Jillyn K. Schulze
How Judge Schulze rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Schulze no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Schulze
Jillyn K. Schulze joined the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland as a magistrate judge in October 1994. She served as chief magistrate judge from May 1999 to May 2006. Before joining the bench, she clerked for Judge Roszel C. Thomsen and worked in the Maryland Attorney General’s Office and the governor’s office. She retired from regular service in March 2016 and then served on recall.
How Judge Schulze decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In a disability appeal, Schulze found remand necessary because the administrative law judge rejected a treating psychiatrist’s opinion despite consistent treatment notes.
“In sum, in the face of abundant consistent evidence and without persuasive contradictory evidence, the ALJ improperly rejected the opinion of treating psychiatrist Dr. Hunt.”
In a hospital access case, Schulze left intent for trial where the evidence conflicted about whether interpretation services had been adequately provided.
“the question whether Shady Grove’s failure to provide Deaf Talk was intentional or was rather due to negligence, inadvertence, or Posner’s own choice cannot be resolved on summary judgment.”
Procedural preferences
Schulze required concrete facts showing competitive harm before restricting access to filed material.
“The vague reference to ‘confidential trade secrets’ is not a specific factual representation.”
She declined to compel a mental examination based only on an ordinary emotional distress claim, preserving the good cause requirement.
“This would, of course, largely render Rule 35’s good cause requirement superfluous.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees is granted, to the extent of $10,308.14”
“Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike is denied as moot”
“the motion to compel is granted as unopposed.”
“The request for sanctions is denied.”
“his motion to strike will be denied.”
“Plaintiff’s motion will be granted in part and denied in part.”
“sanctions will not be imposed.”
“Shady Grove’s motion for summary judgment is denied.”
“Farmer’s motion for summary judgment will be denied, and Astrue’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”
“motion to compel will be denied.”
“Marlow Wing House’s motion to dismiss Marlow Liquors’ third party complaint, and Mona Electric’s motion for summary judgment, will be denied.”
“the motion for summary judgment is denied, without prejudice, as premature.”
“Wal-Mart’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”
“Supervalu’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”
“Wal-Mart’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 237 days (N = 1).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 122 days (N = 2).
The exact-name docket results include Social Security appeals, motor vehicle injury actions, employment and civil rights cases, and other civil matters. The outcome-bearing docket sample is one consent wage case, so its two rulings cannot describe the broader 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 | 1 | 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.
A historical record
Judge Schulze 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.