Anna J. Brown
How Judge Brown rules, drawn from 7 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Brown decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Cautions
Grants summary judgment or dismissal where a federal statute supplies no private right of action or does not apply to the contracts at issue (e.g. ELIHPA, the interstate probation compact), dismissing the federal claims with prejudice and remanding pendent state claims.
“the Court GRANTS Federal Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (#82) and GRANTS DBSI and Northwest Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (#70). The Court DISMISSES with prejudice Plaintiffs' First, Second, and Third Claims and REMANDS Plaintiffs' remaining state-law claims to state court.”
Dismisses claims against a U.S. parent for a separately-incorporated, financially-insulated foreign subsidiary's conduct where the plaintiff fails to allege facts supporting parent liability under Oregon law, offering to convert to summary judgment before dismissing with prejudice.
“For these reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (#5) and DISMISSES this matter with prejudice.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court GRANTS Federal Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (#82) and GRANTS DBSI and Northwest Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (#70). The Court DISMISSES with prejudice Plaintiffs' First, Second, and Third Claims and REMANDS Plaintiffs' remaining state-law claims to state court.”
“the Court GRANTS Federal Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (#82) and GRANTS DBSI and Northwest Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (#70).”
“For these reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (#5) and DISMISSES this matter with prejudice.”
“the Court DENIES Plaintiff's Motion (#22) for Summary Judgment, GRANTS Defendant's Motion (#31) for Summary Judgment, and DISMISSES Plaintiff's remaining claims with prejudice.”
“The Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Stewart's Findings and Recommendation (#62) and, therefore, DENIES Defendant's Motion (#24) for Summary Judgment.”
“The Court also GRANTS Defendant's Motion (#54) for Imposition of Sanctions and, accordingly, orders Plaintiff's Counsel, Joshua R. Trigsted, to pay (1) the full amount of the court reporter's charges for the deposition of Ms. Hughes; (2) the attorneys' fees incurred by Defendant in connection with its Motion for Sanctions; and (3) an additional monetary sanction of $500.00.”
“The Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Stewart's Findings and Recommendation (#198). Accordingly, the Court DENIES Defendant's Motion (#192) for Imposition of Sanctions.”
“The Court AFFIRMS Magistrate Judge Papak's Order (#55) denying Plaintiff's Motion (#48) to Amend to Assert Claims for Punitive Damages.”
“Based on the record as a whole and in the interest of justice the Court GRANTS Defendant's Motion (#10) to Dismiss and DISMISSES Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint without prejudice and GRANTS Plaintiff leave to file a Second Amended Complaint no later than June 20, 2018.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The 2014-2016 case sample predates Brown's senior status and includes post-conviction petitions, prisoner civil-rights matters, medical malpractice, consumer-credit, employment civil-rights, and criminal cases. Several self-represented prisoner filings ended within weeks after judicial screening. Reported durations measure the life of each case, not the time taken to decide a motion.
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