debtor-rights

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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…
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 1. Did lower courts err when they ruled that a bankruptcy debtor did not have standing to object to settlement of his claims against third parties des…
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 Because Congress stated in clear language that a confirmed Chapter 11 debtor retains title to property after her plan is confirmed, did the Ninth Circ…
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 This Court has long held that "the date when [a bankruptcy] petition is filed" is the "point of time" at which "the status and rights of the bankrupt …
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…
21-134 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 Section 506(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code states that "[a]n allowed claim of a creditor secured by a lien * * * is a secured claim to the extent of the…
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 The Questions Presented that immediately follow provide the U.S. Supreme Court with an opportunity to zero-in on current abuses in our state and feder…
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 uses 11 USC 522(d)(3) to legally exempt property from the bankruptcy estate and a subsequent state court jurisdiction ownership conflict…
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 Question 1: When a Bankruptcy Debtor files a formal objection to the amount of a Creditor's claim and requests that the Creditor provide the Additiona…
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 1. 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…
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 6th 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) upo…
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 Under Federal law, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a), do Fifth Third Mortgage company and Fifth Third Bank ("Fifth Third") have a right to seize a property from debt…
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, under the Bankruptcy Code, a creditor's good-faith belief that the discharge injunction does not apply precludes a finding of civil contempt.