Allyne Renee Ross
How Judge Ross rules, drawn from 22 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Ross no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Ross
Allyne R. Ross served as a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Appointed by President William J. Clinton, she received her commission on September 29, 1994. She assumed senior status on April 5, 2011, and retired in January 2026.
How Judge Ross decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Accrual rules favor the wrongful-conviction plaintiff: Section 1983 fair-trial claims for evidence fabrication and Brady withholding that would imply the invalidity of a conviction do not accrue until the conviction is invalidated (Heck/Poventud), so a defendant cannot defeat them as 'untimely' by pointing to the date the misconduct occurred. She declines to extend Wallace v. Kato (false-arrest accrual) beyond its Fourth Amendment context to such Fifth/Fourteenth Amendment claims.
“This court declines to extend Wallace beyond its Fourth Amendment context and holds that plaintiff's fair trial evidence fabrication claims were timely filed.”
Procedural preferences
In Nnodimele v. Derienzo, she held that the defendants waived their statute of limitations defense by omitting it from their pretrial submissions despite notice of deficiencies, and she denied their motion to dismiss on that independent ground.
“It is manifestly unfair for defendants to now resurrect a claim they waived long ago by failing to include it in their pretrial submissions.”
In Mack v. No Parking Today, Inc., she adopted an unopposed damages recommendation except for the wage statement award, which she limited under Rule 54(c) to the $2,500 per plaintiff demanded in the complaint.
“Under these circumstances, Rule 54(c) operates to limit the damages awarded on the wage-statement claim to the $2500 per plaintiff demanded in the complaint. ... With respect to every other aspect of the award, I concur with and adopt Judge Pollak's Report and Recommendation in full.”
Cautions
In Zhang v. Xia, she dismissed an LLC ownership dispute because Golden Sparkling, LLC was indispensable under Rule 19 and its joinder would defeat diversity jurisdiction.
“Weighing the Rule 19(b) factors, I find that Golden Sparkling, LLC is an indispensable party, such that I cannot resolve the claims before me ‘in equity and good conscious’ without joinder of Golden Sparkling, LLC.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, this court holds that defendants waived their statute of limitations defense, and denies their motion to dismiss plaintiff's case on this independent basis.”
“For the reasons stated above, defendants' motion to dismiss this action is granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment against the plaintiff and in favor of the defendants dismissing the FAC.”
“For the stated reasons, it is hereby ordered that defendant Igloo's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 29) is granted in part and denied in part to the extent that Plaintiffs' claims for Breach of Express Warranty (Claim Three) and Unjust Enrichment (Claim Four) are dismissed. Plaintiffs' remaining claims survive said motion.”
“Even assuming that the government did not play the entirety of the audio recording to the grand jury, this would not mar the integrity of the proceedings. Accordingly, Mr. Markus's motion to dismiss the indictment is denied.”
“Because I have rejected all three of plaintiff's theories of breach, plaintiff cannot sustain its claims for breach of contract and I grant summary judgment to defendant. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly and close the case.”
“Lite moves for partial summary judgment on the issue of whether the Policies were breached. ... Because I have rejected all three of plaintiff's theories of breach, plaintiff cannot sustain its claims for breach of contract and I grant summary judgment to defendant.”
“Accordingly, plaintiffs' motion for default judgment is granted in part and denied in part. I direct the Clerk to enter judgment awarding plaintiffs (1) $232,325.99 in damages; (2) pre-judgment interest on the $232,325.99 damages award at a rate of 9% per year from May 25, 2020 until the date judgment is entered; and (3) $400 in costs.”
“Accordingly, plaintiffs' motion for default judgment is granted. Plaintiff Panarese is to be awarded $1,000 in compensatory damages under the NYSHRL and plaintiff Thurston is to be awarded $4,000 in statutory damages under the UCRA. An injunction is issued, pursuant to the ADA, ordering defendant to provide access to the Website in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Level AA. Plaintiffs' request for attorney's fees and costs is denied.”
“The Clerk of Court is therefore directed to enter judgment for the plaintiffs awarding the following damages ... The total award is thus $21,812.47, for which the defendants are jointly and severally liable.”
“For the reasons discussed above, plaintiff's complaint is dismissed with prejudice. As plaintiff has already declined an opportunity to amend his complaint with regard to the noted deficiency, granting him leave to amend would be futile.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the defendant's motion to dismiss is denied.”
“Accordingly, I grant the plaintiff's motion for a default judgment, and award them damages in the amount of $7503.08”
“Accordingly, I grant plaintiff's motion for default judgment in part and deny it in part. I grant plaintiff's motion as to the breach of contract claim ... I deny plaintiff's motion as to all other claims.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 63 days (N = 7).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 130 days (N = 4).
- A senior Eastern District of New York judge sitting in Brooklyn, still actively assigned despite taking senior status in 2011.
- A 2018-2021 sample mixes a steady criminal docket with a batch of civil reassignments (including a cluster of related cases), motor-vehicle and personal-injury torts, and immigration and habeas matters.
- Her written orders add FLSA and wage cases, ADA website-accessibility suits, consumer-protection class actions, life-insurance contract disputes, and Section 1983 civil-rights matters.
- The mix is qualitative, drawn from case-level records.
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 | 3 | 6 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 2024 | 1 | 7 |
| Mar 2024 | 1 | 9 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 10 |
| Mar 2023 | 2 | 13 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 14 |
| Mar 2022 | 6 | 16 |
| Sep 2021 | 2 | 15 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 17 |
| Sep 2020 | 1 | 17 |
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 Ross 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.