Lynn N. Hughes

The worst judges come from Texas. They all know better.

I have been before Judge Hughes in the past. Media attention has provided some attorneys' opinions of him. I have not seen this. His expectations are that each attorney properly and timely represent their clients. He has little sympathy or respect for those who do not, and it appears he has seen a great deal of this.

Southern District of Texas” and a panel of Fifth Circuit judges seem inclined to agree with the local bar that he is the worst posible judge in the system.

His law license should be revoked and he should never be allowed in a courtroom again.

the most ignorant uncivilized man I have ever had the misfortune to meet. The rule of law he does not understand nor care.

Judge Lynn Hughes is simply a bad judge. He has shaken my faith in the justice system. He knows how to manipulate a case to favor who he believes should prevail. He is often wrong on the law and clueless as to the realities of business and technology. He makes bias statements in open court and in his orders and memorandums creating a record that will forever live on the Internet. The scary and most disturbing thing about this judge is that he knows when he does something wrong but also knows the 5th will do little about it and that's if you can afford to go to the 5th. He controls the case and takes on the job of his favored counsel bleeding out the opposing party until they settle or are crushed by the cost of his ridiculous demands for discovery. I had a simple trademark case that he drug out for over 2 years. The only way I got out from this fools court was to file bankruptcy and force it to bankruptcy court which the other party immediately settled in my favor. The fact that his judge has this much power as do federal judges needs to be addressed in the future. These bad judges can destroy lives. And the really bad ones like judge Hughes know they can get away with it even when they know they are wrong under the law. If you get Judge Hughes I pity you. He is simply an idiot in a robe with a god complex. Either withdraw your complaint and file in another district or settle fast. Sadly, those are the best options other than filing BK.

Judge Lynn Hughes is the biggest joke of a judge. We were in against Bank of America. In a fraud forclosure. Our outtorney pulled it out of hos ct 2 times. Becaise they are in bed with him. Should be against the law. He threatened to throw my attorney in jail if he didn't stop this case. He said he was going to squash my husband like a bug. He also said he dont care what anyone said this is his ct and what he says goes. Hes a sosgrace. Its all a rigged system, i see that now. We had the same case on another district ct judge under him that won. And our lawyer told him that. His response was What? Well im going to have to talk to him. He's just stupid. Cost us 70k. That was rediculous and still paying and now our attorney is trying to charge fees for an owing balance. Well i can tell you i think that's illegal and im not paying it. I still owe 34k and everyone said thats highway robbery what he charged us for a foreclosure. Not sure what to do about it. Itsnow 5 years later still paying. Rediculous.

I've never had a judge where I thought they deserved to be removed until I met this one who I think it should be the life work of anyone in the judicial field to work to make sure this person doesn't represent their careers. I don't know where to start. I'll start at the end. Wasted $80k Circuit Court of Appeals (5) through out his orders and then sent it BACK to his court, yikes! What a waste of money. He ordered such weird and expensive discovery that no one even ASKED for, but then the attorney's had to charge to go through mountains of data that included like 700 emails from walgreens photo labs, and tens of thousands of other things you can figure out. How about family photos that had NO bearing on the case? Do you know how much time it takes to go through and remove ALL photos from frames and scan them to give to your lawyer? How degrading? Note, this wasn't a family or otherwise trial, had more to do with a breach of contract. He decided on day 1 who he was supporting and allowed one side to do everything, denying discovery of one party. He denied all motions and such (one part of the appeal we won). He messed up so bad, the 5th circuit had to slap him AGAIN. I won't even get into the fact that we had a minority woman lawyer, VERY BAD IDEA in this court. You better have a middle age white male who wears a suit, white shirt, red tie. What was Regan thinking??? We didn't even belong in this court, it was a state issue, but he took it on with a federal portion which was removed by BOTH parties the first week. 3 years later, 80k later, we won, we won nothing.

Arrogant and incompetent. Lazy. Sexist and abusive. An embarrassment to the legal system. Ignores Federal Rules and law--rules as he wants based on his gut instinct without even considering the attorney briefs, argument, or cited and applicable law. Worst judge i have ever seen--true contender for worst judge in the USA. Should be removed from the bench for cause. Thinks he is king.

Judge Hughes fails basic adjudicative responsibilities to be dignified and respectful in performing his duties. He berates both plaintiffs and defendants. But he does not appear to actually invest time in understanding the issues before the court. And while many of his bad decisions will be reversed by the Court of Appeals, he will waste your time and money with his reckless behavior. Judge Hughes appears to want, more than anything, for you to laugh at his jokes. He's not particularly funny or clever, but just laugh and hope for the best. Hughes is moderate in sentencing. As for positives, he is punctual.

Judge Hughes deliberately allowed a fake Indictment and conviction against Mr. Tommy Alexander Sr. and then sentenced Mr. Alexander to 7 life sentences plus 406 months to run concurrently, on a non-violent drug charge. Now he refuses to give Alexander his 2 pt reduction and 18:1 which Congress and the sentencing committee handed down in 2008 & 2011 for non-violent drug offenses because he feels he can get away with it.

The worst federal judge I have ever appeared before. Make sure there is a record at the initial Rule 16 conference, as he is likely to ask the defense lawyer to prepare a summary judgment motion immediately. The best way to deal with him is to make your record and reverse him at the 5th Circuit.

He is a disgrace. Great example of why lifetime appointment has serious drawbacks.

Meanest and most unfair judge I have ever met. Very unprofessional and rude. He will purposely ask you questions about your case that do not matter, just so that he can scream at you for not knowing the answer. Challenge his unfairness and he becomes irate and will scream at you. He did not allow us to proceed with discovery at the Rule 16. He told the plaintiffs what he wanted produced and gave unreasonable timelines for doing so. The defense did not have to produce anything. His goal is clearly to scare the parties out of court. I am shocked he is allowed to remain on the bench. He even called his law clerk "boy" (the clerk is white) and thought it was funny. He wants you to laugh at his jokes and then is screaming at you the next minute. A disgrace to the legal system.

Racist and unfair.

The Judge is biased against Plaintiff's lawsuits. The Judge is biased against people generally, including those who file a lawsuit to obtain your socials security disability benefits. The Judge likes corporations and companies and will do anything to favor them, no matter what the law is.

During my nearly 30 years as an FBI Special Agent, I had several criminal cases that landed in his courtroom. Hughes is the textbook example as to why we should not allow federal judges to have a life time appointment. He is awful and I observed him to be senile. Here is my suggestion: Before anyone is considered to serve as a USDJ, they must have been employed in law enforcement or as a prosecutor for at least five years. Hughes is clueless with respect to the challenges and obstacles that federal law enforcement face every day. He has called the FBI “jackbooted thugs”. If Hughes’s daughter was kidnapped, who do you think he would call? The FBI of course. One of his erroneous comments that I observed was that law enforcement cannot lie. Really? DOJ and FBI policy does allow, in certain circumstances, agents to lie. If agents could not lie, how the heck do you operate a Group I or Group II (undercover operations). In those cases, the undercover agent must lie obviously. Hughes is non compos mentis and needs to retire!

Judge Hughes continues to overreach the bounds of law, and drives attorney fees to skyrocket by ordering information which is not pertinent to the cases that are at hand. He has forced release of Facebook, Twitter, and other account passwords which are not pertinent to the case, and an abundance of other information.

People who rate Judge Hughes low are those who are unprepared, unintelligent, or unwilling to work hard to resolve matters as he is extremely intelligent, hard-working, thorough, and dedicated to the idea the court can help quickly resolve disputes. He doesn't have patience for those who wish to try to BS their way through matters or who desire to add delay and costs. He is a great judge for anyone willing to to be informed and prepared.

He is probably the worst