William P. Dimitrouleas
How Judge Dimitrouleas rules, drawn from 29 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Dimitrouleas
William P. Dimitrouleas is a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Appointed by President William J. Clinton, Judge Dimitrouleas received a commission on May 22, 1998.
Judge Dimitrouleas's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Dimitrouleas's own (checked October 8, 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).
How Judge Dimitrouleas decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Caron v. Unlimited Health Care Services, Dimitrouleas conducted de novo review despite no objections, adopted the magistrate judge’s recommendation, and dissolved the writ of garnishment.
“Although no timely objections were filed, the Court has conducted a de novo review of the Report [DE 112] and record and is otherwise fully advised in the premises. The Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge's reasoning and conclusions.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction, or in the Alternative to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings [DE 10] is GRANTED IN PART, as to the issue of dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction; ... The Complaint is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of personal jurisdiction.”
“Plaintiff's Objection and Motion to Transfer [DE 21] is OVERRULED; ... the Court, in its discretion, declines to transfer the case.”
“Defendant GoodLeap's Motion to Dismiss and to Compel Arbitration [DE 9] is hereby GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED AS PART as follows: a. Plaintiff Edwidg Eugene is hereby COMPELLED to arbitrate his claims against Defendant GoodLeap. b. GoodLeap's request for dismissal is DENIED. c. This case is STAYED as to Defendant GoodLeap ONLY pending arbitration.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE-11] is DENIED.”
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE-17] is GRANTED. The decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE-18] is DENIED.”
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE-24; DE-25] is GRANTED. The decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
Dimitrouleas adopted Magistrate Judge Patrick A. White's R&R and dismissed a pro se prisoner's Section 1983 complaint without prejudice for failure to state a claim under Heck v. Humphrey while a state criminal charge remained pending. Grounding quote: 'The above-styled action is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice, to be refiled pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 when and if the state charges are resolved in Plaintiff's favor.'
“Plaintiff's letter/motion to dismiss [DE 8] is hereby GRANTED; The above-styled action is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice;”
“Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction as to Defendants Gigi and Zroya, see [DE 8], is DENIED;”
“Defendants Gigi and Zroya's Motion to Dismiss [DE 51] is hereby GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART; ... Plaintiffs must submit their claims raised in this action against Gigi and Zroya to mediation and/or arbitration under the mediation and arbitration provision of the Operating Agreement if they wish to proceed; ... the Court now DISMISSES Plaintiffs' claims pled herein against Defendants Gigi and Zroya in favor of mediation and/or arbitration.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 21] is hereby DENIED;”
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 22] is hereby GRANTED; The ALJ's decision is AFFIRMED;”
“Plaintiff's Amended Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 31] is hereby DENIED;”
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 27] is hereby GRANTED; The ALJ's decision is AFFIRMED;”
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 18] is hereby GRANTED;”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 13] is hereby DENIED; The decision of the Commissioner that the Claimant is not under a ‘disability’ as defined in the Social Security Act is hereby AFFIRMED;”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 33] is hereby DENIED;”
“Commissioner's Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 24] is hereby GRANTED;”
“Defendant The Results Companies, LLC's Omnibus Motion [DE 34] is hereby GRANTED with regard to Part (2), Defendant's motion for dismissal without prejudice of the claims brought by seventy-three (73) of the remaining plaintiffs in this case, or alternatively to compel arbitration and stay those claims ... The claims of the seventy-three (73) plaintiffs ... are subject to binding arbitration; This case is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to the claims of those 73 plaintiffs.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 298 days (N = 3).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 45.0 days (N = 22).
The sampled 2018 cases include debt-collection, ADA, habeas, contract, insurance, and copyright disputes; the earlier sampled cases include consumer-credit and federal civil-enforcement matters. These selected cases describe the observed mix but do not measure the judge’s overall civil or criminal caseload.
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 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, not for Judge Dimitrouleas: 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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