Moxila A. Upadhyaya
How Judge Upadhyaya rules, drawn from 27 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Upadhyaya
Moxila A. Upadhyaya has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Columbia since September 2022. She earned degrees from the University of Missouri and American University, clerked for Judges Eric T. Washington and Robert L. Wilkins, and practiced commercial and administrative litigation before joining the court.
Judge Upadhyaya's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Upadhyaya's own (checked October 8, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
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).
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court GRANTS Carrigg’s Motion to file a Second Amended Complaint”
“DENIES Gallaudet’s Motion to Dismiss without prejudice.”
“the Court GRANTS the Commissioner’s Motion for Entry of Judgment with Remand.”
“the Court DENIES AS MOOT Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment of Reversal.”
“the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion for summary judgment.”
“the Court GRANTS the Corps’ motion for summary judgment, ECF 9.”
“Crunchy’s Petition for Attorneys’ Fees is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”
“the Court DENIES Defendant ENB’s Motion for Reconsideration, ECF No. 96.”
“the Court GRANTS the Army’s motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 32.”
“the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion for Reconsideration, ECF No. 40.”
“the Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ Motion, ECF No. 45.”
“the Court GRANTS CVS’ Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 47).”
“the Court hereby recommends that Plaintiffs’ Motion be DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Klayman’s Motion is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 175 days (N = 3).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 205 days (N = 9).
The random sample includes immigration-delay, employment, motor-vehicle, agricultural-review, and other civil matters, with both pending and terminated cases.
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 | 4 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 3 |
| Mar 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| Sep 2022 | 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 Columbia, not for Judge Upadhyaya: 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 | 3,347 | 7.7 months |
| Closed with no court action | 876 | 5.4 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 2,449 | 8.8 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 13 | 53.2 months |
| Closed during trial | 9 | not reported |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 3,347 | 7.7 months |
| Sep 2024 | 3,290 | 6.2 months |
| Sep 2023 | 3,288 | 4.7 months |
| Sep 2022 | 3,044 | 5.6 months |
| Sep 2021 | 3,408 | 4.8 months |
| Sep 2020 | 2,947 | 5.8 months |
| Sep 2019 | 2,963 | 5.1 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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