Cindy K. Jorgenson
How Judge Jorgenson rules, drawn from 13 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Jorgenson
Cindy K. Jorgenson is a senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. President George W. Bush appointed her, and she received her commission on March 6, 2002. She served on the Pima County Superior Court before her federal appointment and took senior status on April 6, 2018.
Judge Jorgenson's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Jorgenson, as published on the court's website (checked October 8, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
Key rules
Conferences
In criminal cases, change-of-plea, admit-or-deny, and revocation evidentiary hearings are referred to a magistrate judge for findings and recommendations.
“Pursuant to LRCrim 57.6, I hereby refer the following proceedings to a United 16 States Magistrate Judge for hearing and preparation of findings and recommendations: 17 Change of Plea Hearings 18 Admit/Deny Hearings on Petitions for Revocation of Probation 19 Admit/Deny Hearings on Petitions for Revocation of Supervised Release 20 Evidentiary hearings on petitions to revoke probation or supervised release”
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 8, 2026).
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Timothy Olmos’ Motion to Intervene (Doc. 126.) is DENIED.”
“Defendant’s Motion to Strike Non-Party Olmos’s Ex Parte Motion for Sanctions (Doc. 132.) is GRANTED”
“Olmos’ Motion for Sanctions Against Defense Counsel Paul Carter (Doc. 131.) is DENIED.”
“Figueroa's Motion to Supplement Plaintiff's Statement of Facts in Opposition to Defendant's MSJ and Plaintiff's Reply to Opposition to Plaintiff's MSJ (Doc. 74) is DENIED.”
“Figueroa’s Motion to Strike (Doc. 75) is DENIED.”
“Gannett’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 45) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”
“Figueroa’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 48) is DENIED.”
“Plaintiff’s Request for a Jury Trial (Doc. 30) is GRANTED.”
“Defendants’ Motion in Limine No. 2: To Exclude Plaintiff’s Hearsay Testimony Regarding Purported Communication Between Her Doctor’s Office and Defendants’ Representatives (Doc. 95) is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ Motion in Limine No. 3: To Exclude Testimony from Gannett’s Legal Counsel (Doc. 96) is GRANTED.”
“Motion to Preclude Defendant’s Inconsistent Positions on Plaintiff’s Impairment under ADA and Her Capability to Perform Essential Functions of Her Work and/or Reconsideration of Plaintiff’s Motion in Limine # 2 (Doc. 117) is DENIED.”
“Plaintiff’s Motion in Limine # 1 is DENIED as to the fact Plaintiff was receiving disability benefits but is GRANTED as to evidence/documents discussing the reasons why Plaintiff was awarded a disability benefit.”
“Motion to Estop Defendants From Rescinding Their Admission That Plaintiff Suffers a Physical Impairment Which Substantially Limited One or More Major Life Activities (Doc. 201) is DENIED.”
“Defendants' Motion to Reduce Jury Award and Punitive Damages Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981a (Doc. 281) is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiff's Motion RE Punitive Damage Verdict Pursuant to Order 61622 (Doc. 282) is DENIED.”
“Request for an Order to Clerk to Maintain File Open to Allow Plaintiff to Move for Attorney's Fees and Costs (Doc. 294) is DENIED.”
“Motion for Extension of Time (Doc. 310) is GRANTED.”
“Renewed Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law and Motion for New Trial (Doc. 306) is DENIED.”
“Motion for Attorney's Fees (Docs. 295, 296, 298, 301) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”
“2. Figueroa's request for an award of additional costs related to witness Dan Meyers is DENIED. 3. Figueroa's request for an award of interest on the original judgment through the Amended Judgment is GRANTED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. 43) is GRANTED.”
“The Motion to Set Aside the Judgement in Favor of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ. 60(b)(1) (Doc. 50) is GRANTED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The eight sampled dockets include prisoner, employment, civil-rights, and other civil matters. This small convenience sample is too narrow to describe the full caseload.
Pending matters in the official report
Reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Civil Justice Reform Act, as of March 31, 2026.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| Mar 2021 | 3 | 5 |
| Sep 2020 | 1 | 5 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of United States District Court for the District of Arizona, not for Judge Jorgenson: median time from filing to disposition of the civil cases the court closed in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, as reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
| Cases | Median time | |
|---|---|---|
| All civil cases closed | 2,485 | 6 months |
| Closed with no court action | 135 | 2.2 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 2,001 | 5.2 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 335 | 15.2 months |
| Closed during trial | 14 | 32.4 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 2,485 | 6 months |
| Sep 2024 | 2,278 | 6.7 months |
| Sep 2023 | 2,126 | 8.3 months |
| Sep 2022 | 2,181 | 9.4 months |
| Sep 2021 | 3,857 | 20.9 months |
| Sep 2020 | 8,128 | 12.2 months |
| Sep 2019 | 2,842 | 9.6 months |
The table leaves out prisoner petitions, land condemnations, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments, and reports no median for fewer than 10 cases. A district that closed a large multidistrict litigation in the period shows very large counts and long medians for that year. Source: Table C-5, U.S. District Courts (spreadsheet).
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