Donetta Wypiski Ambrose
How Judge Ambrose rules, drawn from 24 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Ambrose no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Ambrose
Donetta W. Ambrose served on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania after receiving her commission on November 24, 1993. She assumed senior status on November 5, 2010, and inactive status on February 1, 2022.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“After careful consideration, and for the - reasons set forth below, the Motion is granted.”
“Defendant Informática Corporation’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 47) is granted.”
“Defendant’s Motion to Strike Certain Exhibits/Charts to Plaintiffs Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 59) is denied as moot.”
“For the following reasons, the Motion will be denied.”
“the Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 11) is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 27) is DENIED.”
“Defendant’s Motion is DENIED in all other respects.”
“Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 39) is granted in part and denied in part”
“the Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 3) is granted in part and denied in part.”
“plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment (Docket No. 16) is denied.”
“defendant’s motion for summary judgment (Docket No. 20) is granted.”
“the Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 15) is denied in part and granted in part.”
“Defendant’s Motion for summary Judgment is granted.”
“the Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. [14]) is DENIED.”
“the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Defendant GEICO Insurance Company (ECF No. 27) is GRANTED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The surviving 20-case metadata cohort consists entirely of terminated matters filed from November 1993 through January 1994. It is an archival slice rather than a career-wide caseload estimate.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Ambrose was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2024.
| 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 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.
A historical record
Judge Ambrose no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.