Edward L. Artau
How Judge Artau rules, drawn from 18 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Artau
Edward L. Artau is a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Judge Artau received a commission on September 9, 2025.
Judge Artau's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Artau'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).
How Judge Artau decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In the police-union emergency-relief case, the court denied two requests after finding no proven irreparable harm and no enforceable records request.
“the plaintiffs have not proven irreparable harm”
In one housing-law case, the court dismissed a complaint without prejudice and allowed amendment after finding that several counts combined multiple causes of action.
“Counts I, II, and IV all contain multiple causes of action within a single count.”
In one immigration habeas case challenging a removal-related action, Artau dismissed without prejudice after applying the statutory limit on district court jurisdiction.
“this Court dismisses the petition because it is barred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252(g).”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The parties’ joint motion for settlement approval [ECF No. 21] is GRANTED.”
“The Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement [ECF No. 27] is GRANTED.”
“The Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement of FLSA Claims [ECF No. 21] is GRANTED.”
“The Motions to Dismiss [ECF No. 28] is GRANTED.”
“The Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 250] is GRANTED.”
“The motions to dismiss [ECF Nos. 45 & 70] are DENIED.”
“Counterclaim (‘Motion’) [ECF No. 44] is hereby GRANTED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“The Motions to Dismiss [ECF Nos. 29, 30] are DENIED.”
“Defendant, MOOD MEDIA LLC’s (‘Mood Media’) Motion for Summary Judgment (‘Motion’) [ECF No. 304] is hereby DENIED.”
“plaintiffs’ motions for temporary restraining orders and/or preliminary injunctions [ECF Nos. 7 & 19] are DENIED.”
“the Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 52] is DENIED.”
“The plaintiff’s motion to remand is GRANTED [ECF No. 8].”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
- The reviewed matters are limited to cases filed on or after Judge Artau's September 2025 commission so that earlier work by predecessor judges is not attributed to him.
- They reflect a broad civil and criminal docket, with a notable concentration of immigration-detainee habeas petitions, consumer and disability-access suits, wage-and-hour cases, and criminal matters.
- Some cases already pending when he joined the court were reassigned to him shortly after his commission.
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 | 1 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 1 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2025 | 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 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, not for Judge Artau: 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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