Pamela Lynn Reeves

How Judge Reeves rules, drawn from 18 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Reeves no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Position
district
Status
Deceased
Served
2014–2020
Appointed by
Barack Obama (Democratic)
Commissioned
2014-03-07
Education
University of Tennessee, B.A. (1976); University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D. (1979)
Signed orders read
18

How Judge Reeves decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

In Cooley, Reeves treated qualification for the job as a necessary predicate to an actionable interactive-process claim.

“an employer’s failure to engage in the interactive process is actionable only if the employee can demonstrate that she was qualified for the position.”

Procedural preferences

In Kelley, Reeves declined interlocutory review shortly before trial because it would delay rather than advance final resolution.

“Trial in this case is merely days away. Allowing the original Order to be appealed before trial would significantly stall its termination, not advance it.”

Cautions

In Kent, Reeves treated undeveloped arguments as waived rather than constructing them for a party.

“Issues adverted to in a perfunctory manner, unaccompanied by some effort at developed argumentation, are deemed waived.”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Chennault v. Sutton
· 2014-05-05
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s motion for summary judgment [R. 32] is GRANTED.”

DigiTrax Entertainment, LLC v. Universal Music Corp.
· 2014-05-15
Motion to dismiss stay or transfer (defendant Universal Music Corporation) Granted

“The motion to dismiss, stay or transfer [R. 11] filed by Universal is GRANTED, and this action will be DISMISSED.”

Motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction (plaintiff DigiTrax Entertainment, LLC) Denied

“DigiTrax’s motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction [R. 19] is DENIED.”

Shaikh v. Lincoln Memorial University
· 2014-09-02
Summary judgment (defendant Lincoln Memorial University) Granted

“the court finds LMU’s motion for summary judgment [R. 9] well-taken; the motion is GRANTED; and this action is DISMISSED with prejudice.”

Gaddy v. Radio Systems Corp.
· 2014-10-02
Summary judgment (defendant Radio Systems Corporation) Granted in part

“Radio Systems’ motion for partial summary judgment, [R. 31], is Granted in Part and Denied in Part.”

Hanas v. Seterus, Inc.
· 2015-02-19
Motions to dismiss (defendant Seterus, Inc.) Granted

“Seterus’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs complaint in its entirety [R. 7] is GRANTED;”

Motion for temporary injunction (plaintiff Garrett J. Hanas) Denied

“Hanas’ motion for temporary injunction [R. 4] is DENIED.”

Merritt v. Mountain Laurel Chalets, Inc.
· 2015-03-27
Motions to dismiss (defendants PEMCO and RSC) Granted in part

“Defendants’ motions to dismiss [R. 16, 18] are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows:”

Motions to dismiss (defendants Mountain Laurel Chalets, Inc. and related entities) Granted in part
Estate of Barnwell ex rel. Barnwell v. Roane County
· 2015-04-09
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted in part

“the defendants’ motion for summary judgment [R. 99] is Granted in Part and Denied in Part.”

Motion for leave to file supplemental response (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“The plaintiffs motion for leave to file a supplemental response [R. 147] is Denied as moot,”

Motion to limit consideration (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“the plaintiffs motion to limit consideration [R. 148] is also Denied as moot.”

Warren v. Warrior Golf Capital, LLC
· 2015-08-25
Motions to dismiss (defendant Warrior Golf Capital, LLC) Granted in part

“Bane-berry’s motions to dismiss the Amended Complaint [R. 7, 19] are GRANTED in part, and DENIED in part.”

McNish v. Westbrooks
· 2016-02-25
Habeas petition (petitioner David McNish) Granted in part

“This claim will, therefore, be DENIED. However, the Court finds that Petitioner was denied the effective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase of his trial, and his sentence of death will be VACATED.”

Pittington v. Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack Feud, LLC
· 2016-09-29
Summary judgment (defendant LJF) Granted

“LJF’s motion for summary judgment [R. 13] is GRANTED;”

Summary judgment (plaintiff Pam Pittington) Denied

“Pittington’s motion for summary judgment [R. 15] is DENIED;”

Kelley v. Apria Healthcare, LLC
· 2017-02-03
Motion for reconsideration (defendant Apria Healthcare, LLC) Granted in part

“Apria’s motion to reconsider [D. 286] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”

Motion to certify interlocutory appeal (defendant Apria Healthcare, LLC) Denied

“Apria’s request to certify the previous Order for interlocutory appeal is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (defendant Apria Healthcare, LLC) Denied

“Apria’s motion for summary judgment [D. 258] is DENIED.”

Cooley v. East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc.
· 2017-03-20
Summary judgment (defendant ETHRA) Granted

“ETHRA’s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED,”

Summary judgment (plaintiff Malinda Cooley) Denied

“Cooley’s is DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The five sampled terminated cases were filed from March 10 through March 13, 2014 and included statutory, education civil-rights, copyright, personal-injury, and prisoner civil-rights matters.

A historical record

Judge Reeves 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.