Susan B. Prose
How Judge Prose rules, drawn from 17 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Prose
Susan B. Prose became a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Colorado in May 2023. A graduate of Yale Law School, she practiced civil litigation before joining the bench.
Judge Prose's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Prose, 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 Trial and Pre-Trial Procedures ↗
- Standing Order Requiring AI Certification in Filings ↗
Key rules
Filing
In consent cases, specified motions and any opposed motions require an AI-use certification in the motion, response, and reply.
“every motion filed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12, Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, or to amend a pleading, and any opposed motion (to include the corresponding response and reply), shall contain a Certification regarding the use, or non-use, of generative artificial intelligence”
Conferences
Seven days before the final pretrial conference, jointly file the proposed order and email an editable Word version to chambers.
“Seven days prior to the Final Pretrial/Trial Preparation Conference, the parties shall submit a proposed Final Pretrial Order using the form found on the District of Colorado’s website. The parties shall jointly file their proposed Final Pretrial Order via CM/ECF”
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 Prose decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
An unopposed summary-judgment motion is not granted by default; she independently checks whether the movant's evidence and legal showing satisfy Rule 56.
“Even so, the failure to respond is not itself a sufficient basis to grant summary judgment.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings or, in the alternative, Summary Judgment [Doc. 56] is GRANTED; ... Summary judgment is GRANTED with respect to Plaintiff's FHA claims for discrimination, hostile housing environment, and retaliation;”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 45] is DENIED;”
“the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the Recommendation (ECF No. 44). Cross-Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 29) is GRANTED, and the claims against these Defendants are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Defendants' Renewed Motion to Dismiss is (ECF No. 55) DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE”
“the Court ADOPTS the Recommendation (ECF No. 84) and the Motion (ECF No. 28) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, as stated in the Recommendation and this Order.”
“the Court OVERRULES the Objections (Dkt. 81), ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the Recommendation (Dkt. 79) and GRANTS the Motion (Dkt. 57). The Plaintiff's TAC is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“Defendant Sheriff Johnson's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 36, is GRANTED. The Eighth Amendment claim against Sheriff Johnson is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE under the doctrine of qualified immunity.”
“The Motion to Dismiss From CoreCivic and Crowley County Correctional Facility (CCCF), ECF No. 39, is GRANTED. The Eighth Amendment claims against CoreCivic and CCCF are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“The State Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 99, is GRANTED.”
“The Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 21, is GRANTED. Plaintiff's First and Second Claims for Relief are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE against all Defendants. Plaintiff's Third and Fourth Claims for Relief are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 48, is GRANTED. The Court enters judgment in favor of Defendants and against the Plaintiff.”
“The Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for Default Judgment Against All Defendants, ECF No. 14; and ... ENTERS default judgment against all Defendants”
“the Court ACCEPTS the Recommendation (ECF No. 71), and the Motion (ECF No. 53) is DENIED AS MOOT.”
“Defendants' Early Motion for Summary Judgment Based on Plaintiff's Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies [Doc. 49] is GRANTED; ... Plaintiff's First Amendment claim is DISMISSED with prejudice;”
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [Doc. 48] is DENIED as moot;”
“ORDER accepting 50 Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge. Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 39) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, as set forth in the Recommendation and this Order.”
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 | 9 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 2 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 1 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 9 | 1 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| Sep 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 District of Colorado, not for Judge Prose: 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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