Antonio M. Pozos
How Judge Pozos rules, drawn from 6 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Pozos
Antonio Miguel Pozos is a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Judge Pozos received a commission on August 10, 2026.
Judge Pozos's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Pozos, 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.
- Policies and Procedures ↗
- Rule 26(f) Report (pdf version) ↗
- Rule 26(f) Report (word version) ↗
- Speedy Trial Waiver (pdf version) ↗
- Speedy Trial Waiver (word version) ↗
- [Model] ESI Stipulation (pdf version) ↗
- [Model] ESI Stipulation (word version) ↗
Key rules
Contacting chambers
Use a motion for requests for relief instead of a letter to chambers.
“Requests for relief should almost always be made by motion.”
Contacting chambers
Direct telephone inquiries to the deputy clerk rather than law clerks.
“All telephone inquiries should be directed to Judge Pozos’ Deputy Clerk.”
Conferences
Do not record conferences or proceedings, including with an AI tool.
“Counsel and parties are prohibited from recording any conferences or proceedings, including via any artificial intelligence tool.”
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).
- Standing Order on Procedure for Case Opening ↗
- Standing Order on Highly Sensitive Documents ↗
- Standing Order on Access and Management of Sealed Documents ↗
- Standing Order on Filing Procedures in Alien Detainee Cases ↗
- Second Amended Standing Order on Guilty Pleas and Sentencing ↗
- Standing Order on Electronic Document Submission for Unrepresented Litigants ↗
- Standing Procedural Order for Cases Seeking Social Security Review ↗
- Superseding Standing Order on Procedural Matters in Pro Se Civil and Habeas Cases ↗
- Standing Order on Electronic Access to Civil and Criminal Transcripts ↗
How Judge Pozos decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In one immigration detention case, Judge Pozos required the petitioner to use an available bond hearing before seeking habeas relief. He also considered the adequacy of that process under the Due Process Clause.
“Accordingly, the Petition is denied for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies.”
Cautions
In Sosa Salazar, Pozos ordered counsel to explain potentially misleading statements about the existence and timing of an arrest warrant. He had not imposed a sanction in that opinion.
“misleading factual representations to the Court – particularly in response to direct orders – are not permissible and violate Rule 11.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the foregoing reasons, the Petition will be denied.”
“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 7) is DENIED;”
“Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Time (ECF No. 10) is GRANTED;”
“Defendant’s Motion to Substitute (ECF No. 15) is GRANTED;”
“Claimant’s Request for Review is DENIED”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Petition will be denied, and an appropriate Order will follow.”
“Accordingly, the Petition is denied for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies.”
“The Stipulation of Dismissal is GRANTED;”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Most enumerated matters remained at the opening or pleading stage. Targeted full entry review located dispositions in the Whitfield and Zhuno-Livicura cases; Couret was an older reassigned Social Security matter.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, not for Judge Pozos: 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 | 5,730 | 5.1 months |
| Closed with no court action | 1,952 | 3.2 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 2,834 | 4.7 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 898 | 10 months |
| Closed during trial | 46 | 17.8 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 5,730 | 5.1 months |
| Sep 2024 | 6,200 | 4.6 months |
| Sep 2023 | 6,595 | 7 months |
| Sep 2022 | 5,221 | 6.6 months |
| Sep 2021 | 5,245 | 6.5 months |
| Sep 2020 | 4,686 | 5.7 months |
| Sep 2019 | 5,374 | 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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