Glenn T. Suddaby
How Judge Suddaby rules, drawn from 35 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Suddaby
Glenn T. Suddaby is a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Judge Suddaby received a commission on August 29, 2008. Judge Suddaby assumed senior status on September 1, 2024.
Judge Suddaby's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Suddaby's own (checked October 9, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026).
- General Order 14: Civil RICO Statement ↗
- General Order 15: Uniform Procedure for Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Cases ↗
- General Order 18: Social Security Docket Assignment, Management, and Filing Requirements ↗
- General Order 22: Administrative Procedures for Electronic Case Filing ↗
- General Order 25: Civil Case Assignment and Filing Order ↗
- General Order 47: Mandatory Mediation Program ↗
- General Order 52: Letters Regarding Sentencings ↗
- General Order 62: Procedures for Filing, Service and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents ↗
How Judge Suddaby decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Bohl v. Construction and General Laborers Local Union 190, Suddaby granted summary judgment on an ERISA claim because the plaintiff had not exhausted the plan’s administrative remedies and had not shown futility.
“ORDERED that Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 19) is GRANTED”
In Premium Sports v. Nichols, Suddaby entered default judgment in a broadcast-piracy case and awarded statutory and enhanced damages, with reduced attorneys’ fees and costs.
“ORDERED that Plaintiff's motions for default judgment (Dkt. No. 20) is GRANTED, and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to enter a default judgment in Plaintiff's favor against Defendants in the amount of TWENTY THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS ($23,249.10).”
In a Social Security appeal, he remanded after finding that the ALJ chose the disability onset date arbitrarily from the date of an x-ray report instead of making the assessment required by SSR 18-01p.
“she determined the EOD arbitrarily based on the date of the x-ray report rather than conducting the more thorough and searching assessment required by SSR 18-01p”
Procedural preferences
In Dawson v. Reardon, Suddaby adopted an unopposed magistrate judge recommendation under clear-error review and dismissed the habeas petition.
“ORDERED that Petitioner's Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (Dkt. No. 1) is DISMISSED”
In Virginia L. S. v. Commissioner of Social Security, Suddaby granted the Commissioner’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after finding substantial evidence supported the administrative decision.
“ORDERED that Defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings (Dkt. No. 14) is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that the Commissioner's Decision is AFFIRMED”
Cautions
In United States v. Richard, Suddaby denied suppression after finding that the defendant had consented to the vehicle search; he also rejected challenges to the indictment and treated a discovery request as moot.
“As a result, Defendant's motion to suppress is denied.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDERED that Defendants' motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and in the alternative motion for judgment on the pleadings (Dkt. No. 47) is DENIED”
“ORDERED that Plaintiff's cross-motion for partial summary judgment on the Eighth Cause of Action (Dkt. No. 48) is DENIED without prejudice”
“Plaintiff's motion to strike the Castiglione Affirmation is denied. ... ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion to strike (Dkt. No. 49, Attach. 1) is DENIED”
“ORDERED that Defendants' motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 43) is GRANTED as to the following claims: (1) Plaintiff's ADA and RA claims ... DISMISSED with prejudice and without leave to amend; (2) Plaintiff's state law negligence claims are DISMISSED without prejudice but without leave to amend; and ... DENIED in all other respects”
“ORDERED that Plaintiff's letter-motion for the appointment of counsel (Dkt. No. 61) is DENIED”
“ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion (Dkt. No. 12) is GRANTED; and ... the action is voluntarily dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)”
“ORDERED that Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 19) is GRANTED”
“ORDERED that Plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 20) is DENIED”
“ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment (Dkt. No. 105) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, in the following respects: Plaintiff's request that Defendants be required to pay its entire existing defense costs arising out of the Asbestos Claims is GRANTED, and Plaintiff's request that Defendants be required to pay its attorneys' fees and costs incurred in the current action is DENIED”
“ORDERED that the cross-motions for summary judgment (Dkt. Nos. 110, 111, 113, 115) filed by Defendants Kemper, OneBeacon, Travelers, Wausau and Nationwide are DENIED”
“ORDERED that Petitioner's Petition for a writ of habeas corpus (Dkt. No. 1) is DENIED and DISMISSED”
“ORDERED that Petitioner's motion for the appointment of counsel (Dkt. No. 15) is DENIED”
“ORDERED that Petitioner's Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (Dkt. No. 1) is DISMISSED”
“ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion for relief from judgment (Dkt. No. 79) is DENIED”
“ORDERED that Petitioner's motion to remand (Dkt. No. 20) is DENIED”
“ORDERED that Respondents' motion to dismiss Petitioner's Petition (Dkt. No. 27) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, such that (1) Petitioner's claims regarding the OMH regulations are DISMISSED, (2) Petitioner's claims regarding the DOH regulation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (Count One), Rehabilitation Act (Count Two), and Fair Housing Act (Count Three) SURVIVE ... (3) Petitioner's claims pursuant to the New York State Human Rights Law (Count Four) and the First Amendment ... are DISMISSED, and (4) Petitioner's claim that the DOH regulation is arbitrary, capricious, and irrational (Count Six) SURVIVES”
“ORDERED that Defendants' motion to compel arbitration and for a stay (Dkt. No. 17) is DENIED”
“ORDERED that Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 63) is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that Plaintiff's Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 23) is DISMISSED with prejudice”
“ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings (Dkt. No. 10) is DENIED”
“ORDERED that Defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings (Dkt. No. 14) is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that the Commissioner's Decision is AFFIRMED”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 232 days (N = 19).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 44 days (N = 11).
The reviewed 2019 filings include federal habeas matters, Social Security appeals, prisoner and other civil-rights suits, disability-employment claims, federal medical-malpractice actions, diversity contract and insurance cases, employee-benefit collection matters, and constitutional challenges to state law. Many civil matters proceeded through magistrate-judge referrals.
Pending matters in the official report
Reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Civil Justice Reform Act, as of March 31, 2026.
| 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 | 8 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 8 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 6 |
| Mar 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| Sep 2024 | 10 | 12 |
| Mar 2024 | 7 | 10 |
| Sep 2023 | 25 | 11 |
| Mar 2023 | 17 | 9 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 13 |
| Mar 2022 | 6 | 8 |
| Sep 2021 | 6 | 6 |
| Mar 2021 | 4 | 8 |
| Sep 2020 | 1 | 10 |
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.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, not for Judge Suddaby: median time from filing to disposition of the civil cases the court closed in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, as reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
| Cases | Median time | |
|---|---|---|
| All civil cases closed | 1,302 | 8.4 months |
| Closed with no court action | 227 | 4.2 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 796 | 7.4 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 267 | 17.2 months |
| Closed during trial | 12 | 53.8 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 1,302 | 8.4 months |
| Sep 2024 | 1,393 | 7.7 months |
| Sep 2023 | 1,249 | 7.9 months |
| Sep 2022 | 1,444 | 12 months |
| Sep 2021 | 1,120 | 10.2 months |
| Sep 2020 | 1,195 | 8.6 months |
| Sep 2019 | 1,187 | 9 months |
The table leaves out prisoner petitions, land condemnations, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments, and reports no median for fewer than 10 cases. A district that closed a large multidistrict litigation in the period shows very large counts and long medians for that year. Source: Table C-5, U.S. District Courts (spreadsheet).
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