Anne R. Traum
How Judge Traum rules, drawn from 15 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Traum
Anne Rachel Traum is a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, Judge Traum received a commission on April 7, 2022.
How Judge Traum decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Friends of Animals' challenge to a wild-horse corral contract, Traum upheld the agency's environmental review and granted the defendants' cross-motion for summary judgment.
“Defendants' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 34) is GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly.”
In Reed v. Nevada Attorney General, Traum granted a stay while Reed exhausted his habeas claims in state court. She accepted his showing of good cause, potentially meritorious claims, and no intentional delay, and required him to return within forty-five days after the Nevada Supreme Court issued its remittitur.
“It is further ordered that this action is STAYED pending exhaustion of Reed’s unexhausted claims.”
In the Villanueva expert-discovery dispute, she required disclosure of ChatGPT case-law summaries the expert considered in forming his opinion, while protecting other parts of the expert’s history log.
“The legal case summaries generated by ChatGPT constitute ‘facts or data’”
Cautions
In McKnight's employment-discrimination case, Traum dismissed the ADA and Title VII claims without prejudice because the complaint did not allege facts showing exhaustion of administrative remedies.
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 16) is granted, and Ms. McKnight's Complaint (ECF No. 4) is dismissed without prejudice. Ms. McKnight may submit a new complaint asserting ADA and Title VII claims, if she is able to allege facts demonstrating that she exhausted her administrative remedies.”
In McKnight, Traum denied a later motion to reconsider the dismissal and directed entry of judgment.
“The Court denies McKnight's motion to reconsider. The Court directs the Clerk of Court to close this case and enter judgment accordingly.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“This Court AFFIRMS the Bankruptcy Court's order awarding monetary sanctions.”
“Defendants' motion to dismiss (ECF No. 35) is granted, in part, and denied, in part, as follows: the portion of claim 1(a) alleging that Defendant Cornfield threatened to have the Aryan Warriors assault Johnson and claim 1(b) are dismissed with prejudice.”
“It is further ordered that Plaintiff's motion for hearing (ECF No. 40) is denied.”
“Defendant Washoe County School District's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 24) is granted. It is further ordered that Plaintiff Jane Doe's Complaint (ECF No. 1) is dismissed, and her Motion for Preliminary Injunction (ECF No. 12) is denied as moot.”
“her Motion for Preliminary Injunction (ECF No. 12) is denied as moot.”
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 16) is granted, and Ms. McKnight's Complaint (ECF No. 4) is dismissed without prejudice. Ms. McKnight may submit a new complaint asserting ADA and Title VII claims, if she is able to allege facts demonstrating that she exhausted her administrative remedies.”
“In light of this dismissal, it is further ordered that Ms. McKnight's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 23) is denied as moot.”
“The Court denies McKnight's motion to reconsider. The Court directs the Clerk of Court to close this case and enter judgment accordingly.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 26) is DENIED.”
“Defendants' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 34) is GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Petitioner Keon Reed’s Motion to Stay (ECF No. 9) is GRANTED.”
“Court grants final approval to this Settlement and finds that the settlement is fair,”
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss (ECF No. 49) is therefore GRANTED IN PART 5 AND DENIED IN PART.”
“The two unopposed motions to intervene are therefore GRANTED pursuant 10 to Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(b). (ECF Nos. 5; 7.)”
“Motions to Dismiss are GRANTED. (ECF Nos. 42, 66, 68.)”
“Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel is DENIED.”
“GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART consistent with this Order.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
- The reviewed dockets include older Reno and Northern Division filings and newer Las Vegas and statewide disputes.
- They cover prisoner and civil-rights cases, employment, product liability, agency review, bankruptcy appeals, and a voter-records action.
- Many terminated cases ended through voluntary or stipulated dismissal without a merits ruling and contribute no motion outcome.
- Case durations use filing and termination dates.
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 | 49 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 49 |
| Sep 2025 | 1 | 49 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 50 |
| Sep 2024 | 1 | 55 |
| Mar 2024 | 14 | 36 |
| Sep 2023 | 22 | 27 |
| Mar 2023 | 28 | 27 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 16 |
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.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of United States District Court for the District of Nevada, not for Judge Traum: median time from filing to disposition of the civil cases the court closed in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, as reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
| Cases | Median time | |
|---|---|---|
| All civil cases closed | 2,100 | 8 months |
| Closed with no court action | 290 | 5.4 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 1,769 | 8.4 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 28 | 8 months |
| Closed during trial | 13 | 62 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 2,100 | 8 months |
| Sep 2024 | 2,177 | 8.5 months |
| Sep 2023 | 2,000 | 8.4 months |
| Sep 2022 | 2,030 | 8.8 months |
| Sep 2021 | 2,291 | 8.6 months |
| Sep 2020 | 2,392 | 10.4 months |
| Sep 2019 | 2,679 | 11.5 months |
The table leaves out prisoner petitions, land condemnations, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments, and reports no median for fewer than 10 cases. A district that closed a large multidistrict litigation in the period shows very large counts and long medians for that year. Source: Table C-5, U.S. District Courts (spreadsheet).
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