Regina Marie Rodriguez
How Judge Rodriguez rules, drawn from 31 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Rodriguez
Regina Marie Rodriguez is a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, Judge Rodriguez received a commission on July 1, 2021.
Judge Rodriguez's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Rodriguez, 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.
- Standing Order Regarding Rule 56 Motions ↗
- Standing Order Regarding Trial and Pre-Trial Procedures ↗
- Practice Standards — Criminal Actions ↗
- Uniform Civil Practice Standards ↗
Key rules
Filing
File a joint chart of undisputed material facts three business days before the conference.
“No later than three (3) business days prior to the conference, the Parties shall jointly file via CM/ECF a chart of undisputed material facts.”
Motions
For summary judgment, email chambers and copy opposing counsel within ten days after discovery closes.
“No later than ten (10) days after the close of discovery, a party seeking to file a motion for summary judgment must email Chambers, copying opposing counsel”
Motions
Obtain leave from the judge or magistrate judge before filing an early summary judgment motion.
“No party shall file an early motion for summary judgment without first obtaining leave of the Judge or Magistrate Judge.”
Motions
In criminal matters, motions and responses are limited to fifteen pages, and permitted replies to ten.
“All motions, objections, responses, and briefs shall not exceed fifteen pages. Replies (when permitted pursuant to RMR Criminal Practice Standard III.D.2) shall not exceed ten pages.”
Conferences
When no summary judgment motion is planned, jointly contact chambers within ten days after discovery closes to obtain trial and preparation dates.
“Counsel shall jointly contact Chambers no later than ten (10) days after the close of discovery to obtain dates for trial and for a trial preparation 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 9, 2026).
How Judge Rodriguez decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Beltran Simental v. Baltazar, she found the interior detainee improperly held under section 1225 and ordered a bond hearing or release.
“Because Petitioner has resided in the United States and was not detained at the border, he is improperly detained under § 1225.”
In Mohamed v. Baltazar, she found that detention exceeded Zadvydas's presumptively reasonable six-month period and ordered the petitioner released.
“Petitioner has been detained longer than the presumptively reasonable six-month period established in Zadvydas.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 34, is GRANTED; ... Plaintiffs' First Claim for Relief is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE against all Defendants; ... Plaintiffs' Second and Third Claims for Relief are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“Defendants' Jeff Long, Chris Barr, and Maureen Sheridan (CDOC Defendants) Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint, ECF No. 80, is GRANTED;”
“Defendant Londenberg's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint, ECF No. 90, is GRANTED;”
“Plaintiff's Second Motion to Reconsider is DENIED, and Plaintiff's Motion to Introduce Affidavit is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiff's Motion to Introduce Affidavit, ECF No. 183, is GRANTED.”
“The Aurora Officers' Motion to Dismiss, ECF 66, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiffs' Fourth and Ninth Claims for Relief against the Aurora Officer Defendants are DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“The Arapahoe and Jefferson County Officers' Motion to Dismiss, ECF 62, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiffs' Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Claims for Relief against the County Officers are DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“Jeanette Rodriguez's Partial Motion to Dismiss, ECF 64, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiffs' Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Claims for Relief against the Defendant Rodriguez are DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“Chief Vanessa Wilson's request that C.R.S. § 13-21-131 be found unconstitutional, ECF 60, is DENIED. The Court finds, sua sponte, that Plaintiffs' Fourth and Ninth Claims for Relief against Defendant Wilson are DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“Defendant Mayor Michael Coffman's Motion to Dismiss, ECF 61, is GRANTED. Plaintiffs' First and Second Claims for Relief against Defendant Coffman are DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“At this early stage, the Court finds that ruling on class certification would be inappropriate. To the extent that the Defendants move to dismiss the class allegations against them, such motions are DENIED.”
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 28, is DENIED.”
“Accordingly, the Wellpath Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, ECF 247, is DENIED as to Claims 1–3 against Defendants Pruett, Keller, Greenwald, Hengy, Rhoad, Trujillo, and Peterson and GRANTED as to Claim 6.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant Barker's Motion for Attorneys' Fees, ECF No. 101 is GRANTED. Plaintiffs are ORDERED to pay Defendant Barker $16,272.50 in attorneys' fees.”
“For the reasons stated herein, Plaintiff's Motion Under Rule 60(b)(6), ECF No. 93, is DENIED.”
“Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment, ECF Nos. 518 and 521 are GRANTED.”
“Defendant Toro's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 80, is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, with the result that Plaintiffs' claim for breach of implied warranty of merchantability against Toro is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE; and”
“Defendant Home Depot's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 81 is GRANTED, with the result that all of Plaintiffs' claims against Home Depot are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE; and”
“For the reasons set forth herein, Defendant's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, ECF 94, is DENIED.”
“For the reasons set forth herein, Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of a Class Action Settlement, ECF No. 56, is GRANTED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Only one clean terminated-civil duration was captured (the qui tam Riner case, 602 days, much of it likely under seal). Many of her 2022-2023 terminations in the sampled windows are criminal cases; a representative civil-duration distribution would require a broader sample.
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 | 9 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 9 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 10 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 11 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 8 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 17 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 15 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 14 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Mar 2022 | 36 | 5 |
| Sep 2021 | 77 | 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 District of Colorado, not for Judge Rodriguez: 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 | 2,669 | 7.7 months |
| Closed with no court action | 497 | 7.6 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 2,076 | 7.2 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 63 | 26.2 months |
| Closed during trial | 33 | 39.3 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 2,669 | 7.7 months |
| Sep 2024 | 2,704 | 7.4 months |
| Sep 2023 | 2,560 | 8.5 months |
| Sep 2022 | 2,614 | 9 months |
| Sep 2021 | 2,637 | 8.1 months |
| Sep 2020 | 2,637 | 7.6 months |
| Sep 2019 | 2,577 | 7.5 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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