I. Leo Glasser
How Judge Glasser rules, drawn from 13 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Glasser
Israel Leo Glasser is a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, Judge Glasser received a commission on December 10, 1981. Judge Glasser assumed senior status on July 1, 1993.
Judge Glasser's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Glasser, as published on the court's website (checked October 8, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
Key rules
Filing
The movant must send chambers courtesy copies of all motion papers on the date of full briefing.
“Courtesy copies of all motion papers shall be submitted to chambers by the moving party on the date the motion is fully briefed.”
Motions
Arrange and submit a briefing schedule for the Court to endorse.
“The parties shall arrange their own briefing schedule and submit it to the Court to be endorsed.”
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026).
How Judge Glasser decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Reid v. Ingerman Smith, Glasser denied dismissal of the hostile-work-environment claim. He found the allegation that a supervisor grabbed and squeezed Reid's breast once sufficient at the pleading stage because direct contact with an intimate body part can be severe sexual harassment.
“Because ‘[d]irect contact with an intimate body part constitutes one of the most severe forms of sexual harassment,’ ... and Reid has alleged that Sadowski on a single occasion ‘grabbed and squeezed’ one of Reid's breasts, ... Reid has pleaded facts concerning unwanted sexual contact sufficient to defeat defendants' motion to dismiss.”
Procedural preferences
In Catsiapis v. Pardalis & Nohavicka, LLP, he dismissed a legal malpractice action for lack of diversity jurisdiction because the plaintiff was a U.S. citizen domiciled abroad and therefore a citizen of no state for Section 1332 purposes.
“the Court nevertheless has an independent obligation to ensure that it has subject matter jurisdiction, and must dismiss an action when it concludes that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction.”
In Alexsam, Inc. v. MasterCard International Inc., he held Alexsam judicially estopped from seeking patent-license royalties after it had argued before the PTAB that a covenant not to sue eliminated MasterCard’s declaratory-judgment standing.
“Alexsam is therefore judicially estopped from bringing a claim for royalties under the license agreement.”
In Almondnet, he kept his earlier patent-venue ruling in place on reconsideration after examining controlling precedent and the defendant’s prior opportunity to raise venue.
“It was in obedience to the principle of stare decisis that the Defendant's venue motion to dismiss was denied as is its motion to reconsider.”
Cautions
In Gilani v. GNOC Corp., he disregarded the plaintiff’s affidavit on summary judgment after finding it contradicted her deposition about seeing cleaning staff, and granted the defendant’s motion.
“Since the two conflict, the Affidavit must be disregarded.”
In Reid v. Ingerman Smith LLP, he dismissed a retaliation theory based on rejecting a supervisor’s sexual advances because he found that rejection was not protected activity under the relevant discrimination law.
“The Court adopts the view that the rejection of sexual advances does not constitute a protected activity.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Alexsam is judicially estopped from demanding royalties under the license agreement, and so MasterCard's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.”
“The December R&R is adopted only with respect to Alexsam's motion to dismiss, which is DENIED.”
“defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED as to Reid's retaliation and aiding and abetting claims and DENIED as to her discrimination claims. Because Reid has already amended her complaint once, and because any further amendment would be futile, dismissal is with prejudice.”
“Defendant's motion for summary judgment is therefore granted.”
“Given the lack of subject matter jurisdiction in this case, the Defendants' unopposed motion to dismiss is granted.”
“Defendants' motion for summary judgment as to Plaintiffs' overtime claims under the FLSA and NYLL is GRANTED and Plaintiffs' cross-motion for summary judgment as to their overtime and wage statement claims is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant’s motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint is GRANTED with prejudice.”
“The Defendant's motion to reconsider is denied;”
“The Plaintiff's motion to transfer to the Southern District of New York is denied;”
“In view of the adverse determination of the conditions precedent to that motion, it is hereby denied as moot.”
“For the foregoing reasons, defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED. Plaintiffs federal claims are dismissed with prejudice and the Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims.”
“For the reasons set forth above, State Farm's motion is GRANTED in its entirety. Because the Court is temporarily staying Defendants' right to further commence and prosecute any no-fault arbitrations and state court actions, all discovery, potential dispositive motions, and a potential trial should proceed on an expedited basis.”
“Transportation and Webster’s motions for summary judgment are GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is hereby directed to enter judgment in their favor.”
“Defendants motion for judgment on the pleadings is GRANTED in favor of the Defendant on all FDCPA claims, and the Court declines supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining common law claim.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Plaintiff’s motion to remand is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 169 days (N = 9).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 250 days (N = 1).
- Glasser took senior status in 1993 but continued receiving a steady Brooklyn civil docket and occasional criminal cases.
- The terminated-case sample mixes Section 1983 suits against New York City, consumer-credit cases, insurance and RICO subrogation actions, and miscellaneous matters.
- Consumer-credit and insurance suits often resolved within months, while contested civil-rights cases ran longer.
- His historical criminal docket included the Gotti and Gigante organized-crime trials.
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 | 7 |
| 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 | 5 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 7 | 5 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| Mar 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| Sep 2024 | 9 | 7 |
| Mar 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| Sep 2023 | 7 | 9 |
| Mar 2023 | 7 | 13 |
| Sep 2022 | 8 | 15 |
| Mar 2022 | 24 | 23 |
| Sep 2021 | 48 | 25 |
| Mar 2021 | 56 | 26 |
| Sep 2020 | 52 | 26 |
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 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, not for Judge Glasser: 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 | 7,392 | 6.7 months |
| Closed with no court action | 1,485 | 3 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 5,022 | 6.9 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 835 | 13.9 months |
| Closed during trial | 50 | 49.6 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 7,392 | 6.7 months |
| Sep 2024 | 7,879 | 5.8 months |
| Sep 2023 | 7,746 | 5.1 months |
| Sep 2022 | 7,588 | 6.2 months |
| Sep 2021 | 6,709 | 7.9 months |
| Sep 2020 | 6,062 | 8.6 months |
| Sep 2019 | 6,858 | 8.1 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).
Draft for Judge Glasser with the record in hand
Ezel grounds your drafting and research in this profile: what has persuaded Judge Glasser, and what has not, cited to the signed orders.
Opens in Ezel Pro.
- Grounded in Judge Glasser's own signed orders
- Cites every source it relies on, so you can verify it
- Chat, drafting and research in one workspace