Michael D. Ricciuti
How Judge Ricciuti rules, drawn from 4 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Ricciuti
Michael D. Ricciuti has served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court since December 2023. Appointed to the Superior Court in 2017, he has also sat in its Business Litigation Session. He earned degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Boston.
Judge Ricciuti's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Ricciuti's own (checked October 11, 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 11, 2026).
- Procedural Order Regarding Reply Memoranda ↗
- Procedural Order Regarding Partially Dispositive Motions ↗
- Procedural Order Regarding Appearances by Telephone ↗
- Formal Guidance Regarding Hearings, Trials, and Electronic Filings ↗
- Formal Guidance Regarding Protective Orders ↗
- Standing Order 1-23: E-Filing Policies and Procedures for Civil Actions ↗
- Formal Guidance Regarding Motions for Reconsideration ↗
How Judge Ricciuti decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Antonellis, the court treated factual assertions as admitted when the summary-judgment opposition did not clearly dispute or answer them.
“where Plaintiff has failed to simply and clearly dispute a material fact, or has failed to respond at all, that fact is deemed admitted.”
In Wilbert, the court considered material outside the pleadings and resolved two Rule 12(c) filings as summary-judgment motions after the parties had an opportunity to address that material.
“all three parties have had a reasonable opportunity to present all material relevant to a summary judgment motion”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants' motion to strike is ALLOWED IN PART and its motion for summary judgment is ALLOWED.”
“Treating Defendants' motions for judgment on the pleadings as motions for summary judgment, the Defendants' motions for summary judgment are ALLOWED.”
“plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings is ALLOWED”
“the MCAD's cross‑motion for judgment on the pleadings is DENIED.”
“Machado and Espinosa's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Counts I and II of their Amended Complaint is ALLOWED and their Motion for Summary Judgment as to Counts III to VIII is DENIED AS MOOT;”
“Defendants' Cross‑Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Counts I and II of Machado and Espinosa's Amended Complaint is DENIED;”
“Santos' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Count I of his Complaint is ALLOWED, and his Motion for Summary Judgment as to Counts II to VI is DENIED AS MOOT;”
“Defendants' Cross‑Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Count I of Santos' Complaint (no paper number) is DENIED.”
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