Victoria Ann Roberts
How Judge Roberts rules, drawn from 15 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Roberts no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Roberts
Victoria A. Roberts was a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Appointed by President William J. Clinton, Judge Roberts received a commission on June 29, 1998. Judge Roberts assumed senior status on February 25, 2021 and retired on September 1, 2023.
How Judge Roberts decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The court reversed where the bankruptcy ruling did not determine rent arrears, security-deposit offsets, or the debtor's abstention request.
“The Bankruptcy Court’s order does not take into account clear Michigan law”
Procedural preferences
The accident expert could not use undisclosed computer equations when the opposing party lacked a reasonable pretrial opportunity to test them.
“without providing the equations within a reasonable time before trial is unfair to Plaintiff.”
Cautions
The court treated claimed fingerprint-identification errors as matters for cross-examination and competing proof rather than categorical exclusion.
“go to the weight of the evidence and can be explored on cross-examination and/or through presentation of competing evidence.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The City’s motion to certify that order under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) is DENIED.”
“this case is stayed pending appeal by the individual officers.”
“The Bankruptcy Court’s Order of May 26, 2011, is REVERSED. The matter is REMANDED for further proceedings.”
“Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss are GRANTED. Plaintiffs’ action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Defendants’ motion for application of the strictissimus juris standard and an instruction to the jury on strictissimus juris is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ motion is DENIED without prejudice.”
“The Bankruptcy Court’s decision is AFFIRMED; MBC’s Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”
“the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack .of Subject Matter Jurisdiction.”
“GRANTS Plaintiffs, Motion for Summary Judgment [document 14]”
“DENIES the Commissioner’s Motion for Summary Judgment [document 15]”
“REMANDS this matter for an award of benefits.”
“Defendant’s Motion to Suppress (Doc. #13) is DENIED.”
“the Court grants in part Plaintiffs Motion to Preclude Testimony of Defendants’ Accident Reconstruction Expert Henry Lipian.”
“The Court GRANTS Enterprise’s and Kearns’ motion for declaratory judgment.”
“Declaratory judgment in favor of Westfield is DENIED.”
“The Court GRANTS Westfield’s motion and DISMISSES Enterprise’s counterclaim of silent fraud and misrepresentation;”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Roberts carried a general civil and criminal trial docket and later served in senior status before retiring. The contested outcomes described here come from her published district-court opinions.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Roberts was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of September 30, 2023.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Mar 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 3 |
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 Roberts 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.