John Raymond Hazel
Judge Hazel no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Hazel decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Hazel required facts establishing probable cause rather than conclusions or suspicions in a search-warrant affidavit.
“bare conclusions based on surmise and conjecture only, without facts to support them.”
In immigration habeas review, Hazel treated a full pardon as eliminating the conviction on which deportation depended.
“The royal decree pardoning the relator is entitled to conclusive effect, as it wipes out the offense and consequent conviction.”
Procedural preferences
Hazel required negligence pleadings and particulars to identify the facts and defects the opposing party had to meet.
“there must be a fair and reasonable compliance with defendant’s demands”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The writ must therefore be sustained, with permission to begin another proceeding.”
“the bankrupt is not entitled to an injunction restraining plaintiff”
“Interrogatories (j), (1), and (m) are directed to the evidence by which certain defenses are sustainable, and therefore they need not be answered.”
“The motion to strike out allegations in the complaint is denied.”
“The motion for arrest of judgment is denied.”
“The exceptions are sustained, and defendant directed -to amend its answer.”
“The motion of defendant ig granted”
“The exceptions both to the libel and the interrogatories are overruled.”
“Motion for rehearing denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No electronic docket sample was available for a historical caseload description.
A historical record
Judge Hazel 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.