John Pickering
Judge Pickering no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
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.
“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. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.