Frank J. Singer
How Judge Singer rules, drawn from 4 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Singer decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Singer accepts a missed-deadline explanation when the party identifies the operational cause, describes a concrete corrective measure, and shows active efforts to complete the required filing.
“Respondent is GRANTED thirty (30) days from the date of service”
Procedural preferences
He narrows stay relief to what the record supports. In one joint request he continued the scheduling conference but declined to suspend every deadline where the parties had not justified a broader discovery stay.
“The joint motion is otherwise DENIED.”
Cautions
Self-represented litigants should use institutional law-library access for the local rules; free court-provided copies require a justified exception.
“available to Plaintiff from the law library at his institution.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Respondent is GRANTED thirty (30) days from the date of service”
“Plaintiff’s motion for a copy of the Local Rules, (ECF No. 11), is DENIED.”
“Plaintiff Viengkhone Sikeo’s action against Defendants is terminated by”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 3.0 days (N = 8).
Singer's twenty oldest assignments after appointment, filed from March 23 through May 4, 2026, were all pending when enumerated. They included nine prisoner civil-rights matters, five other civil matters, three Social Security appeals, and three habeas petitions. The new-bench window is descriptive only.
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