Joseph E. Capella

Profile data snapshot: February 19, 2026 Details may have changed since.

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Joseph E. Capella presides over civil cases in the Supreme Court of Bronx County, having served on the bench for 23 years. Judge Capella was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2018 and ending in 2031.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 4.5 decisions per year

Higher than 93.18% of judges in the dataset

58 published decisions over 13 years

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Disproportionate Carcerality

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

58 decisions

2025

Waite v. Tom

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2025

Evans v. Harris

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2025

McNeil v. Gewirtz

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2024

Nelson v. White Plains Rd. Med. Servs., P.C.

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2024

Alexander v. Medalliance Med. Health Servs., Inc.

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2023

Hasan v. Terrace Acquisions II, LLC

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2023

Diaz v. Tessler

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2023

N.R. v. Northwell Health, Inc.

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2023

Pepen v. Lascano

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2023

Wynn v. Teng

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NYSCEF Decisions

34 decisions (not counted in Publication Rate calculations)

2023

Rone v. American Dental

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2023

Torres v. Levy

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2023

Aina v. Jopal Bronx, LLC

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2023

Cabrera v. Golden

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2023

Cabrera v. Golden

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2022

Candelario v. MJHS Hospice & Palliative Care Inc.

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2022

Stimphil v. Wilson

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2022

Bradley v. St. Barnabas Hosp.

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2022

Hightower v. Bronx-Lebanon Special Care Ctr.

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2022

Mullings v. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr

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