Nancy Gertner
How Judge Gertner rules, drawn from 31 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Gertner no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Gertner
Nancy Gertner was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Appointed by President William J. Clinton, Judge Gertner received a commission on February 14, 1994. Judge Gertner assumed senior status on May 22, 2011 and retired on September 1, 2011.
How Judge Gertner decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In a bank robbery prosecution, Gertner limited the government's handwriting expert to comparing features of samples and barred an ultimate opinion on authorship. She also admitted defense testimony about eyewitness identification.
“I GRANTED the motion in part: I did not permit the handwriting expert to make any ultimate conclusions on the actual authorship of the questioned writing.”
In a gender discrimination suit, Gertner excluded the plaintiff's proposed medical expert and the defendants' proposed expert because their testimony would not help the jury evaluate the discrimination claim. She admitted a different expert's social framework testimony, which left the ultimate discrimination question to the jury.
“I grant the motions to exclude the testimony of plaintiffs expert Dr. Huntoon and defendants' expert Dr. Britt.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (document # 42) is DENIED”
“defendant Bogdan's motion to dismiss [document # 13] as to Counts II and III of the Complaint — for failure to disclose evidence and conspiracy — is hereby DENIED. Counts IV and VI of the Complaint — for malicious prosecution under federal and state law — are hereby DISMISSED”
“The respondent's motion to dismiss with respect to the statute of limitations (document # 19) is DENIED.”
“I hereby GRANT plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Amend and DENY defendants' Motions to Dismiss both the initial and Proposed Second Amended Complaint.”
“The defendant's motion is therefore DENIED.”
“GRANT the motions to dismiss filed by Azcuy and SEI, with the exception of the § 93A claims, which will be stayed pending the outcome of the government's FCA and AKA claims against DRC.”
“I DENY the government's motion to dismiss (document # 9), and GRANT the relief sought by plaintiffs.”
“CHA's motion to dismiss is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART”
“Because I find that the remaining allegations are either time-barred or insufficient to state a claim, I GRANT the motion to dismiss (document #43) and DENY the motion to amend (document # 75).”
“the Respondent's Motion to Dismiss (document #4) is DENIED.”
“I GRANT in part and DENY in part Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment”
“I DENY Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment”
“Accordingly, I GRANT partial summary judgment for the Museum on the suddenness issue, DENY summary judgment on all other aspects of the claims between U.S. Fire and the Museum, and GRANT summary judgment for ACE as against U.S. Fire.”
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Gertner was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2025.
| 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 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.
A historical record
Judge Gertner no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.