Tamara O. Mitchell
How Judge Mitchell rules, drawn from 9 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Mitchell
Tamara O. Mitchell is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Alabama. She has served on the court since January 1992.
Judge Mitchell's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Mitchell's own (checked October 10, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026).
How Judge Mitchell decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
An omitted debt does not by itself require reopening a no-asset Chapter 7 case.
“The listing of a debt in the schedules is not a condition of its discharge under 11 U.S.C. §727.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Motion to Reopen Case is DENIED.”
“Debtor’s Application for Default Judgment is GRANTED”
“the Debtor’s Ex Parte Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, to Re-Impose Automatic Stay, to Enjoin Foreclosure, to Compel Servicer Reconciliation, and to Preserve Evidence as to Regions Bank is DENIED.”
“the Motion to Reopen is DENIED.”
“Wells Fargo’s Motion for Relief from Stay is CONDITIONALLY DENIED.”
“LoanDepot.com, LLC’s Amended Motion for Relief from Automatic Stay is GRANTED.”
“the Debtor’s Request for Dismissal of Motion for Relief from Automatic Stay with Prejudice is DENIED.”
On remand after vacatur of the court’s 2024 judgment, the court denied the trustee’s recovery request following trial. This signed nonmotion judgment is excluded from motion counts.
The court resolved the adversary complaint after trial. It is retained as a signed nonmotion decision and excluded from motion statistics.
The court amended the prior opinion’s reporting condition after reviewing subsequent payment reports. This procedural amendment is excluded from motion counts.
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The three terminated sampled matters lasted 292 to 520 days; three pending matters preserve a current boundary.
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