Jonathan D. Greenberg
How Judge Greenberg rules, drawn from 36 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Greenberg
Jonathan D. Greenberg serves as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. His chambers are in Cleveland at the Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse.
Judge Greenberg's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Greenberg, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
- CMC Order ↗
- CMC Scheduling Order ↗
- Habeas Corpus Initial Order ↗
- Order Setting Mediation Conference ↗
- Order Setting Settlement Conference ↗
- Social Security Initial Order ↗
- AI Ban and Shadow Counsel Order ↗
Key rules
Filing
Counsel and pro se parties may not use generative AI to prepare a filing submitted to the court.
“no attorney for a party, or a pro se party, may use generative Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) in the preparation of any filing submitted to the Court.”
Filing
The order prohibits undisclosed attorney assistance or ghostwriting in the case.
“the Court prohibits any attorney assistance without appearance or disclosure or undisclosed attorney ghostwriting”
Discovery
Discovery materials should not be filed unless needed to support a dispositive motion or the court gives leave.
“Without leave of Court, no discovery materials shall be filed, except as necessary to support dispositive 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 9, 2026).
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“it is recommended the decision of the Commissioner be AFFIRMED.”
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Commissioner’s final decision be vacated and remanded for further consideration consistent with this opinion.”
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Commissioner’s final decision be AFFIRMED.”
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Commissioner’s final decision be VACATED AND REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Commissioner’s final decision be VACATED and REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Commissioner’s final decision be AFFIRMED.”
“it is recommended that the Court GRANT Awad’s Petition and ORDER Respondent to provide Awad with a bond hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) within seven (7) days of the adoption of this Report and Recommendation.”
“Petitioner’s Request for Expedited Consideration and Status Update (Doc. No. 3) is DENIED AS MOOT.”
“It is further recommended that the Court GRANT Alberto-Alvarenga’s Petition and ORDER Respondents to provide Alberto-Alvarenga with a bond hearing under 8. U.S.C. § 1226(a).”
“it is recommended that the Court GRANT the Motion to Substitute Proper Respondent (Doc. No. 15).”
“Petitioner’s Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply (Doc. No. 12) is DENIED.”
“Petitioner’s Motion to Expedite and for Immediate Ruling (Doc. No. 13) is DENIED AS MOOT.”
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Commissioner’s final decision be VACATED AND REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“the undersigned recommends that the pending Motion to Supplement (Doc. No. 12) be DENIED AS MOOT.”
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Commissioner’s final decision be AFFIRMED.”
After the pro se plaintiff twice failed to attend scheduled status conferences despite an express warning, Judge Greenberg sua sponte recommended dismissal for want of prosecution and failure to obey a court order. Because no party motion requested dismissal, the recommendation is retained outside motion statistics.
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Commissioner’s final decision be AFFIRMED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled merits work consists mainly of Social Security appeals, including cases referred under a district judge's case number. Matters assigned directly under Judge Greenberg's name also include duty-magistrate criminal proceedings such as warrants, complaints, and initial appearances. Nature-of-suit and duration figures reflect the Social Security sample only.
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 | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (Eastern Division, Cleveland), not for Judge Greenberg: 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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