David F. Jordan
How Judge Jordan rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Jordan no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Jordan
David F. Jordan served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York from 1978 until his retirement in 1993. A graduate of Princeton University and New York University School of Law, he previously worked for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and held several public law positions.
How Judge Jordan decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
For physical inspection in patent discovery, Jordan focused on relevance rather than requiring a separate showing of extraordinary need.
“only a showing of relevance is necessary and this has been met.”
Procedural preferences
A confidentiality claim needs a specific description of the threatened injury; general assertions that documents are proprietary are insufficient.
“the injury which allegedly will result from disclosure must be shown with specificity, and that conclusory statements to the effect are insufficient.”
Tax-return discovery should ordinarily wait until the requesting party has tried less intrusive sources and established a compelling need.
“there must be a compelling need for the returns owing to the fact that the information is not ‘otherwise readily obtainable.’”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Motion granted. This case is to be tried before a jury.”
“The motion is denied on both procedural and substantive grounds.”
“The motion to compel the amended inspection is granted.”
“The motion to recover attorney fees is denied.”
“Motion denied.”
“Attorney’s fees denied.”
“it is appropriate that this case be remanded to the Secretary for the purpose of developing a record as to this plaintiff’s ability to perform the existing jobs described”
“Defendant’s motion to dismiss should therefore be denied.”
“United States Magistrate David F. Jordan recommended that the motion be denied in its entirety.”
“United States Magistrate David F. Jordan stated his belief that this case should be remanded for further development of the record regarding plaintiff’s residual functional capacity”
“United States Magistrate David F. Jordan recommended that the Court grant plaintiff’s motion and deny defendants’ motion.”
“Magistrate Jordan awarded plaintiffs $7100.00 in attorney’s fees and $454.00 in costs.”
“in accordance with Magistrate Jordan’s Report and Recommendation dated May 9, 1985, it is hereby ORDERED, that plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend its complaint is granted”
“The Court, after a de novo review of the motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), declines to adopt the Magistrate’s recommendation to grant defendant Conforte’s motion.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The returned assigned matters included civil-rights, contract, tax, securities, employee-benefits, medical-malpractice, maritime, trademark, and public-works cases. Empty entry streams prevent motion-timeline or duration analysis.
A historical record
Judge Jordan no longer sits on this court. 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.