Marvin Katz

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1983–2010 Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 25 signed orders read

Judge Katz no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

United States v. Risquet
· 2006-04-05
Motions to dismiss (Pedro Risquet) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant’s motions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction were denied.”

Stoner v. CBA Information Services
· 2005-01-07
Motion for final approval of class action settlement (plaintiff class) Granted

“Plaintiffs Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement and Award to' Representative Plaintiff is granted accordingly.”

Motion for attorneys fees and reimbursement of expenses (plaintiff class) Granted

“Plaintiffs Motion for Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses is granted.”

United States v. Maack
· 1998-10-22
Motion to revoke bail (United States) Granted

“this court will order revocation of the defendant’s bail and will order his detention pending sentencing”

Holmes v. United States
· 1996-12-17

Katz explained why a firearm conviction remained valid under accomplice and conspiracy principles after a Supreme Court decision narrowed the meaning of firearm use; the retrieved writing does not state a separate terminal order.

Kanivets v. Riley
· 2004-06-01
Habeas petition (Oleg Kanivets) Granted

“it is hereby ORDERED that the Petition is GRANTED. The case is remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

United States v. Weatherley
· 1998-08-15
Summary judgment (United States) Granted

“upon consideration of the government’s Motion for Summary Judgment, it is hereby ORDERED that said motion is GRANTED.”

Fonda Group, Inc. v. Scott Paper Co.
· 1997-02-25
Motion to stay enforcement of judgment (The Fonda Group, Inc.) Denied

“the motion of the plaintiff The Fonda Group, Inc. (‘Fonda’) for an order affirming that the appeal of Scott Paper Company (‘Scott’) from the judgment on Scott’s counterclaim stayed enforcement of that judgment, or, in the alternative, that the Court enter an order staying enforcement of that judgment is DENIED.”

Matuskowitz v. Barnhart
· 2004-11-24
Summary judgment (Adam J. Matuskowitz) Denied

“petitioner’s motion is DENIED and defendant’s motion is GRANTED.”

Summary judgment (Commissioner of Social Security) Granted
Greene v. Fraternal Order of Police
· 1998-07-28
Summary judgment (Fraternal Order of Police defendants) Granted in part

“said motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Summary judgment is GRANTED as to Count II of the Complaint and DENIED as to Counts I, III, IV, and V of the Complaint.”

Bey v. City of Philadelphia
· 1998-06-24
Summary judgment (City of Philadelphia defendants) Granted

“upon consideration of defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, it is hereby ORDERED that said motion is GRANTED.”

United States v. Martinez-Luna
· 2006-10-20
Petition to revoke supervised release (United States Probation Office) Granted

“Defendant’s supervised release is REVOKED.”

United States v. Brown
· 2006-08-25
Petition to revoke supervised release (United States Probation Office) Granted

“Defendant’s supervised release is REVOKED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Twenty late-career assigned cases filed from May 2007 through March 2008 were located, all terminated. Eight were sampled across habeas, product-liability, civil-rights, insurance, foreclosure, contract, statutory, and employment matters. Six had no electronic entries; two supplied readable Katz-signed outcomes. This bounded slice does not support career-wide caseload or duration claims.

A historical record

Judge Katz no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.