Charles B. Day
How Judge Day rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Day no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Day
Charles B. Day served as a magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland from 1997 until his retirement in 2022. Before joining the court, he was a Montgomery County assistant state's attorney and a civil litigator.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants' Motion is GRANTED. Judgment shall be entered in favor of Defendant and the case shall be closed.”
“Based on the foregoing, the Court DENIES the Motion.”
“the Court hereby GRANTS Defendant's Motion. Judgment shall be entered in favor of Defendant, and the case shall be closed.”
“the Court denies Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, but does so without prejudice. Defendant has 15 days to re-submit its motion with proper authentication”
In this consent case, Judge Day issued a sua sponte Rule 11(c)(3) show-cause sanctions order rather than ruling on a party motion. After the court had three times rejected the defendants' res judicata and merger arguments, defense counsel filed a fourth challenge, styled as a second reconsideration motion based on 'new existing precedent' in SunTrust v. Goldman. Day found the conduct 'akin to contempt of court,' imposed $2,000 on counsel Mitchell J. Rotbert, barred further res judicata or merger arguments until appeal, and ordered counsel to send the opinion to the clients.
“For the forgoing reasons, Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“The Court finds that genuine issues of material facts exist and that Defendant is not entitled to judgment as a matter of law. For the forgoing reasons, Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendant's Motion. The Clerk is directed to close this case.”
“Defendant's Motion Summary Judgment is GRANTED in part, and DENIED in part. Defendant's Motion is DENIED as to Counts I and V and GRANTED as to Counts II, III, IV and VI. Counts II, III, IV and VI are dismissed.”
“Therefore the interpretations of ‘same occurrence’ and ‘individual claim’ language in the statute will be determinative of a major issue in this case. ... it is hereby ORDERED that the Court GRANTS Defendant's Motion.”
“The Court DENIES Defendants' Motions without prejudice. ... The Defendants have 15 days to re-submit their motions with proper authentication”
“Based on the foregoing, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Plaintiff's Motion with respect to costs and DENIES Plaintiff's Motion without prejudice with respect to post-judgment interest.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 390 days (N = 18).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 80 days (N = 1).
- During his 1997-2022 tenure, Day's consent caseload included personal-injury and products-liability cases, insurance disputes, wage claims, medical-malpractice and federal tort claims, signal-piracy actions, railroad litigation, and many Social Security disability appeals.
- In the reviewed matters, consent Social Security appeals generally lasted about ten to fourteen months, while tort cases often lasted one to two years.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Day was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2022.
| 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 | 7 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 7 |
| Sep 2021 | 8 | 4 |
| Mar 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 1 |
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 Day 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.