debtor-rights

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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
22-7058 Michael S. Helmstetter v. David Herzog, Trustee, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bankruptcy-debtor bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-standing court-valuation debtor-rights due-process settlement-challenge standing supervisory-authority valuation Did lower courts err in ruling that a bankruptcy debtor lacked standing to object to settlement of claims against third parties despite evidence of a …
22-5787 William Paul Burch v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-10-07 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appeals-procedure bankruptcy-lien bankruptcy-lien-extinguishment bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-order debtor-rights in-forma-pauperis mortgage-servicing pro-se-litigation property-return void-lien If a mortgage holder and/or a mortgage service company were to have their lien extinguished in bankruptcy and then refuse to accept payments should th…
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?
21-1448 Dustin Jade Wells v. Kathleen A. McCallister Ninth Circuit 2022-05-16 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) asset-liquidation bankruptcy bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-filing bankruptcy-petition bankruptcy-proceedings debtor-rights homestead-exemption property-interests property-rights Whether a homestead exemption to which a debtor is entitled on the date of bankruptcy filing can be lost if the debtor sells the homestead during the …
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…
21-134 Jesus Vasquez, Jr., et ux. v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Trustee of Stanwich Mortgage Trust F Fourth Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied bankruptcy-code debtor-rights dewsnup-v-timm judicial-precedent lien lien-valuation secured-claim secured-claims statutory-interpretation unsecured-claim Whether Dewsnup v. Timm, 502 U.S. 410 (1992), should be overruled
20-7601 Lynn Z. Smith v. New Jersey Bureau of Securities Third Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied IFP additional-documents bankruptcy bankruptcy-claim claim-objection creditor creditor-documents debtor debtor-rights evidence-discovery judicial-procedure rooker-feldman-doctrine When a Bankruptcy Debtor files a formal objection to the amount of a Creditor's claim and requests that the Creditor provide the Additional Documents …
20-1307 Michael White v. Donald Knapp, Jr., et al. Michigan 2021-03-19 Denied bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-law debtor-rights due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit preemption preemption-doctrine property-ownership property-rights standing state-court-jurisdiction When a debtor's bankruptcy exemptions conflict with state court jurisdiction, are state courts required to give full faith and credit to bankruptcy la…
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.…
20-5886 Lynn Z. Smith v. Andrea Dobin Third Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP additional-documents bankruptcy bankruptcy-claim bankruptcy-judge bankruptcy-trustee creditor-claim creditor-documents debtor-rights evidence-discovery judicial-procedure rooker-feldman-doctrine When can a bankruptcy debtor obtain additional documents from a creditor to challenge the creditor's claim?
20-46 Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas v. Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-07-20 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-jurisdiction debtor-rights due-process in-rem-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity state-property state-property-rights takings Whether a bankruptcy court's in rem jurisdiction over a debtor's property allows it to exercise in rem jurisdiction over the separate property of an a…
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…
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 …
18-1339 Mark Anthony Fornesa, et al. v. Fifth Third Mortgage Company Fifth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response Waived ' 'appeals' ' 'bankruptcy-law" ' 'civil-rights" ' 'constitutional-law" ' 'foreclosure" ' 'fraud" automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay constitutional-rights constitutional-validity constitutional-violation damages debtor-rights eviction foreclosure foreclosure-fraud fraud-allegation mortgage-dispute mortgage-law property-seizure Unlawful seizure of debtor's property during bankruptcy without relief from stay, fraud against the United States, violation of 4th and 7th Amendment …
18-489 Bradley Weston Taggart v. Shelley A. Lorenzen, Executor of the Estate of Stuart Brown, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Judgment Issued Amici (8) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure civil-contempt creditor-good-faith creditor-rights debtor-rights discharge-injunction good-faith judicial-conflict Whether a creditor's good-faith belief that the discharge injunction does not apply precludes a finding of civil contempt