| 24-5759 |
Andrew John Delaney v. Gregory Messer, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Second Circuit |
2024-10-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction bankruptcy-court chapter-7 circuit-split final-order voluntary-dismissal |
Whether a bankruptcy court's denial of a debtor's motion to voluntarily dismiss a Chapter 7 case is a final appealable order under 28 U.S.C. § 158 |
| 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 |
| 23-5967 |
Andrew Delaney v. Gregory Messer, Chapter 7 Trustee, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-11-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure chapter-7 circuit-split civil-procedure due-process exemption-law settlement-valuation standing trustee trustee-conflict |
Does the U.S. Trustee Program create conflicts of interest? |
| 22-705 |
George Matthew Culbertson, et ux. v. Wells Fargo USA Holdings, Inc., et al. |
Louisiana |
2023-01-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy chapter-7 civil-procedure discharge foreclosure servicemembers-civil-relief-act statute-of-limitations tolling |
Does 50 U.S.C.A. §3936 apply to toll a state statute of limitations on a state law foreclosure action? |
| 22-6173 |
Steven D'Agostino v. Bunce Atkinson |
Third Circuit |
2022-11-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
bankruptcy-trustee barton-doctrine chapter-7 chapter-7-bankruptcy conflict-of-interest prima-facie standing statutory-obligations trustee-handbook |
What is the significance and/or importance of the United States Trustee Office's Handbook for Chapter 7 Trustees? |
| 22-214 |
Allana Baroni v. David Seror, Chapter 7 Trustee, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-property-title chapter-11 chapter-11-conversion chapter-7 conversion debtor-rights estate-property ninth-circuit-interpretation property statutory-interpretation title |
What happens to a debtor's property after a Chapter 11 bankruptcy is converted to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy? |
| 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? |
| 20-1418 |
Sepideh Cirino v. Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge chapter-7 deed-of-trust foreclosure mortgage mortgage-lien nonjudicial-foreclosure promissory-note |
How can a mortgagor collect on more than the amount of the lien secured by the deed of trust when a debtor in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in California, as… |
| 19-8288 |
Mac Truong, et al. v. R. Kenneth Barnard, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
341(a)-meeting asset-collection bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure chapter-7 chapter-7-trustee creditor-meeting debtor-rights discharge discharge-denial trustee |
May a Chapter 7 Trustee proceed to collect a Chapter 7 Debtor's assets before the Debtor would have successfully attended at least one 11 USC 341(a) C… |
| 19-6771 |
Larry Wayne Parr v. Simon E. Rodriguez |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-definition bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-procedures business-trust chapter-11 chapter-11-conversion chapter-7 corporation debtor-status homestead-exemption statutory-interpretation |
Is the LARRY W. PARR LIVING TRUST a 'business trust' and 'corporation' under the Bankruptcy Code? |
| 19-555 |
R. Ray Fulmer, II v. Fifth Third Equipment Finance Company, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
asset-valuation bankruptcy-auction bankruptcy-code-section-363 bankruptcy-sale chapter-7 collateral-attack creditor-rights fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty jurisdictional-error non-jurisdictional-error priority-distribution priority-violation priority-violations |
Whether a final 11 U.S.C. §363 sale order that distributes assets in violation of priority is unenforceable due to jurisdictional error |
| 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 … |
| 18-1489 |
Curtland H. Caffey, et al. v. Brenda K. Bowers, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-29 |
Denied |
|
automatic-stay bankruptcy-estate chapter-7 civil-procedure civil-rico good-faith good-faith-defense property-of-estate rico rico-action statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state RICO action for injuries to a Chapter 7 debtor that arises five years after the filing of the Chapter 7 petition is property of the ba… |
| 18-9184 |
Michael B. White v. Collene K. Corcoran, Trustee, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bankruptcy-code-11-usc-506-c bankruptcy-code-11-usc-506(c) bankruptcy-conversion chapter-11 chapter-7 debtor-in-possession debtor-recovery debtor-rights preservation-costs recovery statutory-interpretation trustee-duties |
Did the 6 Circuit Court of Appeals err when it determined that a Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession loses all rights to recover under 11 USC 506(c) upon … |
| 18-1184 |
Charles Kinney v. Michele R. Clark |
California |
2019-03-13 |
Denied |
|
11-usc-524 bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-law-violation chapter-7 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-rights discharge-of-debt discharged-debt due-process judicial-misconduct personal-liability unconstitutional-vagueness vexatious-litigant vexatious-litigant-law |
Whether state court judges and justices are ignoring bankruptcy law that voids any order implying a discharged Chapter 7 'no asset' debtor still has p… |
| 18-747 |
Sonja Ritter v. Lois Brady, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-chapter-7 bankruptcy-trustee chapter-7 chapter-7-liquidation judicial-precedent lien-stripping lien-valuation secured-claims stare-decisis statutory-interpretation unsecured-claims |
Whether Dewsnup v. Timm should be overruled |