Mary Pat Thynge
How Judge Thynge rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Thynge no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Thynge
Mary Pat Thynge served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Delaware from 1992 to 2023, including service as chief magistrate judge. Her work included civil cases heard with the parties’ consent, Social Security appeals, and mediations.
How Judge Thynge decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In HostForWeb v. Frank, Thynge recommended dismissing a forum-selection counterclaim because the contract consented to Delaware jurisdiction without making it exclusive. She recommended allowing two other contract-related counterclaims to proceed.
“the court finds that section 8.12 of the APAs does not contain any of the same mandatory language.”
In Robinson v. First State Community Action Agency, she recommended denying both sides’ summary-judgment motions in an ADA employment case. The evidence left a factual dispute over whether the employee had a disability or was regarded as disabled.
“Viewing the facts in the light most favorable to Robinson, First State's motion for summary judgment should be denied because there exists a genuine issue of a material fact on whether Robinson is disabled or was regarded as disabled.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“court recommends that the district court GRANT Frey's motion to dismiss (D.I. 8).”
“it is recommended that HostForWeb's motion to dismiss defendants' counterclaims (D.I. 30) be DENIED in Part and GRANTED in Part”
“IT IS RECOMMENDED that plaintiff's motion for summary judgment (D.I. 47) be DENIED.”
“IT IS RECOMMENDED that defendant's motion for summary judgment (D.I. 44) be DENIED.”
“Defendants fail to adequately plead a claim for negligent misrepresentation against plaintiffs. ... Defendants claim for breach of fiduciary duty is dismissed.”
“Defendants' motion to dismiss the Am. Comp.(D.I. 55) be DENIED.”
“IT IS RECOMMENDED that defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Third Amended Class Action Complaint with Prejudice under FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) (D.I. 59) be DENIED.”
“(1) Edgewell's motion for leave to amend and file its third amended complaint (D.I. 77) be DENIED.”
“Bosch's motion to compel (D.I. 114) is DENIED.”
“Pylon's oral motion to compel raised during hearing on October 19, 2009 is DENIED.”
“GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, consistent with this report and recommendation; (2) Plaintiffs' request for leave to amend Count V of the second amended complaint be GRANTED. Plaintiffs shall file their amended complaint on or before April 23, 2010; (3) Plaintiffs' request for leave to amend Count VI of the second amended complaint be DENIED.”
“MEMORANDUM AND ORDER re 126 MOTION to Compel Discovery filed by Karen Barkes is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”
“For the foregoing reasons, I recommend that Defendant's motion for leave to amend its Answer to the Complaint (D.I. 33) be DENIED.”
“For the reasons contained herein, the court recommends defendants' motion for monetary and other sanctions (D. I. 15) be DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
- Her enumerated consent docket reflects a 636(c) and Social Security mix: Social Security disability appeals (the largest recurring category), diversity matters (product liability, motor-vehicle, contract), and at least one securities stockholder-derivative case.
- Across eight terminated consent cases the time from filing to termination ran from roughly 230 days for the Social Security appeals to about four years for the securities derivative matter, with the disability appeals clustering under a year and a half.
- Her substantial referral work, the reports and recommendations she wrote for the district judges, is not captured by the assigned-judge field and is represented in the published orders above.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Thynge was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2023.
| Motions pending more than six months | 2 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2020 | 8 | 2 |
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 Thynge 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.