Alan Bond Johnson
How Judge Johnson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Undertakes a searching ineffective-assistance analysis and will grant relief where the record supports it: in a capital habeas case he found both trial and appellate counsel constitutionally deficient and conditionally vacated the death sentence.
“the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Dale W. Eaton, Petitioner, is GRANTED, and the sentence of death of the Petitioner, Dale W. Eaton is VACATED”
Procedural preferences
Scrutinizes subject-matter jurisdiction at the threshold. Where federal law does not create the plaintiff's claim and the right to relief does not necessarily depend on a substantial federal question, he dismisses for lack of federal-question jurisdiction rather than reaching the merits.
“Defendants' Motions to Dismiss for Lack of Federal Question Jurisdiction, ECF Nos. 64 and 66, are hereby GRANTED. Plaintiffs Complaint is hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
Cautions
Enforces limitations and filing deadlines strictly. A 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion filed more than four years late was dismissed as time-barred, with equitable-tolling and actual-innocence arguments rejected and a certificate of appealability denied.
“The Court therefore DISMISSES Von Schultz's § 2255 motion (ECF No. 1), DENIES an evidentiary hearing, and DENIES a certificate of appealability.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants' Motions to Dismiss for Lack of Federal Question Jurisdiction, ECF Nos. 64 and 66, are hereby GRANTED. Plaintiffs Complaint is hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment, ECF No. 52, is rendered MOOT and therefore DENIED.”
“the Court concludes that Unova has failed to assert a meritorious defense and therefore DENIES Unova's motion to set aside the default.”
“The Court therefore DISMISSES Von Schultz's § 2255 motion (ECF No. 1), DENIES an evidentiary hearing, and DENIES a certificate of appealability.”
“Because reasonable jurists could not debate the correctness of the Court's procedural ruling, the Court denies petitioner a certificate of appealability.”
“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendants' motions to dismiss, ECF Nos. 68, 69, 78, 80, the Amended Complaint and orders that the Amended Complaint be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE as to all Defendants.”
“His motion for leave to amend, ECF No. 136, is, therefore, DENIED.”
“The Court, therefore, also DENIES Plaintiffs motions to strike or deny, ECF Nos. 85, 90, 96, 98, Defendants' respective motions to dismiss.”
“NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Dale W. Eaton, Petitioner, is GRANTED, and the sentence of death of the Petitioner, Dale W. Eaton is VACATED”
“For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS defendants' motion.”
“OPINION and ORDER by the Honorable Alan B Johnson granting 18 Motion for Summary Judgment and dismissing all Plaintiff's claims.”
“The Court therefore GRANTS Deacon Stewart's motion (ECF No. 83).”
“OPINION AND ORDER by the Honorable Alan B Johnson granting Defendants' 8 Motion to Dismiss”
“Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants', Kappa Kappa Gamma, Rooney, and KKG Building Co., Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 19) is GRANTED.”
“Finally, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Langford's Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice (ECF No. 22) is DISMISSED AS MOOT.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Johnson is a senior judge with low active volume. The sample does not include a representative set of terminated civil dockets or filing-to-ruling intervals.
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