Susan Richard Nelson
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
Judge · Federal · Minnesota
Data last updated: 10/7/2026. Status: senior.
Cases in this dataset
155 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.
Case volume by filing year
- 2016
1 - 2019
2 - 2020
23 - 2021
14 - 2022
13 - 2023
60 - 2024
30 - 2025
12
Recent cases
- Peterlin v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Trevino v. Bureaus Investment Group Portfolio No. 15, LLC
- United States v. Perkins
- Alexander v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
- United States v. Charran
- Hassan v. Texas Service Center
- Thomas v. Marshall
- United States v. Burton
- VIP Plastic Surgery v. UnitedHealthcare
- United States v. Diaz-Aguilar
Career history
- Unknown Court · 2025-11-11 to End not recorded
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota · 2010-12-21 to End not recorded · Barack Obama
- Oberlin College B.A. 1974
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law J.D. 1978
Sources and corrections
- fjc-bio · 2026-10-07
- courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07
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