Victor Marrero
How Judge Marrero rules, drawn from 29 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Marrero
Victor Marrero is a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Appointed by President William J. Clinton, Judge Marrero received a commission on October 5, 1999. Judge Marrero assumed senior status on December 31, 2010.
Judge Marrero's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Marrero, as published on the court's website (checked October 8, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
- Civil Case Management Plan and Scheduling Order ↗
- Default Judgment ↗
- Individual Rules of Practice ↗
- Trial Procedures ↗
Key rules
Filing
Send chambers one marked hard-copy set of motion papers and pleadings when they are served or filed.
“E. Courtesy Copies. One courtesy hard copy of all motion papers and pleadings marked as such, shall be submitted to Chambers at the time the papers are served or filed, in accordance with the Southern District of New York’s policies regarding mail deliveries. In any expedited”
Motions
A pre-motion conference must be requested before most motions, subject to the listed exceptions.
“faith communication, are unable to resolve, they are encouraged, before resorting to motion practice, to bring the matter to the Court’s attention by letter not to exceed three pages seeking a ruling. A conference must be requested before filing any motion, except: motions brought by order to show cause based on a legitimate emergency; motions required by the Federal Rules of”
Discovery
After conferring, counsel must submit one joint letter stating unresolved discovery disputes and each side’s position.
“In the event that a discovery dispute arises that the parties are unable to resolve among themselves, they shall confer and submit to the Court a joint letter setting forth the matters that remain unresolved following such conference. The letter shall describe concisely the issue(s) in dispute and the respective position of each party and cite applicable authority which the respective”
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 8, 2026).
- Amended Standing Order on Highly Sensitive Documents ↗
- Second Amended Standing Order on Civil Case Opening ↗
- Amended Standing Order on Miscellaneous Civil Case Opening ↗
- Standing Order on Applications to File a Civil Case Under Seal ↗
- Standing Order on Emergency Relief and Section 2255 Filing Procedures ↗
- Notice on Immigration Custody Habeas Petitions and Emergency Relief ↗
How Judge Marrero decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A reconsideration request must identify overlooked facts or controlling law that could change the prior result.
“The Court finds that the Trust Defendants have not presented any new facts or controlling law that the Court overlooked which might reasonably be expected to alter the Court’s Decision Order.”
In Friemoth, Marrero vacated a copyright default judgment after finding the plaintiff had not substantiated prejudice from reopening the case.
“There is no indication that Friemoth would be prejudiced by vacatur of the default”
Procedural preferences
He applies Rule 15's liberal amendment standard while testing for delay, bad faith, repeated pleading failures, prejudice, and futility.
“Prior to trial, leave to file an amended complaint ‘shall be freely given’ in the absence of factors such as ‘undue delay, bad faith, or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the opposing party by virtue of allowance of the amendment, futility of amendment, etc.’”
In a contract dismissal ruling, Marrero let a claim against a nonsignatory proceed because the parties’ submissions raised factual disputes about its role.
“the parties’ submissions present factual disputes that cannot be resolved on a motion to dismiss.”
In Sturtz, Marrero declined to strike consumer class allegations at the pleading stage because predominance and manageability could be addressed at certification.
“Bugaboo’s motion to strike the FAC’s class allegations is procedurally premature.”
Cautions
Challenges to a transferee court's ruling belong in that court or its appellate circuit, not through collateral reconsideration by the transferor court.
“The far more efficient, practicable, and proper course of action is for a party that believes a trans*366feree court made an improper ruling of law to address the dispute before the transferee court, or-appeal to that court’s appellate court.”
In Choi, Marrero dismissed a standalone trademark-cancellation claim after the related Lanham Act claim failed.
“the statute does not permit a cancellation claim as an independent cause of action.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDERED that retaining counsel and pursuing claims against third parties, including CCME’s former insurers, is within the realm of the powers granted to Karl Barth”
“ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to transfer this case to the District of New Jersey pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).”
“Accordingly, the Court DENIES the Trust Defendants’ motion for reconsideration (Docket No. 79).”
“the Lous’ request for leave to re-plead is hereby DENIED.”
“ORDERED that all proceedings in this matter are STAYED pending further order of this Court”
“Accordingly, Fishman’s request is denied.”
“again granted the Plaintiffs’ motion and denied the Defendants’ motion”
“ORDERED that the motion of defendants S.A.C. Capital Advisors, L.P., S.A.C. Capital Advisors, Inc., CR Intrinsic Investors, LLC, CR Intrinsic Investments, LLC, S.A.C. Capital Advisors, LLC, S.A.C. Capital Associates, LLC, S.A.C. International Equities, LLC, S.A.C. Select Fund, LLC, and Steven A. Cohen (Dkt. No. 224) for withdrawal of the Court’s September 15 ' Order and leave to brief further objections to the Magistrate Judge’s September 10 Order is DENIED.”
“the motion in limine (Docket No. 47) of plaintiff NES Financial Corp. (‘NES’) to preclude defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (‘JPMorgan’) from identifying certain customers at the trial of this action is DENIED in part and GRANTED in part as set forth above”
“NES’s motion in limine (Docket No. 47) to preclude JPMorgan from introducing information from the Duff & Phelps report referred to above is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that the motion (Docket No. 55) of defendant Marisol Rivas to reduce her sentence is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that the motion of Kolel Beth Yechiel Mechil of Tartikov, Inc. (‘Kolel Beth’) for specific performance (Dkt. No. 3) is hereby GRANTED”
“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the Government’s request.”
“ORDERED that the motion (Docket No. 1) of plaintiff Albert Vazquez Alvarez for the return of certain property seized from him is DENIED.”
“ORDERED that the request of defendant Standard Chartered Bank (‘Standard Chartered’) for a pre-motion conference (Dkt. No. 29, 30) is DENIED”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 251 days (N = 8).
Five of the eight reviewed 2018 matters involved copyright or trademark claims. Five separate matters filed in 2023–24 supplied motions about consumer standing, venue, amendment, defamation, and securities disclosures. Three later 2025-filed cases supplied signed 2026 outcomes but are outside this 2018 case mix.
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 | 5 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 5 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 5 |
| Mar 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 6 |
| Mar 2024 | 1 | 6 |
| Sep 2023 | 2 | 7 |
| Mar 2023 | 2 | 9 |
| Sep 2022 | 3 | 11 |
| Mar 2022 | 3 | 14 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 8 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 7 |
| Sep 2020 | 1 | 7 |
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 Southern District of New York, not for Judge Marrero: 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 | 9,565 | 5.6 months |
| Closed with no court action | 1,749 | 3.5 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 6,416 | 5.1 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 1,313 | 14.1 months |
| Closed during trial | 87 | 51.7 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 9,565 | 5.6 months |
| Sep 2024 | 10,695 | 6.4 months |
| Sep 2023 | 10,316 | 5.6 months |
| Sep 2022 | 11,818 | 6.1 months |
| Sep 2021 | 10,662 | 5.7 months |
| Sep 2020 | 10,118 | 6.6 months |
| Sep 2019 | 11,357 | 6.6 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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