Lois Bloom
How Judge Bloom rules, drawn from 5 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Bloom no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Bloom
Lois Bloom served as a U.S. magistrate judge in Brooklyn from 2001 until her retirement in 2025. Earlier, she represented low income tenants and spent thirteen years in the Southern District of New York’s Pro Se Office. Her judicial work included civil rights and prisoner cases, habeas recommendations, and pretrial matters.
How Judge Bloom decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Wilson v. City of New York, Bloom recommended granting the plaintiff leave to add factual allegations to his complaint but denying leave to add Martinez-Nunez as a defendant. District Judge Donnelly adopted that recommendation without objection.
“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
In Rodriguez v. Credit Control Service, she recommended dismissal with prejudice after the plaintiff missed a court conference and failed to pay a court imposed sanction despite repeated extensions.
“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.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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.
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.
“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.”
“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.”
“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”
“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.”
“the R&R is adopted in its entirety. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“Plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment and motions for sanctions and to strike are denied.”
“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.”
“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.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Bloom was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2025.
| 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 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 0 |
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 Bloom 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.