Joe B. Brown
How Judge Brown rules, drawn from 4 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Brown no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Brown
Joe B. Brown served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee from August 1998 until his retirement in 2017. Before taking the bench in Nashville, he served as United States Attorney for the district. After retiring, he worked as a mediator and arbitrator.
How Judge Brown decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Russell v. Richardson, he recommended denying the pending summary judgment and dismissal motions without prejudice because they did not comply with the federal and local rules or prior court orders.
“the Court cannot rule on a deficient Motion ... the Magistrate Judge declines to consider these Motions under FED. R. CIV. P. 56 and recommends that the Motions be denied for failure to comply with Federal and Local Rules.”
In Calvary SPV I, LLC v. Evans, Brown raised the removal defect on his own initiative, gave the parties an opportunity to respond, and recommended remand because the notice was late and no federal jurisdiction was shown.
“even if there were original jurisdiction in this case, the Defendant has waited far beyond the 30 days allowed by law to remove this case ... it appears that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction and, therefore, lacks jurisdiction to proceed further, except to remand this case.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court dismiss Plaintiff's cause of action, without prejudice, for failure to prosecute and obey Court orders.”
“the Magistrate Judge RECOMMENDS that Plaintiff's Motions for Summary Judgment (Docket Entry 10 and 67) ... be DENIED without prejudice for failure to comply with the Rules and Court Orders.”
“Defendant Richardson's Motions to Dismiss (Docket Entry 15; 18; and 24) ... be DENIED without prejudice for failure to comply with the Rules and Court Orders.”
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that the motion for partial summary judgment be denied.”
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that this case be REMANDED for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
- His assigned docket reflects a referral and duty magistrate's mix: criminal-duty matters such as search-warrant and seizure applications, alongside a body of consent civil cases the parties agreed to have him decide: Title VII and Fair Labor Standards Act employment disputes, diversity contract actions, and product-liability and personal-injury suits.
- On the consent cases that produced a contested ruling, the sampled outcomes split fairly evenly across grants and denials, with several mixed dispositions, and the defense prevailed on the employment summary-judgment motions.
- The substantive reports and recommendations he wrote on referral sit on the district judges' dockets.
A historical record
Judge Brown no longer sits on this court. 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.