Zia M. Faruqui

Zia M. Faruqui is a U.S. Magistrate Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, appointed to a renewable 8-year term in 2020. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Appointed by

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2020

Term

Renewable 8-year term

Federal judicial service

Judicial Record

In our data, Faruqui authored 64 published opinions for the court (2022–2026).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Showing the 15 most-cited of 64 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appoints magistrate judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia?

Magistrate judges are appointed by the district's judges to a renewable eight-year term.

Which court is Zia M. Faruqui on?

Zia M. Faruqui is a U.S. Magistrate Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

5 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).