Robyn F. Tarnofsky

How Judge Tarnofsky rules, drawn from 3 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Position
magistrate
Education
Yale University, B.A.; Harvard Law School, J.D.
Signed orders read
3

Signed rulings

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

Senvest Master Fund, L.P. v. United States
1:25-cv-01421-RFT · 2026-03-06
Motion to quash (petitioner) Denied

“the Petition is DENIED and the Motion is DENIED AS MOOT. ... the Clerk of Court is respectfully requested to terminate ECF 1 and ECF 16 and to enter judgment in favor of Respondent.”

State of New York v. Administration for Children and Families
1:26-cv-00172-VSB-RFT · 2026-07-10
Motion for discovery (plaintiff) Granted

“The motion for discovery (ECF 91) is GRANTED, in that Defendants are directed to produce the emails at issue in unredacted form.”

Motion to adjourn (defendant) Denied

“The application to adjourn the conference (ECF 114) was denied.”

State of New York v. Administration for Children and Families
1:26-cv-00172-VSB-RFT · 2026-08-07
Motions to stay (defendant) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' motion to stay discovery is DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 169 days (N = 3).

Median motion-to-ruling time: 136 days (N = 25).

  • Her docket is dominated by Social Security review actions under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), on which the parties frequently consent to her jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).
  • Her work also includes IRS third-party summons litigation, employment disputes, contract cases, criminal duty, and referred discovery management in Administrative Procedure Act litigation.
  • In referred civil matters she handles general pretrial disputes and may issue recommendations on dispositive motions.

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