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 here.
About Judge Reeves
Pamela Lynn Reeves was a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Judge Reeves received a commission on March 7, 2014. Judge Reeves served until death on September 10, 2020.
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.
“Defendant’s motion for summary judgment [R. 32] is GRANTED.”
“The motion to dismiss, stay or transfer [R. 11] filed by Universal is GRANTED, and this action will be DISMISSED.”
“DigiTrax’s motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction [R. 19] is DENIED.”
“the court finds LMU’s motion for summary judgment [R. 9] well-taken; the motion is GRANTED; and this action is DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“Radio Systems’ motion for partial summary judgment, [R. 31], is Granted in Part and Denied in Part.”
“Seterus’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs complaint in its entirety [R. 7] is GRANTED;”
“Hanas’ motion for temporary injunction [R. 4] is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ motions to dismiss [R. 16, 18] are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows:”
“the defendants’ motion for summary judgment [R. 99] is Granted in Part and Denied in Part.”
“The plaintiffs motion for leave to file a supplemental response [R. 147] is Denied as moot,”
“the plaintiffs motion to limit consideration [R. 148] is also Denied as moot.”
“Bane-berry’s motions to dismiss the Amended Complaint [R. 7, 19] are GRANTED in part, and DENIED 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.”
“LJF’s motion for summary judgment [R. 13] is GRANTED;”
“Pittington’s motion for summary judgment [R. 15] is DENIED;”
“Apria’s motion to reconsider [D. 286] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“Apria’s request to certify the previous Order for interlocutory appeal is DENIED.”
“Apria’s motion for summary judgment [D. 258] is DENIED.”
“ETHRA’s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED,”
“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.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Reeves was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of September 30, 2020.
| Motions pending more than six months | 1 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
A historical record
Judge Reeves no longer hears cases. 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.