Vincent L. Briccetti
How Judge Briccetti rules, drawn from 27 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Briccetti
Vincent Louis Briccetti is a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Judge Briccetti received a commission on April 14, 2011. Judge Briccetti assumed senior status on April 21, 2023.
Judge Briccetti's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Briccetti, 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.
- Individual Rules of Practice ↗
- Notice of Initial Conference and Civil Case Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order ↗
Key rules
Filing
Do not provide courtesy copies of ECF letters or letter-motions.
“D. Courtesy Copies of Letters and Letter-Motions. Please do NOT provide courtesy copies of letters and letter-motions filed on ECF.”
Motions
A summary-judgment motion requires a pre-motion conference requested by an ECF letter-motion of at most three pages.
“ii. Summary Judgment motions. A pre-motion conference is required before making a motion for summary judgment. To request a pre- motion conference, the moving party shall file, on ECF, a letter- motion for a conference, not to exceed 3 pages, setting forth the basis for the anticipated motion. Unless otherwise ordered by the”
Motions
Other substantive motions do not require a pre-motion conference.
“iii. Other substantive motions. A pre-motion conference is not required for other substantive motions.”
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 Briccetti decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A party seeking arbitration should itself honor the arbitration agreement; a material refusal to arbitrate can defeat a later effort to compel the other side into arbitration.
“defendant’s refusal to arbitrate constitutes a material breach of the Arbitration Agreement, and therefore defendant cannot compel arbitration.”
Procedural preferences
In a dispute about a proposed amended complaint, the court denied leave after finding that reopening discovery would significantly delay resolution of the case.
“Re-opening discovery will cause significant delay in the resolution of those claims and the resolution of the action as a whole.”
Cautions
He warns that knowingly submitting a fabricated government document is fraud on the court and can lead to dismissal with prejudice.
“Should discovery reveal plaintiffs knowingly submitted a fake government document to bolster their claims, such conduct would constitute a fraud upon the Court and will result in the dismissal of this case with prejudice.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint (Doc. # 9).”
“For the foregoing reasons, plaintiffs’ motions for judgment on the pleadings are GRANTED and defendants’ motion are DENIED.”
“Parents’ motion for summary judgment (Doc. # 7) is DENIED.”
“The district’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. # 15) is GRANTED.”
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The causes of action that survive the motion to dismiss are for excessive force against Figlia and Conti, deliberate indifference against Figlia and Fredericks, and supervisory liability against Fredericks on the deliberate indifference claim. Because the Court finds that an opportunity to replead would be futile, plaintiffs other claims are dismissed with prejudice.”
“Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.”
“Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.”
“The motions to dismiss by Smith & Nephew, Inc., and Yigal Samocha are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED, and the parties are ordered to arbitrate plaintiffs claim under the Binding Arbitration Agreement.”
“Third-party defendant NuSil Technology LLC’s motion to dismiss the third-party complaint is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend the complaint is DENIED.”
“Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.”
“Defendant’s motion for a stay is DENIED.”
“Defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 492 days (N = 6).
The fixed six-case 2018 cohort includes labor, civil-rights, and post-conviction matters. Additional early-2023 streams cover employment, consumer, immigration, property, and arbitration disputes. The targeted set does not establish an overall caseload 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 | 26 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 26 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 22 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 21 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 14 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 18 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 21 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 18 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 18 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 17 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 36 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 40 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 32 |
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 Briccetti: 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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