Roslynn Renee Mauskopf
How Judge Mauskopf rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Mauskopf no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Mauskopf
Roslynn Renee Mauskopf was a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Judge Mauskopf received a commission on October 18, 2007. Judge Mauskopf retired on January 31, 2024.
How Judge Mauskopf decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Drayton v. City of New York, she left disputed false arrest and malicious prosecution claims for a jury because the plaintiff’s sworn account raised a credibility question despite her skepticism of it.
“Even though the Court is skeptical of Drayton’s account of the events of his arrest and his theory of how the Detectives allegedly effectuated this scheme, Drayton has raised a triable issue of fact that must be resolved by the jury.”
In Drayton v. City of New York, she denied qualified immunity at summary judgment because disputed facts about the arrest prevented a finding of even arguable probable cause as a matter of law.
“Here, the material facts leading up to Drayton’s arrest are in dispute. It cannot be determined as a matter of law that there was any degree of probable cause – ‘arguable’ or otherwise.”
Personal involvement is a hard prerequisite to section 1983 liability: an officer whose only connection to an arrest is signing the arrest/charging paperwork is dismissed for lack of personal involvement.
“There are no disputed issues of fact as to Detective Toribio’s involvement in Drayton’s arrest, and signing arrest paperwork fails to establish personal involvement.”
In Hand v. New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, she found the plaintiff’s retaliation claim lacked a causal timing inference because more than six months separated her EEO activity from the first alleged adverse action.
“More than 6 months passed between plaintiff’s EEO activity and her first alleged adverse employment action and nearly a year passed between plaintiff’s SDHR complaint and her termination.”
In Stora v. Commissioner of Social Security, she dismissed a challenge to a benefits decision for lack of jurisdiction because the agency had awarded benefits back to the plaintiff’s application date.
“Federal courts lack jurisdiction to review Social Security administrative decisions that are fully favorable to the plaintiff.”
Procedural preferences
In Trustees of the Local 522 Pension Fund v. Bayway Lumber & Home Center, she reviewed the plaintiffs’ fee objection de novo and adopted the magistrate judge’s recommendation reducing their claimed hours.
“After de novo review of Magistrate Judge Orenstein’s thorough and well-reasoned R&R, the factual and procedural record upon which it is based, and the Trustees’ objections, the R&R (Doc. No. 20) is adopted in its entirety.”
In Perez v. People of Color in Crisis 403(b) Retirement Plan, she denied a default-judgment motion with leave to renew because the Secretary’s declaration did not supply the underlying evidence that the plan had been abandoned.
“Thus, the supporting information underlying the Secretary’s claim that this plan is abandoned – the central issue on this motion – is, as presented, wholly insufficient.”
Cautions
In Travco Insurance Co. v. Dinerman, she declined to consider submissions that a self represented defendant filed on behalf of her husband, because she could not represent another person.
“The Court will not consider these submissions, since Ms. Dinerman, as a pro se litigant, cannot represent anyone else, not even her own husband.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons stated above, defendants’ motion for summary judgment, (Doc. No. 35), is granted in part and denied in part. The following claims are dismissed with prejudice: all claims against Sergeant Sinatra; Drayton’s false arrest claim against Detective Toribio; Drayton’s malicious prosecution claim against Detective Estrada. Summary judgment is denied in all other respects.”
“To the extent any submissions filed by Ms. Dinerman since she elected to proceed pro se in July 2018 can be construed as either a motion to dismiss or a motion for summary judgment, those motions are denied.”
“Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that default judgment be entered in favor of the Trustees and against Bayway in the total amount of $88,192.87”
“For the reasons stated herein, the Secretary’s Motion for Default Judgment is DENIED with leave to renew.”
“Therefore, the Commissioner’s motion is granted, and Stora’s motions for summary judgment and for default judgment are denied.”
“Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that defendants’ motions are granted and all of plaintiff’s claims are dismissed with prejudice.”
“For the reasons stated herein, defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted in its entirety. Plaintiff’s request for relief from all pre-termination administrative decisions is denied.”
“Plaintiff’s request for relief from all pre-termination administrative decisions is denied.”
“it is hereby ORDERED that defendant’s motion to voluntarily dismiss the remaining counterclaim without prejudice in accordance with Rule 41(a)(2), (Doc. No. 30), is GRANTED.”
“defendants' motion for summary judgment (Doc. No. 48) is GRANTED in its entirety and this case is DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“plaintiff's motion for default judgment is GRANTED.”
“default judgment is granted in favor of Cartagena as against Providence in the total amount of $20,744, comprised of: (i) $15,744 in back pay; and (ii) $5,000 in emotional damages.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 366 days (N = 8).
- A former Brooklyn judge of the Eastern District of New York.
- Her sampled terminated dockets are a broad civil mix plus a criminal docket and many sealed and miscellaneous matters (search warrants and grand-jury subpoena disputes): consistent with a former U.S. Attorney's continued handling of criminal-adjacent matters.
- The civil mix includes employment and civil-rights cases (Caramello, Elliot, and Holley v. City of New York), prisoner civil rights (Summers, Johnson, Leckie), and FLSA wage-and-hour labor cases (Olmo v. Century 21, Wiggins v. Garden City Golf Club), alongside the ERISA, insurance, Social Security, and housing-employment matters seen in her published orders.
- The mix is qualitative, drawn from case-level records.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Mauskopf was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2022.
| 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 | 2 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 30 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 30 |
| Sep 2021 | 7 | 28 |
| Mar 2021 | 5 | 100 |
| Sep 2020 | 7 | 101 |
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 Mauskopf 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.