James A. Teilborg
How Judge Teilborg rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Teilborg
James A. Teilborg is a senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. President Bill Clinton appointed him, and he received his commission on October 13, 2000. He practiced law in Phoenix before taking the federal bench and assumed senior status on January 30, 2013.
Judge Teilborg's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Teilborg, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
Key rules
Trial
Deliver marked exhibits to the courtroom deputy on the trial day or the preceding day unless directed otherwise.
“Marking and listing of exhibits is the responsibility of counsel, not the courtroom deputy, and shall be delivered to the courtroom deputy the day of trial or the day before trial (not the final pretrial conference) unless otherwise directed by the deputy clerk.”
Trial
Email chambers a Word list of medical and technical terms at least one business day before trial or hearing.
“Counsel are to E-MAIL chambers at least one (1) business day prior to trial/hearing a list of medical and technical terms and terms specific to the case (in WORD format) to: [email protected].”
Trial
Prepare exhibit and witness lists in the clerk’s format and give the courtroom deputy an original and two copies.
“Counsel shall also prepare the exhibit and witness lists (using the Clerk's Office format) and provide the lists to the courtroom deputy in triplicate (1 original and 2 copies), along with the actual exhibits.”
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.
“Plaintiffs’ motion to seal (Doc. 53) is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 3) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART”
“Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 51) is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“Defendants SIRC and Massey’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 98) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Arbitration of all of Defendant Diaz’s counterclaims under his Employment Agreement with SDS (Doc. 116) is GRANTED.”
“Counterdefendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 117) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART”
“Defendants’ Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Countercomplaint (Doc. 158) is DENIED.”
“Defendant’s motion to Revoke the Pro Hac Vice Admissions of Marquis Aurbach’s Attorneys (Doc.170) is denied.”
“joint motion (fifth) to extend unexpired Rule 16 deadlines (Doc. 177) is denied.”
“Petitioner’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 6), and the Motion is denied.”
“the pending motions (Docs. 17, 20, 21, 22, 35, and 42) are denied.”
The court rejected a recommendation to dismiss on limitations grounds and returned the petition for further consideration.
“Petitioner’s motion for extension of time (Doc. 54) is granted to the limited extent that Petitioner’s objections are due by December 4, 2024.”
“Motion to Strike (Doc. 62) the sur-reply (Doc. 61) is denied.”
“The Motion to Deny the Motion to Strike (Doc. 63) is deemed to be a response to the Motion to Strike and denied as procedurally improper.”
“Petitioner’s Motion for Leave to Supplement Objections (Doc. 58) is denied.”
“The Petition in this case is denied with prejudice”
“Petitioner’s motion to amend, (Doc. 67), is DENIED.”
“Petitioner’s motion for a new trial, (Doc. 68), is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The selected matters include habeas, benefits and civil rights disputes. Nine selected dockets cannot establish the overall caseload mix.
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 | 1 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2020 | 1 | 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 Teilborg: 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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