Maria S. Aguilera

How Judge Aguilera rules, drawn from 16 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Position
magistrate
Commissioned
2019-04-01
Education
University of Arizona (B.A., 1990); University of Arizona College of Law (J.D., 1993)
Signed orders read
16

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Nichol L. Brown v. Wormuth (Secretary of the Army)
CV-21-00477-TUC-RM (MSA) · 2024-09-30
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 108) is accepted and adopted in full. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 87) is granted. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in favor of Defendant and close this case.”

Monica Granillo, et al. v. Ethicon LLC, et al.
CV-19-00529-TUC-CKJ (MSA) · 2020-03-18
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 59) is adopted. Defendants Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. 26) is granted in part and denied in part. ... To the extent Plaintiffs have alleged a claim of negligent design, summary judgment is denied.”

Preston Guillermo Toro v. Howard Fell, et al.
CV-24-00397-TUC-AMM (MSA) · 2025-03-21
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant Judge Fell’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED. (Doc. 13.) Defendant Judge Fell is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. ... Defendant Voll is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Plaintiff may file an Amended Complaint as to his claims against Defendant Voll only no later than April 16, 2025.”

Mark Brasier v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
CV-21-00065-TUC-JGZ (MSA) · 2021-11-24
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 26) is ADOPTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 15) is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Failure-to-Accommodate Claim is DISMISSED.”

United States v. Herbert Wilson Coleman, Jr.
CR-23-02363-001-TUC-RCC (MSA) · 2024-08-20
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Magistrate Judge Aguilera's Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED. (Doc. 42.) Defendant Herbert Coleman Jr.'s Motion to Dismiss is DENIED. (Doc. 33.)”

Luz M. Rogers v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
CV-20-00532-TUC-SHR · 2022-02-15
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED Magistrate Judge Maria S. Aguilera’s Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED. ... the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security is VACATED and REMANDED to the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration for the calculation and award of benefits.”

Elizabeth Lovelace v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
CV-22-00051-TUC-JCH · 2023-06-27
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED ADOPTING IN FULL Magistrate Judge Aguilera's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 33); IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security is REVERSED and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this Order and Judge Aguilera's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 33).”

Ronald Kelly Young v. Ryan Thornell, et al.
CIV 18-036-TUC-CKJ · 2024-03-28
Habeas corpus petition (petitioner) Denied

“Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED: 1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 107) is ADOPTED; 2. Young's Amended Petition under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (Doc. 93) is DENIED and DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

United States v. Darwin Rita-Luna
CR-24-03268-001-TUC-SHR (LCK) · 2025-08-15
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED the Report & Recommendation (Doc. 62) is ADOPTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 19) is DENIED.”

Reliance Hospitality LLC v. 5251 S Julian Drive LLC, et al.
CV-22-00149-TUC-JAS (MSA) · 2024-04-02
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: (1) Magistrate Judge Aguilera's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 116) is accepted and adopted. (2) Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 92) is denied.”

Reliance Hospitality LLC v. 5251 S Julian Drive LLC, et al.
CV-22-00149-TUC-JAS (MSA) · 2024-09-27
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: (1) United States Magistrate Judge Aguilera's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 115) is accepted and adopted. (2) Plaintiff's objections are rejected. (3) Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 90) is granted in part and denied in part.”

Shaundelle Dial v. Mark Gutierrez
CV-24-00431-TUC-JGZ · 2025-03-27
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that: 1. Magistrate Judge Aguilera's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 19) is ADOPTED. 2. Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Amended Petition (Doc. 12) is GRANTED. 3. Petitioner's First Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 6) is DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The sampled Tucson assignments are dominated by criminal-duty matters involving illegal reentry and other border offenses, alongside Social Security appeals and prisoner or other civil cases. Because the current-duty cases are from 2026, they do not support duration figures; the duration information below comes from older referred cases.

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