David Augustin Ruiz
How Judge Ruiz rules, drawn from 32 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Ruiz
David Augustin Ruiz is a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, Judge Ruiz received a commission on February 8, 2022.
Judge Ruiz's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Ruiz'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).
How Judge Ruiz decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In the reviewed employment dispute, the employer’s signed arbitration agreements covered the pleaded discrimination and related claims. The court compelled arbitration and dismissed the action without prejudice.
“Second, the Court finds that the claims asserted in the Complaint are within the scope of the signed Arbitration Agreement.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons stated above, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (R. 4) is hereby GRANTED. Accordingly, the case is dismissed without prejudice.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff's Motion for summary judgment with respect to Defendant APN's counterclaim (R. 36) is GRANTED and that claim is dismissed.”
“The alternative theory in Plaintiff's Motion, for judgment on the pleadings, (R. 36) is DENIED as moot.”
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (R. 11) is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part for the foregoing reasons. Specifically, the Court dismisses the negligence per se claims brought in Count Four. The Motion to Dismiss is denied with respect to the remaining counts.”
“Defendants' motion for summary judgment, (R. 42), is GRANTED as to Plaintiff's remaining claims.”
“Therefore, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (R. 12) is GRANTED, for the reasons stated above and in Defendant's unopposed Motion, and this action is dismissed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b).”
“Accordingly, this action is dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915(e). The Court certifies, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that an appeal from this decision could not be taken in good faith.”
“There is no purpose in appointing counsel to represent Plaintiff in this case because, as stated above, this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to entertain this case, and it is barred by res judicata... Therefore, Plaintiff's Motion for Appointment of Counsel is denied.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff's Motion to Amend Complaint and Joinder of Additional Defendants (R. 15) is DENIED, as the amendment would be futile and contrary to ‘the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of this action.’”
“The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (R. 22) is hereby ADOPTED and Defendant's motion for summary judgment (R. 17) is GRANTED. Consequently, this action is dismissed in its entirety.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (R. 2) is GRANTED. On January 27, 2023, or on such other date if the parties expressly agree to a different date, Defendant shall make available the ‘transfer die for CBAM B1-1213/1253 with check fixture’ during regular business hours to Plaintiff or its agents.”
“Since the Court grants a preliminary injunction, it need not issue a Temporary Restraining Order. Therefore, Plaintiff's request for a Temporary Restraining Order is denied as moot.”
“Accordingly, this Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 is denied and this action is dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2243.”
“Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (R. 10) is granted and this action is DISMISSED.”
“The Court, having reviewed the record and considered Petitioner’s Objections to the R&R, agrees with and adopts the R&R (R. 119). The R&R is accepted, Petitioner’s Objections are overruled, and the petition is DISMISSED for the reasons stated therein.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 298 days (N = 6).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 266 days (N = 11).
- Ruiz sits in the Eastern Division, with cases across the district's divisions.
- His assigned docket is weighted toward criminal matters and also includes consumer finance and credit, employment and civil rights, product liability, insurance and surety, medical-malpractice removals, and miscellaneous SEC or DMCA matters.
- Many shorter civil cases terminate by settlement or voluntary dismissal after an initial case-management conference.
- The sample underrepresents the full civil nature-of-suit 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 | 48 |
| 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 | 27 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 48 | 27 |
| Sep 2025 | 43 | 24 |
| Mar 2025 | 82 | 24 |
| Sep 2024 | 53 | 14 |
| Mar 2024 | 50 | 12 |
| Sep 2023 | 33 | 9 |
| Mar 2023 | 30 | 3 |
| Sep 2022 | 26 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 0 |
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 Ohio, not for Judge Ruiz: 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 | 2,048 | 7.1 months |
| Closed with no court action | 394 | 3.3 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 1,035 | 5.9 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 607 | 11.4 months |
| Closed during trial | 12 | 18 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 2,048 | 7.1 months |
| Sep 2024 | 2,008 | 7.4 months |
| Sep 2023 | 2,137 | 8.5 months |
| Sep 2022 | 2,330 | 9.8 months |
| Sep 2021 | 2,432 | 9.3 months |
| Sep 2020 | 2,788 | 10.3 months |
| Sep 2019 | 3,158 | 9.9 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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