Enjolique Aytch Lett
How Judge Lett rules, drawn from 17 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Lett
Enjoliqué A. Lett became a U.S. magistrate judge for the Southern District of Florida in September 2024. Before joining the bench, she practiced product liability and commercial litigation at Greenberg Traurig and Akerman. She earned degrees from American University and the University of Georgia School of Law.
Judge Lett's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Lett, as published on the court's website (checked October 8, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
Key rules
Discovery
Confer personally by phone, video, or in person before asking for a discovery hearing; a same-day demand email is insufficient.
“adequate certificate of conferral requires at least one personal communication (in person, by videoconference, or by telephone), if not more, between counsel. The Court cautions counsel that sending an email demanding a response or position on the same day is insufficient to satisfy the conferral obligations under this Local Rule.”
Discovery
Absent court authorization, seek a joint discovery hearing instead of filing a written discovery motion.
“Except as authorized by the Court, the parties shall not raise any discovery disputes by filing written discovery motions. 1 The Court will strike any motions filed in contravention of these procedures.”
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 Lett decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Valcourt's pretrial-detention case, Lett denied the government's detention motion and imposed release conditions addressing risks of nonappearance and obstruction. The district judge affirmed the order.
“To mitigate any risk of flight or nonappearance, Mr. Valcourt will be required to submit to GPS location services;”
In a cryptocurrency receivership, she recommended approving a seventh interim fee application after reviewing rates and time records for the specialized work.
“the time sheets demonstrate diligent work by the parties involved, without frivolous billing.”
Procedural preferences
In Trump v. British Broadcasting Corp., Lett granted a motion to compel financial records in part because the complaint's $10 billion damages allegations put the plaintiff's finances at issue. She limited the subpoena to records from January 1, 2023 onward and noted that a protective order covered confidential material.
“those averments open the door to the discovery at issue”
In Tyndell v. Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, Lett recommended denying a self-represented plaintiff’s renewed temporary restraining order request without prejudice after finding he had not shown likely success on the merits, had not supported the remaining relief factors, and had not certified efforts to give notice.
“there is no certification from the pro se Plaintiff that he attempted to give notice to the Defendant(s)”
In a maritime injury case, she recommended dismissal without prejudice after finding the ticket’s selected English forum adequate and available; the district judge adopted the report with conditions protecting a later English filing.
“The United Kingdom is an adequate and available alternative forum for the parties.”
Cautions
In Bakhai v. BDO USA, Lett recommended denying a motion to vacate an arbitration award and granting a motion to confirm it. She found the asserted legal error, evidentiary prejudice, and perjury grounds insufficient under the narrow statutory grounds for vacatur.
“the Undersigned hereby recommends that the Motion to Vacate be DENIED and the Motion to Confirm be GRANTED.”
In mCom IP v. City National Bank of Florida, Lett recommended granting the defendant's fee motion in a patent case, with $33,986.43 under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and $50,619.59 under 28 U.S.C. § 1927. She characterized the litigation conduct in that case as supporting an exceptional-case award.
“the Court RECOMMENDS that the District Court GRANT Defendant's Motion for Attorney's Fees Against Plaintiff and award the amount of $33,986.43 under the provision for an ‘exceptional’ case under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and $50,619.59 under 28 U.S.C. § 1927.”
In Bakhai v. BDO USA, Lett reduced the requested fees for duplicated work, quarter-hour billing, and vague entries, while preserving privilege protections for submitted invoices.
“because some of the entries include duplicative work ... the Court imposes a 5% fee reduction. ... the majority of the Yanowitch entries are billed in increments of .25 ... and a number of the entries are vague ... Accordingly, the Court imposes a 25% reduction”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Undersigned hereby recommends that the Motion to Vacate be DENIED and the Motion to Confirm be GRANTED.”
“the Court RECOMMENDS that the District Court GRANT Defendant's Motion for Attorney's Fees Against Plaintiff and award the amount of $33,986.43 under the provision for an ‘exceptional’ case under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and $50,619.59 under 28 U.S.C. § 1927.”
“the Undersigned RECOMMENDS that the Court GRANT the Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment [ECF No. 272] and enter judgment for Plaintiff BlueStar Expo, Inc. in the amount of $300,000 plus post-judgment interest.”
“the Court affirms Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett’s Order denying the Government’s Motion for Pretrial Detention.”
“Petitioner's Verified Motion for an Award of Fees and Sanctions and Motion to Compel Disclosure from BDO [ECF No. 179] is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows: 1. The Court AWARDS Petitioner fees in the amount of $222,100.50 as it relates to the Coffey Burlington firm. 2. The Court AWARDS Petitioner fees in the amount of $38,854.69 as it relates to the Yanowitch & Co. firm.”
“The Court DENIES Petitioner's request to impose further sanctions and compel Respondent to identify the number of timekeepers who billed time to this matter and the total fees incurred.”
“Petitioner's Motion for an Order Preserving Attorney-Client and Work Product Protections, or in the Alternative, for an In-Camera Inspection of Unredacted Attorney Invoices [ECF No. 176] is GRANTED insofar as the attorney-client and work product privileges are preserved, and the disclosure of billing records did not waive those protections.”
“Defendant’s Motion to Compel [ECF No. 103] is GRANTED in part;”
“Plaintiff’s Corrected and Renewed Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction, [ECF No. 7], be DENIED without prejudice”
“Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction, [ECF No. 4] be DENIED as moot.”
“Given these factors, the Court RECOMMENDS that the District Court grant Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction.”
“Plaintiff Cristie Otero’s Motion for Summary Judgment, (‘Plaintiff’s Motion’), [ECF No. 15], be DENIED.”
“Defendant Frank Bisignano Commissioner of Social Security’s Motion for Summary Judgment, (‘Defendant’s Motion’), [ECF No. 17], be GRANTED.”
“The Court DENIES without prejudice the Motions to Compel or Overrule [ECF Nos. 117, 118, 119].”
“Plaintiff PNC Bank, N.A.’s Motion for Entry of Final Default Judgment be GRANTED”
“Plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion for Entry of Temporary Restraining Order [ECF No. 10] be DENIED as moot.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All reviewed cases are pending direct or magistrate-duty assignments, so this sample does not yet support terminated-case durations or disposition figures.
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 Lett: 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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