| 24-905 |
Martha G. Bronitsky, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Jorden Marie Saldana |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
bankruptcy-code chapter-13 circuit-split debtor-contributions retirement-accounts unsecured-creditors |
Whether, under the Bankruptcy Code, debtors can voluntarily contribute to their own retirement accounts rather than pay back unsecured creditors—and i… |
| 23-1289 |
Machele L. Goetz v. Victor Felix Weber, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-06-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-348 11-usc-541 bankruptcy-estate chapter-13 chapter-7 legislative-history legislative-intent post-petition-interests statutory-interpretation |
Whether post-petition interests in assets are included in the bankruptcy estate upon conversion from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7 |
| 23-615 |
John Felix Castleman, Sr., et ux. v. Dennis Lee Burman, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-conversion chapter-13 chapter-7 circuit-split debtor-rights homestead homestead-exemption property-rights valuation |
Whether the post-petition, pre-conversion increase in value of a debtor's homestead belongs to the debtor or the Chapter 7 estate |
| 23-560 |
Kathleen A. McCallister, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Roger A. Evans, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-expenses bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debt-repayment debt-repayment-plans standing-trustee standing-trustees user-fee user-fees |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code directs standing trustees to collect a user fee from debtors in every Chapter 13 case the trustee administers, including c… |
| 23-218 |
Adam M. Goodman, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Daniel Richard Doll |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-09-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
including cases in which a debtor's plan is not c administrative-expenses bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debt-repayment debt-repayment-plans standing-trustee standing-trustees user-fee user-fees |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code directs standing trustees to collect a user fee from debtors in every Chapter 13 case the trustee administers, including c… |
| 23-214 |
Juannelious Benjamin Murray, Sr. v. Safir Law P.L.C. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-09-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-362k1 attorney-fees automatic-stay bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-estate chapter-13 core-proceedings jurisdiction legal-services property-of-estate segal-v-rochelle |
Is it sound discretion for a bankruptcy court to disregard nearly sixty years of Supreme Court jurisprudence regarding what comprises property of a ba… |
| 21-803 |
Wendy Dale v. Algernon Lee Butler, III |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bad-faith bankruptcy-conversion bankruptcy-court chapter-13 means-test pending-lawsuit pro-se-debtor social-security social-security-disability |
May a bankruptcy court deny a Motion to Convert to Chapter 13 Bankruptcy on the basis of bad faith and inability to qualify as a Chapter 13 debtor |
| 21-599 |
Margaret L. Kinney v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-court chapter-13 completion-discharge debtor-rights discharge modification motion-to-dismiss payment plan plan-modification |
Should a bankruptcy court deny a motion to dismiss and/or grant a completion discharge when there remains a shortfall that the debtor is willing and a… |
| 21-5222 |
Adrienne Bush v. Kenneth Nathan, Trustee |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
11-usc-522(d)(11)(E) bankruptcy bankruptcy-exemption chapter-13 chapter-7 civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination lawsuit-proceeds trustee-discretion wrongful-termination |
Does 11 USC 522(d)(11)(E) exempt employment-discrimination lawsuits? |
| 20-1064 |
Lloyd Allan Jones v. U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Residential Asset Securities Corporation, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debtor-rights home-ownership modification-of-claim nobelman-v-american-savings-bank present-value property-valuation secured-claim secured-creditor |
Whether 11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(5)(B) allows Petitioner to satisfy Respondents' claim secured by Petitioner's home via a Chapter 13 Plan pursuant to 11 U.… |
| 19-8374 |
In Re Sha'Ron A. Sims |
|
2020-04-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-law chapter-13 civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process jury-trial property-rights |
Do debtors have a right to jury trial in Chapter 13 bankruptcy disputes over primary residence claims? |
| 19-7323 |
Leo Stoller v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-01-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bankruptcy chapter-13 civil-procedure criminal-law due-process false-statement fifth-amendment perjury seventh-circuit |
Whether the Seventh Circuit's holding that knowingly making a false statement under penalty of perjury in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding violates … |
| 19-209 |
Thomas W. McDonald, Jr., Chapter 13 Trustee v. Paul E. Wenzloff, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-law-standing-chapter-13-chapter-7-fraud case-conversion chapter-13 chapter-7 fraud legal-precedent malfeasance standing trustee-standing |
Did this Court's ruling in Harris v. Viegelahn overrule 134 years of legal precedent established in Barton v. Barber by denying standing to a Chapter … |
| 18-1563 |
Ronald Bias v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law chapter-13 chapter-13-bankruptcy constitutional-amendments constitutional-rights debtor-standing disclosure-requirements due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-estoppel post-confirmation-claims standing |
Does the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's precedent that all Chapter 13 debtors have a continuing duty to disclose all post-confirmation claims offend … |
| 18-8465 |
Paula Jo Kunsman v. Joel Wall |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts access-to-justice bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-1307 bankruptcy-dismissal bankruptcy-judge-discretion bankruptcy-law chapter-13 circuit-split dismissal due-process judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-debtor |
Are Bankruptcy Judges dismissing too many pro se debtors' cases without cause? |
| 18-7708 |
Philip Eberhard Koebel v. Stevan Chandler, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
11-usc-109e attorney-discipline automatic-stay bad-faith bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debtor-attorney-discipline debtor-eligibility dismissal homestead-exemption |
Whether a bankruptcy court contravenes the Bankruptcy Code |
| 18-532 |
Sixty-01 Association of Apartment Owners v. Penny D. Goudelock |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
assessment-discharge bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-discharge chapter-13 chapter-13-bankruptcy community-association community-association-assessments due-process due-process-clause federalism fifth-amendment property-ownership ripeness-doctrine takings takings-clause |
Does the Bankruptcy Code discharge community association assessments that accrue after the filing of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy even if the debtor retain… |