Lois Bloom

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York Retired 2025 · served 2001–2025 5 signed orders read

Judge Bloom no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

How Judge Bloom decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Procedural preferences

Pro se / IFP and discovery-compliance gatekeeper: with a 13-year S.D.N.Y. Pro Se Office background, much of her referral diet is pro se prisoner/civil-rights screening, leave-to-amend, and case-management. She is willing to deny a deficient default-judgment motion while giving the plaintiff leave to amend rather than entering relief on a thin record (Ferrera), and she allows factual supplementation while refusing to add defendants where amendment would be improper (Wilson).

“she recommended that the Court grant the plaintiff leave to amend to supplement his factual allegations but deny leave to amend to add Mr. Martinez-Nunez as a defendant.”

Cautions

Enforces discovery orders and court directives with case-terminating sanctions: she will recommend dismissal WITH PREJUDICE for failure to comply with discovery (Rule 37, Graham) or failure to pay a sanction / appear at a conference (failure to prosecute, Rodriguez), after warning. Litigants before her must obey court orders and deadlines; non-compliance risks dismissal of the whole case.

“Judge Bloom recommended that this suit be dismissed with prejudice because ‘[p]laintiff has failed to pay a court[-]imposed sanction, despite being afforded repeated extensions of time to do so, and has also failed to appear at a Court-ordered conference’”

Signed rulings

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

Ferrera v. Tire Shop Center
1:14-cv-04657 · 2015-06-08
Default judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“On April 6, 2015, Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom issued a Report and Recommendation (‘R&R’) recommending that Plaintiff’s motion for a default judgment be denied. ... Accordingly, the Court adopts the R&R without de novo review.”

Wilson v. City of New York
1:18-cv-07301 · 2019-09-05
Motion for leave to amend (plaintiff) Granted in part

“she recommended that the Court grant the plaintiff leave to amend to supplement his factual allegations but deny leave to amend to add Mr. Martinez-Nunez as a defendant. ... I adopt the Report and Recommendation in its entirety.”

Mitchell v. Ward
1:15-cv-05296 · 2017-03-31
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“the Court hereby AFFIRMS Magistrate Judge Bloom’s June 28, 2016 Report and Recommendation in its entirety and orders that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus be denied.”

Graham v. Reed
1:06-cv-02065 · 2007-08-08

This is a non-party-motion dispositive ruling. Section 1983 case against two detectives. Magistrate Judge Bloom's R&R (2007-07-12) recommended DISMISSING the complaint WITH PREJUDICE under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2)(C) for the plaintiff's failure to comply with court orders to respond to discovery. District Judge Trager adopted the recommendation in full and entered judgment. A case-terminating discovery sanction, not a ruling on a party's motion. It illustrates her role as the failure-to-comply / discovery-sanction workhorse on the Brooklyn docket.

Rodriguez v. Credit Control Service
1:17-cv-05457 · 2018-07-25

This is a non-party-motion dispositive ruling. FDCPA case. Magistrate Judge Bloom's R&R (2018-07-10) recommended DISMISSING the suit WITH PREJUDICE because the plaintiff failed to pay a court-imposed sanction (despite repeated extensions) and failed to appear at a court-ordered conference after warning. District Judge Ross reviewed for clear error, found none, and adopted, dismissing with prejudice. A failure-to-prosecute / sanction dismissal, not a ruling on a party's motion.

Freedom Mortgage Corp. v. McLain
1:23-cv-01309-FB-LB · 2023-11-07
Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“the Court adopts the R&R without de novo review and directs the Clerk to enter judgment in accordance with the R&R ... [default judgment in favor of] Plaintiff Freedom Mortgage against [McLain and the Environmental Control Board] ... but to deny, without prejudice, default judgment against the New York City Parking Violations Bureau and the New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau.”

Lopez v. Bayview Loan Servicing
1:16-cv-01459-MKB-LB · 2017-04-27
Sua sponte dismissal (court) Granted

“By report and recommendation dated September 7, 2016 (the ‘R&R’), Judge Lois Bloom recommended that the Court dismiss the action without prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) ... the Court adopts the R&R in its entirety and dismisses the Complaint.”

Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe (Glanville)
1:24-cv-02287-EK-LB · 2025-04-01
Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“Judge Bloom recommends that Strike 3 Holdings’ motion for default judgment ... be granted. ... Having reviewed the record, I find no error and therefore adopt the R&R in its entirety. Thus, default judgment is granted in the amount of $21,075.00”

Centra Developers Ltd. v. JE
1:16-cv-06737-WFK-LB · 2018-03-22
Sua sponte dismissal (court) Granted

“the Court affirms and adopts the Report and Recommendation in its entirety as the opinion of the Court. The Clerk of Court is respectfully instructed to terminate the pending motions and close this case.”

George v. Equifax Mortgage Services
1:06-cv-00971-DLI-LB · 2008-09-30
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the R&R is adopted in its entirety. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment and motions for sanctions and to strike are denied.”

Motion for sanctions (plaintiff) Denied
Motions to strike (plaintiff) Denied
Profi-Parkiet Sp. Zoo v. Seneca Hardwoods, LLC
1:13-cv-04358-PKC-LB · 2014-06-18
Default judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“the Court ... affirms and adopts it in its entirety as the opinion of the Court. Accordingly, (1) [the] motion for default judgment is granted based on Plaintiff’s breach of contract claim; (2) Plaintiff’s claims for unjust enrichment, deceptive business practices, and negligent misrepresentation ... are dismissed with prejudice; ... (4) Plaintiff’s request to recover for lost profits is denied, without prejudice; and (5) Plaintiff’s request for attorneys’ fees and costs is denied.”

DiNicola v. Chertoff
1:05-cv-04968-SJF-LB · 2007-05-16
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“On April 30, 2007, Magistrate Judge Bloom issued a Report and Recommendation ... recommending that Defendant’s motion be granted and that Plaintiff’s complaint be dismissed. ... the Court ACCEPTS AND ADOPTS as an Order of the Court the Report in its entirety. The action is dismissed.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

An Eastern District of New York referral magistrate in Brooklyn. A final-period (late 2024-2025) sample of her terminated dockets shows her diet: federal criminal duty-magistrate matters, pro se prisoner civil rights, ERISA and Taft-Hartley benefit-fund collection, ADA access cases, and immigration matters -- consistent with the pro se, prisoner, habeas, and default/sanction work in the reasoning sample. This is a final-period snapshot, not a full-tenure caseload.

A historical record

Judge Bloom no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.