Stanley A. Boone
How Judge Boone rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Boone
Stanley A. Boone has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of California since December 2012. He previously worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in the district, including service as chief of its White Collar Crime Unit. Earlier in his career, he clerked for Magistrate Judge Peter A. Nowinski.
Judge Boone's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Boone, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
- Case Management Procedures and Motion Schedule ↗
- General Civil Case Information ↗
- Electronic Evidence Presentation in Court ↗
- Discovery Dispute Procedures ↗
- General Pre-Trial and Trial Procedure Information & Deadlines ↗
- Jury Selection Procedures ↗
- Courtroom Conduct and Decorum ↗
Key rules
Motions
Judge Boone lists civil motions for Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.
“Motion Type: Civil Day: Wednesday* Time: 10:00 a.m.”
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 9, 2026).
How Judge Boone decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Mike’s Novelties, Inc. v. PIV Enterprises, Inc., he recommended dismissing insufficient trademark counterclaims with leave to amend.
“The assigned magistrate judge found the allegations were insufficient to support PIV's counterclaims for trademark infringement and false designation of origin and recommended the motion to dismiss be granted. (See Doc. 16 at 5-17.) ... 1. The Findings and Recommendations dated (Doc. 16) are ADOPTED in full. 2. Plaintiff's motion to dismiss (Doc. 8) is GRANTED. 3. Defendant's first and second counterclaims are DISMISSED with leave to amend.”
In Chhang, Boone denied a prevailing defendant’s attorney-fee request because the plaintiff’s failed fair-housing claims had not been shown to be frivolous.
“the Court cannot find that Plaintiff’s action was frivolous.”
In Arevalo Alzate, he ordered release of an immigration detainee who had been re-detained without a bond hearing and required a hearing before any renewed detention on the record before him.
“a pre-deprivation hearing is appropriate based on the facts of this case”
Procedural preferences
In Mubiru v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., he denied entry of default because the defendant had answered the complaint and was defending the action.
“In this instance, Defendant filed an answer to the complaint on February 27, 2024, and is defending this action. ... Accordingly, Plaintiff is not entitled to entry of default. ... Plaintiff's motion for entry of default, filed March 8, 2024, is HEREBY DENIED.”
When a third party sought protected criminal discovery for separate civil litigation, the court required a sufficient basis to intervene and good cause to modify the protective orders. It denied the request with prejudice after counsel also failed to appear at the hearing.
“demonstrated good cause to modify the subject protective orders.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The assigned magistrate judge found the allegations were insufficient to support PIV's counterclaims for trademark infringement and false designation of origin and recommended the motion to dismiss be granted. (See Doc. 16 at 5-17.) ... 1. The Findings and Recommendations dated (Doc. 16) are ADOPTED in full. 2. Plaintiff's motion to dismiss (Doc. 8) is GRANTED. 3. Defendant's first and second counterclaims are DISMISSED with leave to amend.”
“In this instance, Defendant filed an answer to the complaint on February 27, 2024, and is defending this action. ... Accordingly, Plaintiff is not entitled to entry of default. ... Plaintiff's motion for entry of default, filed March 8, 2024, is HEREBY DENIED.”
“1. Plaintiff's motion to strike, construed as a motion to withdraw the erroneously-labeled duplicate filings (ECF No. 8) is GRANTED; 2. Plaintiff's erroneously-titled identical filings (ECF Nos. 6, 7) are both DEEMED WITHDRAWN”
“Plaintiff’s appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security is DENIED.”
“IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis be DENIED and Plaintiff be ordered to pay the $405.00 filing fee for this action.”
Following screening of a prisoner civil-rights complaint and the plaintiff's election to proceed, the court recommended the action go forward on a single excessive-force claim and that the remaining claims and one defendant be dismissed for failure to state a claim.
Screening a pro se employment complaint, the court found it failed to satisfy basic pleading requirements and did not establish jurisdiction, and granted the plaintiff thirty days to file an amended complaint.
“Plaintiff’s motion to amend the complaint be denied.”
“the Court HEREBY RECOMMENDS that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be DENIED.”
“it is HEREBY RECOMMENDED that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), Plaintiff not be allowed to proceed in forma pauperis and instead be directed to pay the $405.00 filing fee in full if he wishes to proceed with this action.”
“The petition for writ of habeas corpus be DISMISSED as an unauthorized successive petition;”
“IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that Defendant’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 10) be GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled caseload is dominated by prisoner civil-rights referrals involving screening, dismissal, and summary judgment. It also includes trademark and consumer disputes in which Boone handled early proceedings or nondispositive motions, along with settlement-conference and criminal-duty matters.
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 | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 2 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 3 |
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 United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, not for Judge Boone: 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 | 2,984 | 8.1 months |
| Closed with no court action | 1,029 | 5.5 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 1,899 | 9.1 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 36 | 29.9 months |
| Closed during trial | 20 | 50.5 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 2,984 | 8.1 months |
| Sep 2024 | 2,575 | 9.2 months |
| Sep 2023 | 2,528 | 10.5 months |
| Sep 2022 | 2,624 | 11.2 months |
| Sep 2021 | 2,316 | 9.9 months |
| Sep 2020 | 2,319 | 9.2 months |
| Sep 2019 | 2,562 | 10.3 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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