Ann E. Vitunac
How Judge Vitunac rules, drawn from 9 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Vitunac
Ann E. Vitunac serves as a recall United States magistrate judge for the Southern District of Florida. The court lists her in Fort Pierce.
Judge Vitunac's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Vitunac's own (checked October 21, 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.
“Movant’s Emergency Motion to for Injunctive Relief (DE 12) be DENIED.”
“RECOMMENDS to the District Court that defendant Hedges’ motion to stay proceedings (DE 44) be DENIED.”
“Town of Jupiter’s Motion for Summary Judgment on all remaining federal claims which allege arbitrary and capricious due process claims is GRANTED.”
“RECOMMENDS that the District Court GRANT Defendants’ Motion to Disqualify Plaintiffs Counsel (DE 394)”
“RECOMMENDS to the District Court that the Defendant’s Motion for Sanctions (DE 58) be GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART”
“GRANT Defendant’s Motions to Convert Arbitration Award to Judgment and Determine Interest Rate (DE 19 & DE 20),”
“RECOMMENDS that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (DE 13) be GRANTED and Plaintiff's Amended Complaint (DE 12) be DISMISSED.”
“GRANT the Government’s Motion to Dismiss the Amended Petition to Quash Summons (DE 24)”
“United States’ Motion for Summary Judgment (DE 140), filed March 27, 2009, be GRANTED”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The selected cases include criminal magistrate proceedings and civil consent matters. This targeted set does not establish her full caseload mix.
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 | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 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 Southern District of Florida, not for Judge Vitunac: 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 | 8,196 | 3.4 months |
| Closed with no court action | 848 | 3 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 7,287 | 3.5 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 16 | 10.1 months |
| Closed during trial | 45 | 17.1 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 8,196 | 3.4 months |
| Sep 2024 | 7,755 | 3.6 months |
| Sep 2023 | 20,408 | 0 months |
| Sep 2022 | 8,287 | 3.7 months |
| Sep 2021 | 8,536 | 3.2 months |
| Sep 2020 | 8,657 | 3.4 months |
| Sep 2019 | 9,471 | 3.7 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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