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Judge John Garrett Penn

Judge, D.D.C.

Democrat Court: DCD Born: 1932-03-19
147
Cases in Database
13%
Settlement Rate
28%
Dismissal Rate
18%
Trial Rate
107,640
Court Cases (FJC)

Judicial Positions

CourtPositionStartEnd
D.D.C.Judge19792007

Disposition Patterns — DCD

How 107,640 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

13%
Settled
28%
Dismissed
18%
Went to Trial
$244,728
Avg Award
$10,000
Median Award
9,214
Judgment for Plaintiff
Case TypeTotalSettledDismissedTrialPretrialAvg Award
Other Statutory Actions11,9639%29%22%1%$572,458
Employment9,30222%23%27%0%$324,615
Other Civil Rights9,2249%52%16%0%$451,061
Civil Rights8,4793%55%21%0%$266,615
Freedom of Information Act6,74117%19%26%0%$1,091,909
Other Contract5,75924%23%17%5%$384,044
General4,3691%60%9%0%
Employee Retirement Income Security Act4,03814%14%16%26%$231,594
Other Personal Injury3,95626%29%16%1%$519,770
Recovery of Student Loans3,7754%8%14%56%$96,677
Motor Vehicle2,87851%18%12%0%$289,277
Personal Injury - Product Liability1,76716%15%5%0%$183,538
Motions to Vacate Sentence1,6080%43%21%0%
Code 4651,5122%9%2%0%
Health Care/Pharmaceutical1,3440%0%0%0%
Environmental Matters1,31817%19%30%0%$380,100
Medicare Act1,1479%17%14%0%$200,500
Securities/Commodities/Exchange1,08211%11%51%4%$453,451
Administrative Procedure Act/Review of Agency Decision1,0674%20%12%0%
Antitrust1,0178%12%26%0%$859,000

District of Columbia State Court Analytics by Category

CategoryFilingsSettledDismissedTrialDefaultMedian Duration
Landlord-Tenant7,30328.5%31.2%2.1%33.4%42d
Divorce/Family4,78752.3%22.1%4.8%14.5%310d
Contract3,75338.6%24.1%2.9%28.7%275d
Personal Injury1,58467.8%18.4%3.1%5.2%385d
Consumer Protection85234.2%22.8%2.4%35.1%195d
Workers' Comp62871.2%12.4%6.8%3.2%445d
Employment49764.2%21.3%4.5%4.8%420d
Wrongful Death7772.5%14.8%5.2%3.1%520d

Source: District of Columbia Administrative Office of the Courts

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