chapter-13
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1. Whether the language in 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1) creates a bifurcation of interests in the assets of a bankruptcy estate into pre-petition (i.e., "as … |
| 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, when a debtor in good faith converts a bankruptcy case to Chapter 7 after confirmation of a Chapter 13 plan, the post-petition, pre-conversio… |
| 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 | 1. 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 certiorari be granted to resolve the conflict among the courts of appeals as to whether a bank-ruptcy court may deny a motion to dismiss and/or… |
| 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 | Section 522 of the Bankruptcy Code allows debtor exempt certain property. In the Eastern District of Michigan Bankruptcy Court, this debtor was denied… |
| 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 | QUESTION: DO DEBTORS IN THIS NATION HAVE A RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL, WITHIN THE CHAPTER 13 CONTEXT, WHEN DISPUTING ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO A CLAIM ON A PRIM… | |
| 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 Court of Appeals unconstitutionally affirmed the district court's denial of the petitioner's request for relief from the l… |
| 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, 575 U.S. (2015) overrule 134 years of legal precedent established in Barton v. Barber, 104 U.S. 126 (1… |
| 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 in the Southern District dismissing too many pro se debtors' cases without cause? This is of importance to the public because co… |
| 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 by finding that a Chapter 13 case is filed in "bad faith" and immediately orders its dismis… |
| 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 | 1. Does the Bankruptcy Code discharge community association assessments that accrue after the filing of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy even if the debtor ret… |