Robin M. Meriweather

How Judge Meriweather rules, drawn from 2 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Meriweather no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.

Court
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Position
Magistrate judge
Status
Left this court 2024
Served
2017–2024
Commissioned
January 10, 2017
Education
University of Michigan, B.A. with high honors (1995); Yale Law School, J.D. (1998; Senior Editor, Yale Law Journal; Coker Fellow; President, Black Law Students Association)
Signed orders read
2

About Judge Meriweather

Robin M. Meriweather served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Columbia from 2017 to 2024. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Yale Law School, she became a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims in 2024.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Doe v. District of Columbia
1:05-cv-01060 · 2017-03-31
Motions to compel (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“the District's rolling production of records responsive to Interrogatory No. 9 under the terms of the November 17, 2016 Protective Order has, at this juncture, resolved the dispute upon which the Motion to Compel was based. ... Consequently, the Court denies the Motion. ... such denial shall be without prejudice to the Plaintiffs' ability to renew the Motion”

Shaw v. District of Columbia
1:17-cv-00738 · 2019-02-08
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“For the reasons set forth in detail above, the undersigned recommends that the Court grant-in-part and deny-in-part Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, and grant-in-part and deny-in-part Defendant’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Her District of Columbia work included special-education merits and fee disputes, civil discovery, default-judgment and jurisdiction recommendations, supervised-release matters, and criminal magistrate-duty proceedings such as complaints and seizure warrants.

Pending matters in the official report

Judge Meriweather was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of September 30, 2024.

Motions pending more than six months6
Bench trials submitted more than six months0
Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months0
Social Security appeals pending more than six months2
Civil cases pending more than three years0
ReportMotions over six monthsCases over three years
Sep 202460
Mar 202403
Sep 202302
Mar 202313
Sep 202253
Mar 202253
Sep 202131
Mar 202102
Sep 202021

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.

A historical record

Judge Meriweather no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.