Susan C. Rodriguez

How Judge Rodriguez rules, drawn from 12 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Position
district
Appointed by
Donald Trump (Republican)
Commissioned
2025-12-06
Signed orders read
12

Signed rulings

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

Jackson v. StageZero Life Sciences, Inc.
3:22-cv-00610-SCR-UMJ · 2026-03-16
Motions to transfer (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiff's Motion to Transfer (Doc. No. 13) is GRANTED. The Clerk is directed to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.”

Carpenter v. Whitener et al
5:24-cv-00192-KDB-SCR · 2025-09-18
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“The Magistrate Judge's M&R (Doc. No. 12) is ADOPTED; ... Defendants' Motion Dismiss (Doc. No. 9) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part”

Bellamy v. Union County Board of Education
3:23-cv-00898-GCM-SCR · 2025-03-07
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, (Doc. No. 11), is GRANTED, and the Amended Complaint, (Doc. No. 9), is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE”

Creech v. Charlotte Area Transit System, Inc. et al
3:23-cv-00328-GCM-SCR · 2025-03-07
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, (Doc. No. 16), is GRANTED pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(5), and this matter is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE”

Motions to remand (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“the undersigned respectfully recommends that: ... 2. ‘Plaintiff's [Second] Motion to Remand’ (Doc. No. 18) be DENIED AS MOOT.”

Rodgers v. NVR Inc.-Ryan Homes et al
3:24-cv-00124-MOC-DCK · 2025-01-28
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“the undersigned respectfully recommends that ‘NVR, Inc.'s Rule 12(B)(1), 12(B)(5) And 12 (B)(6) Motions To Dismiss’ (Document No. 5) be GRANTED... IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED that ‘Defendant Kuester Management Group, LLC's Motions To Dismiss Complaint Pursuant To Rules 12(B)(1), 12 (B)(6) and 8’ (Document No. 16) be GRANTED... ‘Defendant Costner Law Office PLLC.'s Motion To Dismiss Complaint’ (Document No. 18) be GRANTED... ‘Defendant Flagstar Bank's Motion To Dismiss Complaint’ (Document No. 28) be GRANTED.”

Murdock v. Moore et al
5:24-cv-00119-MR-SCR · 2025-05-26
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS, THEREFORE ORDERED that the Plaintiff's Objections [Doc. 31] are OVERRULED; the Magistrate Judge's Memorandum and Recommendation [Doc. 29] is ACCEPTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [Doc. 25] is GRANTED, and this action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Smash Franchise Partners, LLC v. Barber Power Law Group, PLLC et al
3:23-cv-00710-FWV-SCR · 2025-09-08
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Based upon the foregoing discussion, the Court OVERRULES Defendants' objections [ECF 38] and DENIES Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [ECF 31]. The matter is referred anew to Magistrate Judge Rodriguez in accordance with the original referral.”

Nelson v. Commissioner of Social Security
1:24-cv-00080-MR-SCR · 2025-03-04
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“the Court hereby accepts the Magistrate Judge's recommendation that the Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment should be granted and this case should be remanded for further proceedings. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Memorandum and Recommendation [Doc. 15] is ACCEPTED, and the Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment on the Pleadings with Brief in Support of Remanding the Case to the Commissioner [Doc. 11] is GRANTED... the decision of the Commissioner is REVERSED, and this case is hereby REMANDED to the Commissioner for further administrative action.”

United States v. Dove
3:23-cr-00151-JAG-DCK · 2025-08-22
Motion to suppress (defendant) Granted in part

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court will adopt in part and reject in part the magistrate judge's recommendation, albeit on different grounds than those provided in the M&R. The Court will grant Dove's suppression motion as to evidence obtained pursuant to the state search warrant, but will deny his suppression motion as to evidence obtained pursuant to the federal search warrant.”

Herusaba et al v. Hearts for the Invisible Charlotte Coalition et al
3:26-cv-00076-SCR-WCM · 2026-06-04
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that: 1. The Magistrate Judge's M&R, (Doc. No. 26), is ADOPTED; 2. The Plaintiff's ‘Motion to Remand, Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Extension of Time, and to Impose Sanctions’ (Doc. No. 4) is DENIED.”

Bellamy v. Union County Board of Education
3:23-cv-00898-GCM-SCR · 2024-05-21
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Moot / procedural

“Defendant's ‘Motion to Dismiss’ (Doc. No. 7) is administratively DENIED as moot without prejudice.”

Smash Franchise Partners, LLC v. Barber Power Law Group, PLLC
3:23-cv-00710-FWV-SCR · 2024-01-09
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Moot / procedural

“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss‘ (Doc. No. 13) is administratively DENIED as moot without prejudice.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

  • Rodriguez's early district-judge caseload includes civil-rights and employment matters, Social Security review, insurance and consumer disputes, post-conviction cases, and criminal prosecutions.
  • Several magistrate judges appear on referred civil matters.
  • Her earlier magistrate service included recommendations and criminal pretrial orders in cases assigned to district judges.
  • New assignments continued through August 10, 2026.

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