Frederick J. Martone
How Judge Martone rules, drawn from 8 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Martone
Frederick J. Martone is a senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. President George W. Bush appointed him, and he received his commission on December 21, 2001. He previously served on the Arizona Supreme Court and took senior status on January 30, 2013.
Judge Martone's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Martone's own (checked October 9, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
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.
“GRANTING defendant's alternative motion for a more definite statement (doc. 5). Plaintiff shall have 30 days from the date of this order to file an amended complaint which complies in all respects with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED GRANTING defendant's motion to dismiss Count IV (doc. 5).”
“DENYING plaintiff's motions for immediate reinstatement of his medical coverage and request for a hearing on the matter (docs. 12, 14).”
“GRANTING defendant's motion to dismiss (doc. 20).”
“DENYING plaintiff's motion for an oral hearing (doc. 17)”
“DENYING defendant's motions to strike as moot (docs. 15 and 24).”
“GRANTING defendant State of Arizona’s motion for summary judgment (doc. 54)”
“DENYING Hellman’s cross-motion for summary judgment (doc. 111).”
“GRANTING defendant Weisberg’s motion for summary judgment (doc. 55)”
“DENYING Hellman’s cross-motion for summary judgment (doc. 77).”
“DENYING defendants’ motion to dismiss the emotional distress damages claim as moot (doc. 87)”
“DENYING defendants’ motions to supplement their motion to dismiss as moot (docs. 128, 143).”
“GRANTING defendants’ motion to file supplemental authority (doc. 148)”
“DENYING defendants’ motion to strike as unauthorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (doc. 130).”
“DENYING plaintiff's motion to disqualify (doc. 28).”
“GRANTING in part and DENYING in part defendant's motion to dismiss amended complaint (doc. 27).”
“IT IS ORDERED DENYING plaintiff's motion for sanctions (doc. 30), plaintiff's motion for Rule 60 relief from judgment (doc. 31), and defendant's motion to strike (doc. 35).”
“GRANTING the Bank’s motion to strike sur-reply (doc. 74)”
“DENYING plaintiff’s motion to compel agency (doc. 63)”
“DENYING plaintiff’s motion to compel production of documents (doc. 51).”
“GRANTING the Bank’s motion for summary judgment (doc. 60)”
“DENYING plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment (doc. 69).”
“IT IS ORDERED DENYING petitioner’s motion for reconsideration (doc. 20).”
“IT IS ORDERED GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART defendants’ motion to dismiss (doc. 45).”
“it is ORDERED DENYING Petitioner’s Motion to Vacate (Doc. 1).”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The five inspected civil dockets include lending, contract, disability, and product-liability matters. The older closed-case sample cannot 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 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 0 |
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 Martone: 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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