Robin Lee Rosenberg

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic) 13 signed orders read

How Judge Rosenberg decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

In mass-tort litigation she grants summary judgment where a Daubert ruling has excluded the plaintiffs' general-causation experts, leaving no admissible evidence that the product can cause the alleged injury.

“Pursuant to Rule 56(f) and the order to show cause process endorsed in cases such as Home Depot, the Court enters summary judgment in favor of every Defendant in the MDL, Brand or non-Brand, in every active Designated Cancer case filed prior to May 5, 2023.”

Procedural preferences

On an arbitration-waiver argument she applies the Garcia/Ivax two-step and finds no waiver where the defendant's first substantive response in the case was the motion to compel arbitration.

“Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration [14] is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The Motion is granted in that the parties must proceed with arbitration. The Motion is denied insofar as Defendant asks for the arbitration to take place in Boca Raton, Florida. Arbitration shall take place in London, Ontario.”

Cautions

In Florida premises-liability slip-and-fall cases she grants the store summary judgment where a transitory spill was too recent (here about 67 seconds) to establish constructive knowledge under Fla. Stat. 768.0755.

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 67] is GRANTED and summary judgment is entered in favor of Defendant.”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

National Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford v. Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP
2:19-cv-14050 · 2019-10-10
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint [DE 36] is GRANTED. The Second Amended Complaint [DE 35] is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

In re: Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2924 (Order Entering Summary Judgment Pursuant to Rule 56(f), Doc 6622)
9:20-md-02924 · 2023-05-15
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Pursuant to Rule 56(f) and the order to show cause process endorsed in cases such as Home Depot, the Court enters summary judgment in favor of every Defendant in the MDL, Brand or non-Brand, in every active Designated Cancer case filed prior to May 5, 2023.”

Geiger v. United States (IRS jeopardy assessment)
9:24-cv-80562 · 2024-07-22
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 56] is GRANTED and the Plaintiff's cross-Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 55] is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied
Arenas v. Director of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
9:23-cv-81589 · 2024-09-03
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED and the Plaintiff's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied
Epson America, Inc. v. Safe Space Scan Technology LLC d/b/a AWOL Vision
9:24-cv-80583 · 2024-10-23
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Magistrate Judge Reinhart's Report and Recommendation [DE 50] is hereby ADOPTED in its entirety, ... The Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [DE 33] is GRANTED, ... The complaint [DE 1] is DISMISSED without prejudice, and ... Plaintiff is GRANTED leave to amend the complaint.”

Friedel v. Sun Communities, Inc.
2:19-cv-14394 · 2020-02-27
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendants' Motion is therefore granted to the extent it argues that Park Place should be joined in this action, but it is denied without prejudice in all other respects.”

REDCON1, LLC v. WWEX Franchise Holdings, LLC
9:25-cv-80245 · 2025-08-08
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendant's Motion to Dismiss is DENIED.”

Jane Doe No. 6 v. School Board of Highlands County Florida
2:19-cv-14487 · 2021-01-26
Motion for reconsideration (defendant) Denied

“Defendant School Board of Highlands County Florida's Amended Motion for Reconsideration of Defendant's Motion for Final Summary Judgment [DE 84] is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff Jane Doe No. 6's Renewed Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [DE 85] is DENIED.”

Pecoraro v. Synovus Bank (Experian Information Solutions)
9:23-cv-80789 · 2024-01-16
Motion to compel arbitration (defendant) Granted

“Defendant EIS's Motion to Compel Arbitration [DE 42] is GRANTED. The parties are directed to proceed with arbitration.”

Donnelly v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP
2:19-cv-14112 · 2020-02-12
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 67] is GRANTED and summary judgment is entered in favor of Defendant.”

Bill Gosling Outsourcing Corp. v. Nation Motor Club, LLC
9:19-cv-81337 · 2020-01-13
Motion to compel arbitration (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration [14] is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The Motion is granted in that the parties must proceed with arbitration. The Motion is denied insofar as Defendant asks for the arbitration to take place in Boca Raton, Florida. Arbitration shall take place in London, Ontario.”

Verzwyvelt v. Terran Orbital Corporation
9:24-cv-81191-RLR · 2025-08-21
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendant’s Motion [DE 58] is GRANTED. Counts I and II are DISMISSED. Because this is the first dismissal based on a Court order, the Court’s dismissals are WITH LEAVE TO AMEND.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 82 days (N = 9).

Median motion-to-ruling time: 48 days (N = 5).

The reviewed 2021-2023 matters include a diverse civil caseload and the Zantac multidistrict litigation. Several admiralty, consumer-reporting, patent, copyright-subpoena, and prisoner-screening cases ended within one to five months. The Zantac tag-along cases that opened and closed in spring 2022 were administrative multidistrict-litigation transfers rather than merits adjudications. This provides descriptive context rather than a caseload-wide rate.

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