Autumn D. Spaeth
How Judge Spaeth decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On an 18 U.S.C. 3184 extradition request she applies the probable-cause standard and, once competent evidence supports the requesting state's charges, certifies extraditability -- the certification function is hers by statute (not a recommendation to the district judge).
“The Court finds probable cause exists to support certifying the extradition of Relator.”
Motion outcomes
Counted from classified signed orders only. Percentages are shown only where the sample is large enough to be meaningful; smaller samples are reported as raw counts.
| Social security appeal N = 2 |
Granted: 1Denied: 1 | counts only |
| Extradition certification N = 1 |
Granted: 1 | counts only |
A "1 of 1" is one ruling, not a tendency. Treat small samples as illustrative, not predictive.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security is reversed and the matter is remanded to the Commissioner for further proceedings consistent with the Memorandum Opinion and Order of Remand.”
“The Court finds probable cause exists to support certifying the extradition of Relator. The Court will issue a separate order certifying Prudencio Segura Castillo for extradition to Mexico on the charges of sexual abuse against V.R.S.”
“The decision of the Social Security Commissioner is AFFIRMED”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 383 days (N = 2).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 190 days (N = 2).
Spaeth's enumerable consent docket is dominated by Social Security disability appeals (864/863) on which she is the deciding judge under 636(c). She is also a designated EXTRADITION magistrate (18 U.S.C. 3184) -- e.g. US v. Segura Castillo (referred by D.J. Fred W. Slaughter) -- and handles general civil consent matters (e.g. Ngo v. City of Westminster). Like other cacd magistrates she also carries a share of the 2026 alien-detainee 2241 habeas duty load.