Federico A. Moreno
How Judge Moreno rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Moreno
Federico A. Moreno serves as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He received his commission on July 16, 1990, and assumed senior status on July 17, 2020.
Judge Moreno's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Moreno'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.
“ADJUDGED that the motion is DENIED.”
“ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND”
“DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT”
“ADJUDGED that the motion is DENIED with leave to refile on the open docket.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion for Alternative Service on Chad Greene is DENIED”
“Thus, the Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is denied.”
“Plaintiff's Motion Under 28 U.S.C. 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody is DENIED”
“Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is DENIED”
“Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED”
“the motion is DENIED to the extent the Plaintiffs are seeking a writ of”
“Monica Poirier's Motion to Strike Third-Party Claims and Motion to Dismiss are DENIED as moot”
“Motion to Dismiss are DENIED as moot”
“Happy Tax Franchising LLC’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED without prejudice”
“ADJUDGED that the arbitration award is CONFIRMED.”
“ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STRIKE JURY DEMAND”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 8 days (N = 3).
The ten selected cases include civil and criminal matters. They were chosen for available order text and do not establish the mix of the judge’s full docket.
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 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Sep 2021 | 2 | 6 |
| Mar 2021 | 5 | 4 |
| Sep 2020 | 6 | 4 |
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 Moreno: 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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