Susan K. DeClercq

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic) 25 signed orders read

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Leath v. Secretary of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2:23-cv-11407-SKD-EAS · 2025-03-31
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“it is ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 20, is GRANTED. Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint, ECF No. 12, is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Malla v. General Motors, LLC
2:24-cv-10205-SKD-APP · 2025-07-17
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant's motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 21, is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. The motion is GRANTED with respect to Plaintiff's disparate-treatment claims, and so Counts I, II, and III of Plaintiff's complaint, ECF No. 1, are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The motion is DENIED with respect to Plaintiff's retaliation claims, insofar as they relate to Defendant's failure to exempt Plaintiff from termination.”

Jablonski v. Obelton
2:23-cv-13097-SKD-CI · 2024-10-03
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 16, is DENIED... Given that reasonable minds can disagree on which policy applies to claims such as Plaintiff's, Judge Ivy's recommendation that this issue should be determined by the fact finder—not on summary judgment—is correct.”

Cary v. Patel
2:24-cv-10193-SKD-APP · 2025-07-23
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 17, is GRANTED... Plaintiff's Complaint, ECF No. 1, is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 11, is DENIED”

Ali v. IT People Corporation, Inc.
2:25-cv-10815 · 2025-04-10
Motions to dismiss (IT People Corporation, Inc.) Moot / procedural

“Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint, ECF No. 4, is DENIED AS MOOT.”

Key v. City of Detroit; Wayne County Treasurer
2:24-cv-10458 · 2025-03-18
Motions to dismiss (City of Detroit and Wayne County Treasurer) Granted

“Further, it is ORDERED that Defendant City of Detroit's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 15, and Defendant Wayne County Treasurer's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 20, are GRANTED. Plaintiff's Complaint, ECF No. 1, is therefore DISMISSED.”

Carter v. Quainton
2:22-cv-12750 · 2025-03-03
Summary judgment (Jason Quainton and Brian Enrici) Granted

“Further, it is ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 58, is GRANTED.”

Clark v. Michigan State Police
2:25-cv-11149 · 2025-10-09
Motions to dismiss (Michigan State Police) Granted

“Accordingly, it is ORDERED that MSP's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 9, is GRANTED. To that end, all claims against MSP are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Key v. City of Detroit (second summary-judgment motion)
2:22-cv-10849 · 2025-03-24
Summary judgment (City of Detroit) Moot / procedural

“Defendant's Motion in Limine, ECF No. 164, and Defendant's Second Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 173, are DENIED AS MOOT.”

Boyd-Harris v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
2:24-cv-13267 · 2025-09-26
Motions to dismiss (United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and United States of America) Granted

“ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF No. 33), DISMISSING PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT (ECF No. 28), AND DENYING AS MOOT PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (ECF No. 16).”

Stubbs v. Jackson
2:24-cv-10129 · 2025-11-12
Summary judgment (Talesha Jackson) Granted

“Further, it is ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 44, is GRANTED, and Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 30, is DENIED. Plaintiff's Complaint, ECF No. 1, is therefore DISMISSED.”

Jones v. Nelson
2:23-cv-12509 · 2025-07-28
Motion for relief from judgment (Martell Jones) Denied

“For this reason, Jones's objections do not provide a basis to disturb this Court's adoption of the magistrate judge's well-reasoned R&R. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Jones's motion for relief from judgment, ECF No. 47, is DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The reviewed matters, most still pending in 2026, include employment and prisoner civil-rights cases, consumer-credit, patent, municipal civil-rights, habeas, and federal-tort disputes. This is a descriptive sample, not a complete caseload count.

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