Araceli Martínez-Olguín
How Judge Martínez-Olguín rules, drawn from 32 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Martínez-Olguín
Araceli Martinez-Olguin is a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, Judge Martinez-Olguin received a commission on March 3, 2023.
Judge Martínez-Olguín's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Martínez-Olguín, as published on the court's website (checked October 8, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
Key rules
Conferences
Seek an extension of a court deadline by motion or stipulation at least seven days before it expires.
“Any party seeking an extension of a court deadline must seek an extension at least seven (7) days prior to the deadline by filing an appropriate motion or stipulation, in compliance with the Civil Local Rules.”
Conferences
File a joint case management statement at least ten days before the initial case management or status conference.
“No later than ten (10) days before the initial case management or status conference, the parties shall file a Joint Case Management Statement in full compliance with the Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern District of California”
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 8, 2026).
How Judge Martínez-Olguín decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In this merger settlement, examined the proposed decree against the markets alleged in the complaint, its divestiture backstops, and the negotiation process before approving it.
“the Court finds the proposed consent decree represents a reasonable factual and legal resolution of the dispute.”
Cautions
In Favela Pacheco, Martínez-Olguín held that a request to restore an immigration expedite policy was tied to the plaintiffs’ removal proceedings and outside the district court’s jurisdiction.
“Because Plaintiffs’ claims arise from their removal proceedings, the Court lacks jurisdiction over this APA action.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, Voyager's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction is DENIED.”
“For these reasons, Judicial Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED. While Sternberg asks that any dismissal be without prejudice ... Further amendment would thus be futile.”
“Alecta's motion for appointment as lead plaintiff and approval of its chosen counsel is GRANTED. The remaining motions are DENIED.”
“Therefore, the Court DENIES the motion to dismiss under the Second Amendment.”
“Accordingly, the Court applies Ninth Circuit precedent and determines that the indictment is not unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause. The Court DENIES the motion to dismiss on this basis.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES Mr. Yates's motions to dismiss and GRANTS the motion to suppress.”
“GRANTS in part and DENIES in part the motion for the following reasons... the Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss the CMIA claim with leave to amend... The Court DENIES the motion to dismiss the remaining claims. Any amended complaint must be filed by October 16, 2024.”
“Defendant Officers’ motion is DENIED”
“Thus, the Court GRANTS Hatton’s motion to dismiss.”
“the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs' emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, effective 8:00 a.m. on April 2, 2025.”
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss is DENIED.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“the Court therefore DENIES Kleist's motion for preliminary injunction to halt the arbitration, and the Court GRANTS Credit Suisse's motion to compel the action to arbitration.”
“the Court DENIES the motion for preliminary injunction and GRANTS the motion to compel arbitration for the following reasons.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES Mendoza's motion for relief under Rule 60.”
“Accordingly, Bayer's second motion for a temporary restraining order is DENIED.”
“DENIES Defendants’ Motions for the reasons below.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The fixed 15-case 2023 civil filing cohort spans fraud, contract-product, insurance, securities, prisoner, consumer-credit, immigration and other statutory matters. Twelve have termination dates and three do not. These counts describe the selected cases, not the judge-wide current caseload.
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 | 1 |
| 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 | 22 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 1 | 22 |
| Sep 2025 | 1 | 19 |
| Mar 2025 | 3 | 18 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 9 |
| Mar 2024 | 17 | 1 |
| Sep 2023 | 12 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 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.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of United States District Court for the Northern District of California, not for Judge Martínez-Olguín: 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 | 6,017 | 7.7 months |
| Closed with no court action | 2,955 | 5.5 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 1,978 | 7.6 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 1,052 | 15 months |
| Closed during trial | 32 | 36.9 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 6,017 | 7.7 months |
| Sep 2024 | 9,248 | 20.6 months |
| Sep 2023 | 5,452 | 7 months |
| Sep 2022 | 9,464 | 11.4 months |
| Sep 2021 | 6,437 | 6.3 months |
| Sep 2020 | 6,881 | 11.4 months |
| Sep 2019 | 5,640 | 8.7 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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