Victoria Marie Calvert
How Judge Calvert rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Calvert
Victoria Marie Calvert is a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, Judge Calvert received a commission on April 5, 2022.
Judge Calvert's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Calvert, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
- Standing Order Re Civil Cases ↗
- Standing Order Re Criminal Cases ↗
- Background Questions for Jury Panel ↗
- Qualifying Questions for Jury Panel ↗
Key rules
Motions
Summary judgment briefs should contain record citations, not rely solely on the facts statement.
“All citations to the record evidence should be contained in each party’s brief, not just in the party’s statement of undisputed (or disputed) facts.”
Discovery
Confer in good faith before bringing discovery disputes to the court.
“Parties are required to confer in good faith before bringing discovery disputes to the attention of the Court.”
Discovery
For a contested discovery dispute, email chambers a position statement of at most 500 words before filing a motion.
“the party seeking Court intervention must email Ms. Shanks and attach a statement outlining its position and requesting a conference with the Court. All parties must be copied on such emails. The statement shall not exceed 500 words”
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 9, 2026).
How Judge Calvert decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In LifeBrite, Calvert held that the agreement’s specific provision allowing losses to offset the note governed over the note’s general “absolute and unconditional” payment language.
“the provision in the MSA about offsetting losses against the Note is a specific provision that governs over the more general provision in the Note that payment is 'absolute and unconditional.'”
In LifeBrite, she denied a preliminary injunction after finding no irreparable injury because monetary relief could address the claimed loss.
“An injury is 'irreparable' only if it cannot be undone through monetary remedies... LifeBrite cannot show an irreparable injury if it is reasonably certain that ECHP can fully discharge the obligations on the Note.”
In New Georgia Project, Inc. v. Carr, Calvert preliminarily enjoined Georgia disclosure rules because their $500 trigger and broad committee definitions swept in protected expression without sufficient limits tied to an organization's size or electoral focus.
“But a law that renders anyone who spends $500 on constitutionally-protected expression a full-fledged campaign committee subject to the attendant chilling effects is not a permissible means of regulation.”
In the reviewed voter-records case, the court read federal record-production duties alongside Georgia’s voter-privacy law and declined to require disclosure of an unredacted voter list without a statutory basis.
“Neither NVRA nor HAVA requires disclosure of sensitive information.”
In Browne and Connell, Calvert rejected a border-search objection after applying Eleventh Circuit precedent that a general border search does not require suspicion.
“Based on Eleventh Circuit precedent, it is correct to say that a general border search does not require any degree of suspicion.”
Procedural preferences
In Molerio-Garcia, she dismissed an APA challenge to an adjustment-of-status denial for lack of jurisdiction under the statutory bar as construed in Patel.
“while the CAA is not enumerated in the jurisdictional bar, Section 1182(h) plainly is... As such, the Court lacks jurisdiction over this APA case.”
In Multimedia Technologies, she entered a separate final judgment under Rule 54(b) on one plaintiff’s jurisdictionally barred claims and stayed the other plaintiffs’ claims pending appeal.
“the Court will exercise its discretion to enter final judgment of dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction as to Plaintiff Multimedia under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b)”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the United States' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 7) is GRANTED and this civil action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”
“ADOPTS the R&R (Doc. 95) in its entirety as the Order of this Court, and DENIES Hayes' and Flores' motions to dismiss (Docs. 80, 81).”
“Plaintiff LifeBrite Hospital Group, LLC's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 34) is DENIED.”
“Defendant ECHP, Inc.'s Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply (Doc. 41) is granted.”
“ORDERED in Case No. 1:22-cv-01692-VMC, Roland v. Wingate Management Company, LLC, the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 95) is DENIED.”
“FURTHER ORDERED in Case No. 1:22-cv-01693-VMC, Long v. Wingate Management Company, LLC, the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 97) is DENIED.”
“FURTHER ORDERED in Case No. 1:22-cv-01694-VMC, Newton v. Wingate Management Company, LLC, the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 96) is DENIED.”
“FURTHER ORDERED in Case No. 1:22-cv-01695-VMC, Phillips v. Wingate Management Company, LLC, the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 96) is DENIED.”
“FURTHER ORDERED in Case No. 1:22-cv-01696-VMC, Sims v. Wingate Management Company, LLC, the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 121) is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that Home Depot’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim (Doc. 21) is GRANTED, the Court holds that Claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 8,856,185 is patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101, and this civil action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The Clerk is directed to close the case.”
“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint. (Doc. 53). The Clerk is DIRECTED to close the case.”
“Here, Plaintiffs’ request for leave to amend has not been raised properly because it is imbedded in the final sentence of their opposition memorandum and does not identify how further amendment would address the deficiencies in the Amended Complaint. Moreover, after extensive analysis of the statements included in the Amended Complaint, the Court finds that any amendment would be futile.”
“FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 3) is GRANTED, and the Court ENTERS the following preliminary injunction: As to Class A: Defendants are DIRECTED to immediately cease tapering hormone therapy doses to class members for the purpose of S.B. 185 compliance. Defendants are FURTHER DIRECTED to resume providing class members hormone therapy according to the applicable standard of care without regard to S.B. 185 compliance... As to Class B: Defendants are DIRECTED to evaluate class members for hormone therapy according to the applicable standard of care without regard to S.B. 185 compliance.”
“ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Provisional Class Certification (Doc. 2) is GRANTED and the Court CERTIFIES the following two classes: A. All individuals incarcerated in GDC facilities who are receiving hormone therapy now proscribed by S.B. 185 or who were receiving hormone therapy proscribed by S.B. 185 on May 8, 2025... B. All individuals incarcerated in GDC facilities not in Class A who identify as transgender and request hormone treatment now proscribed by S.B. 185.”
“For the above reasons, Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration (Docs. 44) and Renewed Motion to Compel Arbitration (Doc. 78) are DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 1115 days (N = 8).
The sampled civil docket includes an inherited 2019-2020 filing cohort and the cases underlying the published orders. It contains a notable securities-fraud cluster, along with wage-and-hour, ADA and Title VII employment, civil-rights, consumer, contract, and diversity matters. The criminal docket includes a significant Justice Department antitrust procurement-fraud case.
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 | 14 |
| 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 | 10 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 14 | 10 |
| Sep 2025 | 4 | 11 |
| Mar 2025 | 3 | 9 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 14 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 12 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 9 |
| Mar 2023 | 2 | 8 |
| Sep 2022 | 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 Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta Division), not for Judge Calvert: 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 | 6,703 | 4 months |
| Closed with no court action | 640 | 3 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 4,138 | 1.6 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 1,901 | 11.6 months |
| Closed during trial | 24 | 31.4 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 6,703 | 4 months |
| Sep 2024 | 6,190 | 5.3 months |
| Sep 2023 | 8,614 | 13.7 months |
| Sep 2022 | 5,403 | 5.1 months |
| Sep 2021 | 4,908 | 6 months |
| Sep 2020 | 4,463 | 5.7 months |
| Sep 2019 | 4,954 | 6.2 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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