Daryl F. Bloom
How Judge Bloom rules, drawn from 29 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Bloom
Daryl F. Bloom has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania since October 2023 and is the court’s chief magistrate judge. Before joining the bench, he spent more than two decades as an assistant United States attorney in the district. He earned his law degree from Villanova University.
Judge Bloom's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Bloom, 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
Motions
Seek a timely motion and show unusual circumstances for extensions of case management deadlines.
“dates and deadlines normally will not be subject to extensions, once in place, unless unusual circumstances are presented and a timely motion is made.”
Trial
Pre-mark and exchange exhibits and prepare exhibit lists before the final pretrial conference.
“I require counsel to pre-mark and exchange exhibits, and prepare exhibit lists of pre-marked exhibits”
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 Bloom decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In one Social Security appeal, an unresolved conflict between vocational testimony and the occupational reference required further administrative review.
“the ALJ failed to elicit testimony clarifying that apparent conflict”
Procedural preferences
In the cited discovery order, Bloom directed the parties to contact his office before filing motions to compel or for discovery sanctions.
“The parties should contact my office prior to filing motions to compel or sanctions motions relating to discovery matters”
Cautions
A claimant’s disagreement with the agency’s vocational analysis did not itself establish an apparent conflict requiring remand in Weeder.
“we find no basis for remand.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“the final decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“the final decision of the Commissioner denying this claim is VACATED, and this case is REMANDED”
“the final decision of the Commissioner denying this claim is VACATED, and this case is REMANDED”
“the final decision of the Commissioner denying this claim is VACATED, and this case is REMANDED”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 242 days (N = 9).
The sampled early assignments include Social Security appeals, civil rights, employment, injury, and commercial disputes. The mix is descriptive of ten cases 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 | 3 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 3 | 1 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2023 | 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 Middle District of Pennsylvania, not for Judge Bloom: 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 | 1,590 | 8.5 months |
| Closed with no court action | 660 | 6 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 901 | 10.6 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 21 | 39.8 months |
| Closed during trial | 8 | not reported |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 1,590 | 8.5 months |
| Sep 2024 | 1,535 | 8.7 months |
| Sep 2023 | 1,370 | 11 months |
| Sep 2022 | 1,550 | 12.7 months |
| Sep 2021 | 1,420 | 9.4 months |
| Sep 2020 | 1,410 | 10.6 months |
| Sep 2019 | 1,611 | 11 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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