes the sum of five hundred fifty three dollars and seventeen cents debt and costs of suit taxed at fifteen dollars and eighty two cents.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No case-level docket record was returned for this 1795-1804 tenure. The profile therefore makes no claim about caseload mix, case duration, administrative dispositions, or motion timing.

A historical record

Judge Pickering no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.