Stacie F. Beckerman
How Judge Beckerman rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Beckerman
Stacie F. Beckerman has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Oregon since January 2015. She earned her law degree from Harvard Law School and previously worked in the Oregon Department of Justice and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
Judge Beckerman's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Beckerman, 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.
Key rules
Filing
Provide a judge’s copy when a filing, including attachments, exceeds 10 pages.
“Judge Beckerman requests judge's copies of any filing that totals more than 10 pages (main document and attachments).”
Filing
Deliver judge’s copies to the clerk’s office or mail them to chambers.
“Judge's copies (stapled, or two-hole punched and fastened) may be delivered to the Clerk's Office or mailed to chambers”
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 Beckerman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Recommends granting a defendant's motion for summary judgment; the district judge adopts the Findings and Recommendation.
“The Court ADOPTS the Findings and Recommendation. ECF 88. The Court GRANTS Defendant's motion for summary judgment. ECF 69.”
Procedural preferences
On a motion to dismiss, recommends granting in part: dismissing the deficient claims while letting others proceed.
“Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS Judge Beckerman's Findings and Recommendation (ECF 77). The Court GRANTS IN PART Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (ECF 8). The Court grants the motion as to Plaintiff's Claims against the Oregon Department of Corrections, without leave to amend. The Court grants the motion as to Plaintiff's claims against all other State Defendants, with leave to amend.”
In a subpoena dispute, she required counsel to confer about narrowing categories and allowed a renewed enforcement request after finding some demands facially overbroad.
“Movants seek relevant information from Athletic.NET, but many of the subpoena categories are facially overbroad.”
Cautions
Recommends denying a defendant's motion for summary judgment where the plaintiff's claims (e.g., age-discrimination and whistleblower) survive.
“The Court ADOPTS the Findings and Recommendation, ECF 96. The Court DENIES Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF 83.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Court ADOPTS the Findings and Recommendation. ECF 88. The Court GRANTS Defendant's motion for summary judgment. ECF 69.”
“The Court ADOPTS the Findings and Recommendation, ECF 96. The Court DENIES Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF 83.”
“Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS Judge Beckerman's Findings and Recommendation (ECF 77). The Court GRANTS IN PART Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (ECF 8). The Court grants the motion as to Plaintiff's Claims against the Oregon Department of Corrections, without leave to amend. The Court grants the motion as to Plaintiff's claims against all other State Defendants, with leave to amend.”
“The Court DENIES as MOOT Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF 40).”
“Therefore, defendants' motion for summary judgment, ECF [33], is DENIED with regard to plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim against defendant Raethke and GRANTED with regard to plaintiff's Monell claim against defendant City of St. Helens.”
“The Court ADOPTS IN PART AND DECLINES TO ADOPT IN PART Judge Beckerman's Findings and Recommendation (ECF 51). The Court GRANTS Defendants' request for judicial notice (ECF 29) but DENIES Defendants' motion to dismiss (ECF 28) and motion to strike (ECF 28).”
“the Court ... DENIES Defendants' motion to dismiss (ECF 28) and motion to strike (ECF 28).”
“The Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Prosecute and Failure to Comply with Court Order, ECF 22”
“DENIES AS MOOT Defendant’s Rule 12 Motion to Dismiss (for failure to state a claim), ECF 17”
“the Court DENIES Movants’ motion to compel (ECF No. 1), with leave to renew at a discovery hearing following the conferral efforts outlined herein.”
“the Court GRANTS Legacy’s partial motion to dismiss”
“The Court finds that Preston’s motion for partial summary judgment is premature at this early stage of litigation and therefore denies Preston’s motion for partial summary judgment with leave to re-file at a later stage if this case remains in federal court.”
“the Court GRANTS Preston’s unopposed motion to remand”
On the parties’ stipulation, the court awarded $7,366.32 in attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The order names no contested fee motion.
“the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion to dismiss (ECF No. 220)”
“GRANTS Allen’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 222)”
“The Court denies as premature Ross’s motion for partial summary judgment.”
“GRANT Defendants’ motion to dismiss (ECF No. 36)”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The Portland sample includes employment and other civil-rights matters, insurance, contract, Social Security, consumer-protection, and prisoner cases. As a magistrate judge, Beckerman enters final judgments when the parties consent to her jurisdiction and issues recommendations in referred cases. Reported durations measure the life of each case, not the time taken to decide a motion.
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 | 8 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 8 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 8 |
| Mar 2025 | 3 | 7 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 12 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 9 |
| Sep 2023 | 1 | 5 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 5 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 11 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 10 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 11 |
| Mar 2021 | 3 | 8 |
| Sep 2020 | 8 | 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 District of Oregon, not for Judge Beckerman: 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 | 1,647 | 9.8 months |
| Closed with no court action | 300 | 5.2 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 1,316 | 10.4 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 9 | not reported |
| Closed during trial | 22 | 33.6 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 1,647 | 9.8 months |
| Sep 2024 | 1,633 | 10.2 months |
| Sep 2023 | 1,472 | 11.6 months |
| Sep 2022 | 1,620 | 13.7 months |
| Sep 2021 | 1,501 | 11.8 months |
| Sep 2020 | 1,536 | 11.8 months |
| Sep 2019 | 1,596 | 11.6 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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