John H. Hannah Jr.
Judge Hannah no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Hannah decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
At summary judgment, he required the opposing party to identify specific admissible facts rather than rely on the pleadings.
“A party opposing such a summary judgment motion may not rest upon mere allegations contained in the pleadings, but must set forth and support by summary judgment evidence specific facts showing the existence of a genuine issue for trial.”
He granted preliminary injunctive relief when elected officials showed constitutional injury and satisfied all four equitable requirements.
“Because Plaintiffs have shown all four elements necessary to obtain a preliminary injunction, the court finds that it should be granted.”
He remanded when the removing party missed the statutory deadline.
“The notice of removal was filed more than thirty days from the date Defendants received a copy of the complaint. Thus removal was untimely.”
Cautions
He required fraud-based False Claims Act allegations to satisfy Rule 9(b)'s particularity requirement, while allowing a short period to amend.
“The claim brought by the relators under Count 3 alleging conspiracy, however, does not meet the particularity standard required *209by Rule 9(b) and does not give the defendants fair notice”
He suppressed evidence when consent followed and was tainted by an unconstitutional detention.
“The illegality of the initial stop poisons the fruits of the subsequent search.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Plaintiff Employers Insurance of Wausau a Mutual Company’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment and Response are both hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss converted to a Motion for Summary-Judgment is GRANTED with respect to the Section 1983 claim.”
“defendants’ motions for summary judgment are GRANTED and this suit is DISMISSED.”
“Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment be DENIED.”
“Excelsior ISD’s motion for summary judgment should be denied”
“Defendant Westward’s Motion for Summary Judgment should be granted in all things.”
“Defendant DPC Industries, Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“Defendant Terry Lee Pierce’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED with respect to the Title VII and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims and DENIED with respect to the section 1981 claim.”
“the United States’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED in all respects.”
“DENIED as to Counts 1, 2, and 4 of the Relators’ Complaint, and GRANTED as to Count 3 of the Relators’ Complaint with the Relators having 10 days from receipt of the Order to amend Count 3.”
“the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Under Rule 12(b)(6) on Primary Jurisdiction Grounds (Doc. # 215) is DENIED.”
“the Motion of the Texaco Defendants (‘Texaco’) to Dismiss the Relators’ Second Consolidated Complaint and the Complaint of the United States for Lack of Subject Mater Jurisdiction or, in the Alternative, on Primary Jurisdiction Grounds (Doc. # 270) is DENIED.”
“Defendant TEA’s motions to dismiss should be granted.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 232 days (N = 20).
The bounded January 1998 enumeration contains twenty terminated cases. It is a narrow archival slice, not a career-wide caseload measure.
A historical record
Judge Hannah 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.