Brenda K. Sannes

United States District Court for the Northern District of New York district Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic) 19 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Madonia v. Moore
6:21-cv-00069-BKS-TWD · 2022-02-24
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant's motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 22) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part”

M.O. v. Orendorf (County of Onondaga)
5:25-cv-00125-BKS-TWD · 2025-11-06
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“ORDERED that the County's motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 16) is DENIED”

Sturgen v. Garland
8:22-cv-00049-BKS-DJS · 2024-09-09
Summary judgment (defendant) Moot / procedural

“Defendant's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 25) is DENIED without prejudice to renewal”

Green v. Haimes
9:18-cv-00703-BKS-ATB · 2019-07-02
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“ORDERED that Defendant's motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 29) is DENIED”

Maldonado v. Mandalaywala (MTD)
9:17-cv-01303-BKS-TWD · 2019-01-08
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“ORDERED that Defendants' motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 24) is DENIED”

Maldonado v. Mandalaywala (MSJ)
9:17-cv-01303-BKS-TWD · 2020-03-10
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“ORDERED that Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 46) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART”

Rizzuto v. Annucci
9:23-cv-00515-BKS-PJE · 2025-09-25
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 30) is GRANTED as to ... and ... DENIED as to ... and those claims will proceed to trial, pursuant to the order of Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes on September 25, 2025”

Cayuga Nation v. Parker
5:22-cv-00128-BKS-TWD · 2025-12-01
Motion in limine (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED that evidence that the Nation lost profits in connection with the sale of cannabis products is precluded as irrelevant”

Jones v. Agata
9:23-cv-00720-BKS-PJE · 2025-08-29
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“ORDERED that Defendants' cross-motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 52) is DENIED in its entirety”

Santos v. Schroeder
9:19-cv-01610-BKS-TWD · 2023-09-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED that Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 99) is GRANTED”

DeJean v. Roth
9:14-cv-00445-BKS-ATB · 2016-10-24
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“ORDERED that Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 94) is GRANTED”

Sims v. CSX Transportation Inc.
1:16-cv-00762-BKS-TWD · 2017-09-06

FELA / Federal Safety Appliances Act / Locomotive Inspection Act personal-injury suit by a pro se railroad engineer. After plaintiff's counsel withdrew (unable to contact plaintiff) and plaintiff failed to comply with court orders or keep a current address on file, Magistrate Judge Dancks recommended dismissal under Rule 41(b). No objections were filed (the mailing was returned undeliverable); Judge Sannes reviewed for clear error and adopted the recommendation, dismissing the complaint without prejudice for failure to prosecute. The order resolved no pending party motion and is recorded as a procedural disposition rather than a merits ruling.

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 240.5 days (N = 20).

Median motion-to-ruling time: 223 days (N = 6).

2019 tenure cohort is dominated by pro se prisoner 42:1983 civil-rights cases (Jones/Agee/Clay/Lev/Bowman/Wilder v. Cuomo et al.), plus employment civil-rights (ADA, ERISA, FMLA, Title VII), diversity product-liability/personal-injury (NutriBullet, Jo-Ann Stores), IDEA/education (SG, Diederich), Social Security appeals (Watson), and contract/insurance/CERCLA-environmental (Albany Molecular, Penn Mfrs, MPM Silicones). N.D.N.Y. routes most civil cases through referral magistrates. Referral magistrate judges who recur on these dockets include Christian F. Hummel, Andrew T. Baxter, Daniel J. Stewart, Therese Wiley Dancks, David Peebles, Miroslav Lovric, Randolph F. Treece.

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