Jeffrey T. Kuntz
Court record, service history and public docket data for Judge Kuntz.
How Judge Kuntz decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Unopposed procedural requests are disposed of by short paperless order on the docket rather than by written opinion, and the order states what the ruling actually covers.
“PAPERLESS ORDER Granting 130 Unopposed Motion to Seal. The information and exhibits identified in Defendant's Unopposed Motion to Seal shall remain sealed. Signed by District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz on 8/24/2026.”
Where the parties agree on more time, the extension is granted and every downstream date, discovery, expert discovery, mediation, the motions deadline, is reset in the same order, so counsel get a complete schedule rather than a single moved date.
“ORDER granting 140 Joint Motion to Extend Certain Pretrial Deadlines and Continue Trial. Discovery due by 12/18/2026. Expert Discovery due by 12/18/2026. Mediation Deadline 1/8/2027. Motions due by 2/15/2027. Signed by District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz on 8/26/2026.”
Leave to file exhibits in a non-standard format is granted, but the order points counsel to the local rule that governs how those exhibits must actually be filed.
“PAPERLESS ORDER granting 132 Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Video Exhibits. The Defendants may file their conventional exhibits in compliance with Local Rule 5.3. Signed by District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz on 9/8/2026.”
Cautions
A request for a preliminary injunction is expected to address notice to the adverse party under Rule 65 before the court reaches the merits; a motion that does not is denied without prejudice rather than set for hearing. This is the one contested ruling in this record that states a reason, and the reason rests on binding circuit precedent from 1978.
“PAPERLESS ORDER Denying 18 Motion for Preliminary Injunction without prejudice. The motion fails to allege notice as required by Rule 65. See Corrigan Dispatch Co. v. Casa Guzman, S. A., 569 F.2d 300, 302 (5th Cir. 1978) (‘It is not grounds for reversal that the trial court's interlocutory order was issued prior to the time that appellant was made a party by substitute service of process. Rule 65(a) does not require service of process. The Rule does require notice to the adverse party.’). Signed by District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz (JTK)”
A defective habeas petition is denied without prejudice with a short, specific deadline to file an amended petition; if the deadline passes the case is closed and any pending motions are denied as moot. Petitioners who intend to cure a defect should treat that date as firm.
“ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the Petition [ECF 1] is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Should an amended petition be filed, it must be filed by September 9, 2026. Otherwise, the Clerk of Court must CLOSE this case and DENY AS MOOT all pending motions.”
Where the petition does not establish the court's jurisdiction, the case is dismissed without prejudice and closed at the screening stage rather than carried while the defect is briefed.
“ORDER DISMISSING CASE FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION. This case be dismissed without prejudice. The Clerk is instructed to CLOSE this case. Signed by District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz on 9/2/2026.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
- The reviewed matters are limited to cases assigned to Judge Kuntz on or after his August 2026 commission, so that earlier work by predecessor judges in reassigned cases is not attributed to him.
- The mix is dominated by immigration-detainee habeas petitions, with a smaller set of employment, wage, consumer-credit, disability-access, contract, and product-liability suits, and a handful of inherited cases that arrived with motions already fully briefed.
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