Anna Y. Park
How Judge Park rules, drawn from 14 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Park
Anna Y. Park became a U.S. magistrate judge for the Central District of California in February 2026 and sits in Los Angeles. She previously served as a regional attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, directing employment discrimination litigation across western states and Pacific territories. She earned both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Judge Park's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Park, 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.
- Judge's Procedures and Schedules ↗
- AYP MODEL STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER (WORD).docx ↗
- AYP MODEL STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER (WORD).pdf ↗
Key rules
Filing
Mandatory Chambers copies are required, unless otherwise notified by the Court.
“Mandatory Chambers copies are required, unless otherwise notified by the Court.”
Motions
Requests to extend any scheduled filing date (either by ex parte application or stipulation) must be filed at least five (5) court days prior to the scheduled date.
“Requests to extend any scheduled filing date (either by ex parte application or stipulation) must be filed at least five (5) court days prior to the scheduled date.”
Discovery
Discovery motions shall not be filed until the Court has conducted a pre-motion telephonic conference unless the movant has obtained leave of Court.
“Discovery motions shall not be filed until the Court has conducted a pre-motion telephonic conference unless the movant has obtained leave of Court.”
Conferences
Judge Park prefers Tuesday or Thursday settlement conferences.
“Judge Park’s preferred days for Settlement Conferences are Tuesdays or Thursdays.”
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).
- General Order 11-10: Alternative Dispute Resolution Program ↗
- General Order 19-01: Criminal Duty Matters Electronic Filing Pilot Project ↗
- General Order 20-13: Criminal Duty Matters Electronic Filing Pilot Project ↗
- General Order 18-02: Submission of Certain Prisoner Filings Through Electronic Mail ↗
- General Order 24-07: Criminal Justice Act Plan ↗
How Judge Park decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In one detention case, Park emphasized the petitioner's long record of successful supervised release and community ties when weighing the liberty interest against renewed confinement.
“Given Petitioner’s ties to the community and having no criminal record during his 12 years of supervised release, the Petitioner has a liberty interest in not being detained.”
In another case, she found the government's interest in withholding pre-deprivation process minimal where it identified no individualized risk justifying re-detention.
“the Government’s interest in refusing to provide such process is minimal.”
Procedural preferences
In R.R.T.’s immigration-detention case, Park ordered advance notice and a hearing before renewed detention after the petitioner had previously been released under supervision.
“preventing her re-detention absent pre-deprivation notice and a constitutionally adequate pre-deprivation hearing at which the Government must justify the need to confine her prior to her re-detention”
Cautions
In Castillo Grimaldo’s habeas case, Park granted a bond hearing for prolonged detention but found no right to advance process before redetention because the earlier release came from a court order during the pandemic rather than an agency or immigration judge risk assessment.
“Petitioner is not owed any pre-deprivation process.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ADJUDGED that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is DENIED.”
“it is adjudicated that the Petition is GRANTED”
“IT IS ADJUDGED that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is GRANTED.”
“IT IS ADJUDGED that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is GRANTED.”
“IT IS ADJUDGED that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is GRANTED.”
“IT IS ADJUDGED that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is GRANTED.”
“the Court GRANTS the Petition and ORDERS Respondents to”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All 58 post-appointment assigned matters were alien-detainee habeas petitions. Twenty-three had final petition outcomes and 35 remained pending at review.
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 | 1 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 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 U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, not for Judge Park: 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 | 15,190 | 3.9 months |
| Closed with no court action | 4,414 | 3.1 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 10,538 | 4.3 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 103 | 17.9 months |
| Closed during trial | 135 | 25.7 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 15,190 | 3.9 months |
| Sep 2024 | 15,348 | 3.9 months |
| Sep 2023 | 13,583 | 4.4 months |
| Sep 2022 | 12,887 | 4.7 months |
| Sep 2021 | 14,213 | 4.7 months |
| Sep 2020 | 14,205 | 5 months |
| Sep 2019 | 13,478 | 4.9 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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