Patricia A. Seitz
How Judge Seitz rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Seitz
Patricia A. Seitz serves as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She received her commission on October 1, 1998, and assumed senior status on November 16, 2012.
Judge Seitz's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Seitz'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.
“Defendant’s Motion for Review of Sentence Pursuant to 18 § 3742 [DE 144] is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction;”
“Defendant’s Motion for Default Judgment Rule 60(B) [DE 155] is DENIED.”
“Defendant’s Motion of Consideration [DE 150], and Motion for Default [DE 152], are DENIED;”
“Motion for Default [DE 152], are DENIED;”
In a pretrial order, the court identified the possible two or three year wage claim period and allowed substitution of the correctly named business; the order did not dispose of a filed motion.
“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint and Compel Arbitration [DE 11] is GRANTED;”
“the Motions in Limine [DE 74; DE 75] are GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART”
The court adopted the magistrate recommendation and awarded counsel a CJA voucher; the application was not a motion outcome.
The court set a hearing on its own initiative and did not decide a pending motion in this order.
“the Reduction of Sentence Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) [DE 1110] is DENIED.”
“Renewed Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law and Alternative Motion for a New Trial [DE 159] is DENIED, in part, and GRANTED, in part”
“Defendant’s Motion for Judgment Not Withstanding the Verdict and Motion for Remittitur is DENIED [DE 110];”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Final Judgment in Accordance with the Jury Verdict and Reserving Ruling on Fees and Costs is GRANTED, in part [DE-111];”
“Plaintiff's request for Liquidated Damages [DE 116] is GRANTED;”
“Plaintiffs Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint [DE-22] is DENIED.”
“The following Motions to Strike Ninth Affirmative Defense are GRANTED without prejudice:”
“Plaintiffs Motion to Remand Case to State Court for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction [DE-12] is GRANTED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 2 days (N = 3).
The fourteen selected civil matters span wage, insurance, maritime, consumer, and other claims. 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 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 Seitz: 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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