Derrick K. Watson

Cases in this dataset

224 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.

Case volume by filing year

• 20121
• 20161
• 20171
• 20191
• 20206
• 202116
• 202233
• 202367
• 202445
• 202553

Recent cases

• Turner v. BAE Systems Inc.1:25-cv-00463 · 2025-10-28
• Hunt1:25-mc-00357 · 2025-10-10
• Wilder v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.1:25-cv-00440 · 2025-10-10
• v. Banud1:25-mc-00358 · 2025-10-10
• United States v. Luna1:25-cr-00093 · 2025-09-11
• United States v. Yip1:25-cr-00094 · 2025-09-11
• United States v. Page1:25-cr-00090 · 2025-09-08
• Galinato v. Naiditch1:25-mc-00313 · 2025-09-04
• In re: General Orders 20251:25-mc-09000 · 2025-08-22
• In re: Timothy J. Moran1:25-mc-00301 · 2025-08-20

Career history

• Unknown Court · 2025-11-11 to End not recorded
• U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii · 2013-04-23 to End not recorded · Barack Obama

• Harvard Law School J.D. 1991
• Harvard University A.B. 1988
• Harvard University J.D. 1991

Sources and corrections

• fjc-bio · 2026-10-07
• courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07

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