Roanne L. Mann
How Judge Mann rules, drawn from 15 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Mann no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Mann
Roanne L. Mann served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York until her retirement in January 2023. She later became the court’s Chief Magistrate Judge and had previously worked as a federal prosecutor and in private practice.
How Judge Mann decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Moosazadeh v. Cream-O-Land Dairy, Inc., she denied a motion to vacate an arbitration award and granted confirmation because the plaintiff showed no actual partiality or other ground for vacatur.
“Plaintiff’s motion to vacate is therefore denied and defendants’ cross-motion to confirm the Award is granted.”
Procedural preferences
In Amin Realty, L.L.C. v. Travelers Indemnity Co., the parties consented to her jurisdiction for all purposes, and she entered a final summary judgment ruling on their competing coverage motions.
“After the parties completed discovery and consented to have the case handled for all purposes by a magistrate judge, Travelers moved for summary judgment”
In Supervalu v. Ectaco, Mann denied a Rule 60(b)(6) motion to reopen a settled case to enforce the agreement. The dismissal stipulation had not reserved enforcement jurisdiction, and the alleged breach did not supply extraordinary circumstances for reopening.
“a federal court lacks jurisdiction to enforce a settlement agreement in a closed case in the absence of an independent basis for jurisdiction or a dismissal order specifically reserving such authority.”
Cautions
In Copper, Judge Block sustained an objection to Mann's recommendation to dismiss Borrelli's third-party complaint. He declined to adopt that recommendation and returned Borrelli's default judgment motion to Mann for further proceedings.
“the Court sustains Borelli’s objection and, so, declines to adopt the R&R’s recommendation that its third-party complaint be dismissed.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“defendant’s motion for an order granting it summary judgment on all claims is granted in its entirety, plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment is denied, and the complaint is dismissed with prejudice.”
“Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted, and the complaint is dismissed with prejudice. The Clerk of the Court is requested to enter judgment accordingly.”
“the Court denies plaintiff’s motion to vacate the Arbitration Award and grants defendants’ cross-motion to confirm the Award.”
“defendant has failed to make the requisite showing of extraordinary circumstances and extreme hardship to warrant reopening the case under Rule 60(b)(6). Defendant’s motion is therefore denied.”
“this court adopts Magistrate Judge Mann’s R&R in its entirety ... Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment is granted.”
“the Court adopts Judge Mann’s R&R in its entirety pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The Court grants Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismisses the Amended Complaint in its entirety.”
In this wage-and-hour case, Magistrate Judge Mann recommended denying Borrelli's motion for a default judgment and dismissing its third-party complaint. On de novo review, District Judge Block sustained Borrelli's objection and declined to adopt the recommendation to dismiss the complaint. He distinguished the agreement between Cavalry and Fleet from the indemnity agreement in Gustafson and returned the default judgment motion to Mann for further proceedings. This order did not decide that motion.
“The Court orders Woodside to produce, by June 15, 2017, patient invoice receipts and daily sales logs for that limited time period, to the extent such documents exist either in hard copy or electronic format. ... For the foregoing reasons, plaintiff’s motion to compel is denied in large part.”
“defendants’ motion to compel (DE #45) is granted and plaintiffs’ cross-motion to compel (DE #46) is granted in part and denied in part without prejudice.”
“Judge Mann recommended granting default judgment in this foreclosure action upon a finding of Defendants’ liability pursuant to well-settled law, (R&R 8–9), and the Court, having received no objections to the R&R, adopted it in its entirety on August 15, 2018.”
“The Court has reviewed the unopposed R&R and, finding no clear error, adopts the R&R in its entirety pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Accordingly, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment in substantial part”
“the Court hereby adopts the Report and Recommendation as the opinion of this Court. Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment is hereby granted, in part, and denied, in part.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
- An Eastern District of New York magistrate in Brooklyn.
- A sample of her last-assigned dockets (2022, her final active year, plus older miscellaneous matters) shows the magistrate diet: criminal and surveillance-support work (pen-register and trap-and-trace applications, stored-communications orders, cell-phone search-warrant applications, and criminal initial-appearance complaints) alongside FLSA consent cases that resolve quickly by settlement or dismissal and occasional enforcement matters.
- Consistent with her published orders, her substantive civil work is heavily consent-jurisdiction and referral-recommendation based.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Mann was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2024.
| Motions pending more than six months | 1 |
| 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 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| Mar 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 Mann 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.