Margaret A. Mahoney
How Judge Mahoney rules, drawn from 16 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Mahoney no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Mahoney decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Once confirmed, clear plan language controlled the trustee's distribution sequence even when the confirmation order contained a mistaken heading.
“Once a chapter 13 plan is confirmed, the language of the plan controls, as long as the plan is unambiguous.”
Cautions
A proposed class representative needed a basic grasp of the facts, not mastery of complex terminology or litigation strategy.
“a class representative is not required to understand the meaning of complex legal terms or to direct litigation strategies. A representative should ... have some awareness of the basic facts underlying a suit.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“THEREFORE it is ORDERED that the Tillerys’ motion for order directing trustee to specify all disbursements to the IRS to be applied to the trustee’s portion of withholding taxes is DENIED.”
“Plaintiff, Jason Andre Caffey, is awarded a judgment against Defendants, Karen Russell, in the amount of $40,000.”
“THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED that the objection of the United States to the Pigotts claim of exemption of their 2004 federal income tax refund is SUSTAINED and the exemption is disallowed in its entirety to the extent of the United States rights under 11 U.S.C. § 553 and 26 U.S.C. § 6402.”
“The motion for instructions is GRANTED;”
This substantive order defined a previously certified class and is retained for reasoning context rather than motion statistics.
“The Motion of NationsBanc Mortgage Corporation for summary judgment is DENIED except that it is GRANTED as to inspection fees only.”
“The Motion for class certification of a Fed. R. Bankr.P. 7023(b)(2) class is GRANTED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the defendants’ motions to dismiss these proceedings for lack of subject matter jurisdiction are DENIED and the remaining issues will be carried for further consideration at a later date to be set by the Court;”
“Therefore, the relief requested by Trust-mark pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) is DENIED.”
“For the reasons indicated below, the objections by the Trustee are denied as to the retirement plan and sustained as to the IRA.”
“For the reasons indicated, IT IS ORDERED that the motion of Oscar Huff to proceed in forma pauperis is granted as to the filing fee and trial transcript.”
“Therefore, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED that S. Dean Matthews and Julia B. Matthews are awarded a judgment in the amount of $3,000.00 in their favor and against the United States of America.”
“The motion of Jim Walter Homes, Inc. for relief from the automatic stay is granted as to the property described in Exhibit A.”
A historical record
Judge Mahoney 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.