Steven P. Logan
How Judge Logan rules, drawn from 32 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Logan
Steven Paul Logan is a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Judge Logan received a commission on May 16, 2014.
Judge Logan's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Logan, 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
Trial
Deliver trial exhibits and deposition transcripts to the courtroom deputy no later than 48 hours before trial.
“trial exhibits and 9 deposition transcripts shall be delivered to the Courtroom Deputy no later than 48 hours 10 prior to trial.”
Trial
Email exhibit lists to the courtroom deputy at least five days before trial, then provide an original and two copies when delivering exhibits.
“exhibit lists shall be 17 emailed to the Courtroom Deputy no later than five (5) days prior to trial. At the time of 18 delivery of the exhibits, the parties shall provide the Courtroom Deputy with one (1) 19 original and two (2) copies of the exhibit list(s).”
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).
How Judge Logan decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Smith, he denied class certification because individualized questions about what doctoral students knew during enrollment defeated the predominance requirement despite satisfaction of Rule 23(a).
“Plaintiffs have not shown that the communications were so ‘uniform’ that common questions predominate.”
In the FTC credit-repair case, he granted preliminary relief after finding likely success on claims of advance-fee and misleading-advertising practices.
“Plaintiff is likely to succeed on the merits of its claims that Defendants charge illegal advance payments and employ deceptive and misleading practices.”
Procedural preferences
In a civil rights case set for trial, Logan dismissed the entire action as a sanction after finding that plaintiffs and counsel had concealed a plaintiff’s inability to participate and that lesser sanctions would not address the deception.
“The Court will dismiss this action in its entirety.”
In Armored Group, he declined another amendment after the third amended complaint failed to cure defects previously identified in the contract and interference claims.
“The TAC fails to cure the deficiencies previously identified. Plaintiff has already been granted leave to amend; the Court will decline to do so again.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 201) is denied.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 46) is granted. The Clerk of Court shall enter judgment against Plaintiff and in favor of Defendants on all counts and terminate this action.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff Stenson Tamaddon LLC's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 39) is denied, Defendant United States of America's Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 44) is granted, and this action is terminated with prejudice.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Strike (Doc. 126) is granted. To the extent Dr. Adams testifies regarding a manufacture defect, such testimony is excluded.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 127) is granted in part as to Plaintiff's claims for negligent design, negligent manufacture, negligent failure to warn, and strict-liability design defect. Those claims are dismissed entirely. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 127) is denied in part as to Plaintiff's claim for strict-liability manufacture defect.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 15) is granted. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Counts One against all Defendants, Count Two against Defendant City of Chandler, Count Three against Defendant City of Chandler, Count Four against all Defendants, Count Five against Defendant Diaz, Count Seven against Defendant Buenrostro, and Count Eight against Defendant City of Chandler are dismissed without prejudice and with leave to amend to correct the deficiencies identified in this Order.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Defendant State of Arizona's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 11) is granted and this action is dismissed in its entirety. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall terminate this action and enter judgment accordingly.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. 161) is denied.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. 49) is denied.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 6)—which was granted to the extent Plaintiff sought a temporary restraining order—is now denied to the extent Plaintiff seeks the issuance of a preliminary injunction.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the first discovery dispute (Doc. 78) is resolved partially in Defendants' favor and partially in Plaintiff's favor. Plaintiff is directed to provide to Defendants a signed authorization for the release of her medical records from her therapy sessions with Mr. Gregory Ross. Plaintiff is not, however, directed to provide any signed authorization for the release of records from Dr. Sarah Villarreal.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Compel (Doc. 96)—which concerns the parties' second discovery dispute—is granted in part and denied in part.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Defendant Borges' Motion for Order Compelling Plaintiff to Undergo a Rule 35 Psychological Examination (Doc. 89) is granted.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Stenson Tamaddon LLC's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 14) is denied.”
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 | 15 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 15 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 14 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 16 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 16 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 15 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 7 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 5 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 7 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 6 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 6 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 7 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 4 |
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 Logan: 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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