Zia M. Faruqui

United States District Court for the District of Columbia magistrate 17 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Lowe v. Berryhill
· 2021-03-09
Motion for judgment of reversal (claimant) Denied

“Plaintiff’s motion for judgment of reversal (ECF No. 13) is DENIED”

Motion for judgment of affirmance (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s motion for judgment of affirmance (ECF No. 14) is GRANTED.”

Blair v. Kijakazi
· 2022-12-14
Motion for judgment of reversal (claimant) Granted

“ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Remand of Judgment is GRANTED”

Motion for judgment of affirmance (defendant) Denied

“ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion for Affirmance of Judgment is DENIED.”

United States v. $299,218.48 in United States Currency
· 2024-07-16
Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“For the reasons set forth herein, the Court will GRANT Plaintiff’s motion.”

Haeri Mehneh v. Blinken
· 2024-12-16
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“For the reasons below, the undersigned GRANTS Defendants’ motion to dismiss this case.”

Stephenson v. Buttigieg
· 2024-01-18
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Judgment is entered as a matter of law in favor of Defendant.”

Beletzuy Monzon v. O'Malley
· 2024-08-15
Motion for judgment of reversal (claimant) Denied

“the Court will DENY Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment of Reversal and GRANT Defendant’s Motion for Judgment of Affirmance.”

Motion for judgment of affirmance (defendant) Granted
Pixley v. Kijakazi
· 2024-09-03
Motion for judgment of reversal (claimant) Denied

“the undersigned recommends that the Court DENY Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment of Reversal and GRANT Defendant’s Motion for Judgment of Affirmance.”

Motion for judgment of affirmance (defendant) Granted
Silva v. Mayorkas
· 2022-05-10
Motions to transfer (defendants) Granted

“the Court shall grant Defendant’s motion to transfer venue”

Motions to dismiss (defendants) Moot / procedural

“shall deny without prejudice Defendants’ motion to dismiss so that Defendants may refile that motion, if appropriate, upon transfer”

Jarvis v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
· 2022-09-30
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion.”

Pietrangelo v. Refresh Club, Inc.
· 2022-08-08
Motion to unseal (plaintiff) Granted

“the Court will grant Plaintiff’s Motion to Unseal and order that Plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions (ECF No. 101) be unsealed and published without redaction.”

American Civil Liberties Union v. Central Intelligence Agency
· 2022-09-28
Motion to extend time to appeal (plaintiffs) Denied

“it is ORDERED that the Plaintiffs’ Motion is DENIED.”

United States v. Burnette
· 2023-12-01
Supervised release revocation (government) Denied

“the Defendant’s supervision should not be revoked and that the Defendant not be subject to further incarceration for such violation.”

Motion to terminate supervision (government) Granted

“this Court recommends that Defendant’s period of supervision be terminated”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 748 days (N = 5).

Median motion-to-ruling time: 642 days (N = 4).

The sample includes employment, administrative-review, Social Security, public-records, and immigration matters. Directly assigned civil cases generally reflect party consent; referral matters often remain assigned to a district judge.

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