Herbert A. Ross
How Judge Ross rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Ross no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Ross decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A creditor established nondischargeability where the debtor obtained a cash advance shortly before bankruptcy without intending repayment.
“the claim nondischargeable.”
A trustee prevailed on lien priority where the governing state-law analysis did not extend a second deed of trust to later advances.
“An order granting summary judgment to the trustee will be entered.”
A Chapter 11 plan cleared feasibility review after the debtor's recent operating performance improved and the record showed a reasonable prospect of success.
“the plan has a reasonable chance of succeeding.”
Procedural preferences
Even an unopposed sanctions request required proper service and compliant notice before relief could be entered.
“unrepresented debtors must comply with the bankruptcy rules,”
An unopposed abandonment motion still needed a complete factual explanation of the property's value and encumbrances.
“the court is unwilling to rubber stamp the unopposed motion.”
Cautions
A debtor could not preserve separate claim classification merely to obtain an accepting impaired class without a valid business or economic justification.
“The separate classification is disapproved.”
Reaffirmation approval was withheld where the debtor's stated budget did not reliably cover the proposed payments.
“approval of two reaffirmation agreements”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“That makes 5 the claim nondischargeable.”
“There is no offset due to a preference since there was no preference.”
“He qualifies for waiver of the filing fee.”
“pre-filing credit counseling session is waived because of his disability.”
“shall not be required to attend post-filing financial”
The memorandum announced an intended summary-judgment disposition but allowed a later objection period, so it is retained for context without a classified final outcome.
“MEMORANDUM DENYING UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR 28 SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATION OF AUTOMATIC STAY”
“it is entitled to a summary judgment of non-dischargeability”
“the court is unwilling to grant the abandonment”
The bankruptcy court recommended withdrawal of the reference for a jury-trial matter; the document did not contain a final district-court disposition.
“my reason for denying 14 approval of two reaffirmation agreements”
“BP&K prevails under this scenario.”
“the court approved the disclosure statement”
“The debtor’s straight forward plan is entitled to confirmation.”
“Black & Decker will retain a $6,280.50 judgment lien”
“two other liens will be avoided.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The fifteen terminated sampled matters lasted from 100 to 165 days, with a median of 112 days. The fixed sample is descriptive and is not a complete caseload census.
A historical record
Judge Ross no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.