Noël Wise
How Judge Wise rules, drawn from 29 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Wise
Noël Wise is a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, Judge Wise received a commission on December 19, 2024.
Judge Wise's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Wise, 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
Motions
Reserve a hearing date before filing a motion; an unreserved motion will be stricken.
“No party shall file a motion without first obtaining a hearing date as described above. Any motion filed without a reserved hearing date will be stricken from the docket by the Court”
Conferences
File a joint case management statement at least eighteen calendar days before the conference.
“Parties are required to file a joint case management statement not less than eighteen (18) calendar days before a scheduled case management conference”
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 Wise decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A detailed chronological pleading that connects alleged conduct to specific statements, omissions, and scienter allegations can survive dismissal in a securities case.
“Plaintiffs substantially clarify and bolster their claims in the TAC. They supplement and reorganize the presentation of the facts and adequately explain why certain events and statements, made by Defendants prior to the class period, provide context and support for the alleged falsity and deception of Defendants' statements and actions during the Class Period.”
Procedural preferences
She declines to resolve factual disputes about limitations or contract formation on a motion to dismiss when the pleadings and judicially noticeable record do not settle them.
“These arguments are factual in nature and therefore inappropriate on a motion to dismiss.”
Cautions
After an amended complaint repeats a previously identified defect without new facts suggesting another amendment would help, she may dismiss without further leave.
“Plaintiffs have had an opportunity to amend the complaint to allege the requisite facts, yet were unable to do so. As there is nothing to support that Plaintiffs have new facts they could allege, amendment would be futile. Accordingly, the dismissal is WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND.”
In Shah’s website-tracking case, Wise declined to consider a contract theory first raised in the defendant’s reply brief.
“No such argument is present in the original motion, and the Court does not consider it on reply.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Having duly considered the parties' written submissions, the Court GRANTS the motions and DISMISSES the complaint with partial leave to amend.”
“View Operations' motion to dismiss is GRANTED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND.”
“Sahai's motion for summary judgment and Lincoln's motion for summary judgment are DENIED.”
“The Court GRANTS Apple’s motion to dismiss without leave to amend.”
“Longley’s motion to dismiss is DENIED”
“Becker’s motion to dismiss is DENIED”
“FDIC-R’s motion to dismiss Counts 1 – 4 is DENIED. • FDIC-R’s motion to dismiss Counts 5 and 6 is GRANTED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Defendant’s motion is GRANTED without leave to amend. Plaintiff’s FAC is dismissed with prejudice.”
“DENIES Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment”
“DENIES County Defendants’ motion for summary judgment”
“DENIES the CFMG Defendants’ motion for summary judgment”
“Accordingly, the Court DENIES both motions to exclude.”
“The Court GRANTS Defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment and DENIES Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and remand.”
“For the reasons above, Plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction is DENIED.”
“Henderson’s motion for class certification is DENIED.”
“Accordingly, the Court DENIES the motion for the appointment of counsel.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant’s Motion to Remand is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is DENIED.”
“The Court DENIES the motions to dismiss submitted by the Exchange Act Defendants, ECF No. 121, KPMG, ECF. No. 123, and the Executive, Underwriter and Director Defendants, ECF No. 125.”
“KPMG’s motion to dismiss is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled matters are newly filed and pending, including securities, immigration-detention habeas, civil-rights, self-represented, and criminal cases. No terminated cases appeared in the sample, so case-duration figures are not yet available.
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 |
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 Wise: 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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