Julie Rebecca Rubin
How Judge Rubin decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In early-stage litigation, before any scheduling order or discovery, she readily grants Rule 15 leave to amend and moots the pending motion to dismiss, applying the more lenient futility standard rather than a full 12(b)(6) analysis.
“Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint (ECF No. 23) shall be, and is hereby, GRANTED”
Cautions
On a prisoner access-to-courts claim she dismisses where the plaintiff cannot show the "actual injury" Lewis v. Casey requires -- for example where he was able to file competent papers in his own case.
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss is granted”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss is granted”
“Plaintiff's request for discovery and Motion for Leave to File an Amended Complaint are denied”
“the alternative motion for summary judgment is granted, and the Clerk Is directed to enter judgment in favor of Defendants Gail Watts and Jebboe Sherman”
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 9) is GRANTED”
“ORDERED that the Motion (ECF No. 88) shall be, and is hereby, DENIED”
“Defendant's Motion (ECF No. 12) will be granted”
“the Government's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 89) will be granted in part and denied in part”
“Defendants' Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment shall be granted; ... summary judgment is entered in favor of the remaining Defendants”
“King's Motions for Appropriate Relief (ECF 49) and for Injunction (ECF 50) are denied”
“Defendants' Motions (ECF Nos. 13 & 14) will be granted, and Plaintiff's Complaint (ECF No. 1) will be dismissed”
“Having found no basis for federal habeas corpus relief, the petition shall be denied”
“Alward's Motions for Injunctive Relief, Summary Judgment, and a Hearing are denied”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint (ECF No. 23) shall be, and is hereby, GRANTED”
“the Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim or, in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment at ECF No. 14 shall be, and is hereby, DENIED AS MOOT”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Third Amended Compliant (ECF No. 50) shall be, and is hereby, GRANTED”
“the Motion to Dismiss at ECF No. 30 is DENIED AS MOOT”
“the Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED and the Complaint is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 83 days (N = 6).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 193.5 days (N = 8).
A filing-window sample of her Baltimore (Northern Division) docket shows a broad civil and criminal mix: 28 U.S.C. 2255 motions (Allen, Shaheed, Thomas), pro se prisoner/1983, Social Security disability (Owens v. O'Malley), FCRA (Munoz/Williams v. Equifax), APA agency review (Blalock v. HHS, State of Maryland v. Lyons), immigration habeas/APA (Leal-Hernandez v. Noem, Velasquez Hernandez v. USCIS), the D.N.N. v. Bacon ICE-detention class action, and federal criminal (US v. Fay, US v. Briar). The 2025-2026 docket carries the alien-detainee 2241 habeas / immigration-APA surge.
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