Matthew James Perry Jr.
How Judge Perry rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Perry no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Perry decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Pitten, Perry required securities allegations to rest on facts known when the challenged statement was made rather than later disappointing results.
“hindsight does not establish fraud.”
Procedural preferences
In Municipal Association, Perry treated ordinary civil litigation as providing notice and an opportunity to contest the tax claims.
“Defendants are indeed entitled to notice and an opportunity to be heard, but the ordinary course of civil litigation under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides ample protection of these rights.”
Cautions
In Kennedy, Perry rejected probable cause based only on a vague racial and physical description.
“Indeed, the plaintiff was arrested solely because he is a black male who, at the time, had a beard.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the foregoing reasons, it is therefore ORDERED that summary judgment be GRANTED and plaintiffs claims dismissed in their entirety with prejudice.”
“For the above stated reasons, the FDIC’s motion to dismiss is granted.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the court grants summary judgment in favor of the defendant UPS.”
“This disposition renders moot UPS’s motion to transfer this action to the nonjury roster.”
“the Court hereby enjoins the defendants and interve-nors, as well as their agents and employees, from allowing the spent fuel assemblies currently at sea to enter the United States until this litigation is resolved on its merits.”
“this action must be dismissed pursuant to Rule 12(b)(2).”
“It is therefore ordered that judgment be entered for Dollar and against Sand Dollar and McIntosh on each of the three causes of action.”
“It is further ordered that Sand Dollar and McIntosh are permanently enjoined and restrained from using the service mark or logo ‘Sand Dollar’ Car Rental or any similar mark or logo in connection or in relation to their ear rental business.”
“For the reasons stated above, defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“For the reasons above stated, the above case is hereby dismissed.”
“the third party plaintiffs’ motion to strike DEHEC’s Eleventh Amendment defense is denied.”
“DEHEC’s motion to dismiss the third party complaint is hereby granted.”
“the petition of Sallie Thompson for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is hereby granted.”
“For the reasons set forth above, I find for the plaintiff in the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 ($25,000) Dollars.”
“The order of the Bankruptcy Court is therefore reversed.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 316.5 days (N = 10).
A fixed-seed sample of ten terminated matters filed in 2010 included employment, motor-vehicle, product-liability, foreclosure, and habeas cases.
A historical record
Judge Perry 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.