William M. Mallet
How Judge Mallet rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Mallet no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Mallet
William M. Mallet served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Texas from 1971 to 1996. A federal directory placed him in Brownsville in 1972, while the district court’s historical roster groups his service under the McAllen Division.
How Judge Mallet decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Mallet credited the recantations because they were made promptly in open court and were supported by evidence that the original statements were coerced and prewritten.
“the information given at the declaration hearing has more indicia of truthfulness than the original statements”
Procedural preferences
He distinguished evidence that merely contradicts the requesting country's proof from recantation evidence that rebuts the only basis for probable cause.
“where a prior statement is shown to be coerced and the indicia of reliability is on the recantation, then the subsequent statement negating the existence of probable cause is germane”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“that the Petition for Extradition of Jose Cruz Contreras be DENIED and that he be RELEASED from custody”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The nine returned historical matters included sparse civil records and criminal or magistrate-numbered proceedings. The metadata were too incomplete and internally inconsistent for a reliable subject-matter mix or duration estimate.
A historical record
Judge Mallet 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.