Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr.
How Judge Blumenfeld decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
On cross-motions for summary judgment in a False Claims Act qui tam suit Blumenfeld grants the relator partial summary judgment -- establishing as a matter of law that the certifications were false, material, and caused the government to lose funds -- while leaving scienter and damages for trial and denying the defense motion.
“ORDER GRANTING IN PART RELATOR'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 65 by Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr. Relator's motion for summary judgment is granted in part. Relator has established as a matter of law that Defendants' certifications were false, that they were material, and that they caused the government to disburse and lose funds. Relator's motion is otherwise denied, as is Defendants' motion for summary judgment.”
Procedural preferences
On an inherited prisoner civil-rights case he accepts a magistrate's recommendation to dismiss an unidentified Doe defendant for failure to prosecute without prejudice, expressly not reaching the claims against the named defendants.
“ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE by Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr. ... The Court accepts the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge. IT IS ORDERED that Judgment be entered dismissing Defendant John Doe without prejudice for failure to prosecute.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDER GRANTING IN PART RELATOR'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 65 by Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr. Relator's motion for summary judgment is granted in part. Relator has established as a matter of law that Defendants' certifications were false, that they were material, and that they caused the government to disburse and lose funds. Relator's motion is otherwise denied, as is Defendants' motion for summary judgment.”
“ORDER GRANTING IN PART RELATOR'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 65 by Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr. ... Relator's motion is otherwise denied, as is Defendants' motion for summary judgment.”
After a one-day bench trial on the issues that survived summary judgment, Blumenfeld issued Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law finding the relator failed to carry its burden and dismissing the FCA claim on the merits with prejudice, with final judgment for the defendants entered August 2024. Recorded as a dispositive merits ruling but excluded from the motion-type stats because it resolves the case after trial rather than on a party motion. It shows how he resolved a qui tam in which the relator had won partial summary judgment on falsity, materiality, and causation but still had to prove the remaining elements at trial -- and did not.
“ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE by Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr. ... The Court accepts the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge. IT IS ORDERED that Judgment be entered dismissing Defendant John Doe without prejudice for failure to prosecute.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The reviewed recent matters are dominated by pending alien-detainee habeas petitions filed in May and June 2026. Older resolved matters include False Claims Act, prisoner and general civil-rights, personal-injury, ADA Title III, contract, post-conviction, and criminal cases. Duration figures are limited to reviewed cases with both filing and termination dates.
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