Jean P. Rosenbluth
How Judge Rosenbluth rules, drawn from 6 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Rosenbluth no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Rosenbluth
Jean P. Rosenbluth served as a United States magistrate judge for the Central District of California beginning in 2011. Before joining the court, she taught legal writing at USC Gould School of Law and served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles. She earned degrees from Barnard College and USC Gould School of Law.
How Judge Rosenbluth decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In a benefits appeal she will reverse and remand where the ALJ failed in the duty to fully and fairly develop the record, for instance by not ordering a consultative examination or seeking clarification when objective findings (here, spinal cord impingement and severe osteoporosis) created an ambiguity the record did not resolve.
“the Commissioner's decision is reversed and this action is remanded for further proceedings.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons stated below, the Commissioner's decision is reversed and this action is remanded for further proceedings.”
“For the reasons stated below, the Commissioner's decision is affirmed and this action is dismissed.”
“For the reasons stated below, the Commissioner's decision is affirmed and this action is dismissed.”
“The Court has made a de novo review of all objections. The Court accepts the recommendations of the Magistrate Judge. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED: 1. The Report and Recommendation is accepted. 2. Defendant Pulido's motion to dismiss is granted, and the claims against him are dismissed with prejudice.”
“Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec 636, the Court has reviewed the First Amended Complaint, the other records on file herein, the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, and Plaintiff's Objection to the R. & R. The Court accepts the findings and recommendations of the Magistrate Judge. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. Defendants' motions to dismiss are granted with prejudice.”
“2. Plaintiff's motions for leave to amend, a stay, discovery, and reconsideration are denied.”
“IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that this case is reversed and remanded pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) to the Commissioner of Social Security for further administrative proceedings”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 405 days (N = 3).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 170 days (N = 2).
- Her consent docket was dominated by Social Security disability appeals (Title II DIWC/863 and Title XVI SSID/864) on which she was the deciding judge under 636(c), sampled across two filing-year cohorts (2013, 2017).
- She also handled general consent-civil and habeas matters and served as a referral magistrate on district judges' cases (discovery and dispositive R&Rs, including civil-rights dismissal recommendations in cases referred by District Judge James V. Selna).
- Cases typically reached her after the parties filed cross-briefs in a Joint Stipulation or Joint Submission, which she took under submission without oral argument.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Rosenbluth was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of September 30, 2025.
| 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 | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| Mar 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 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.
A historical record
Judge Rosenbluth no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.