Madeleine C. Wanslee

How Judge Wanslee rules, drawn from 2 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2014-03-17
Education
University of Arizona; Gonzaga University School of Law, J.D.
Signed orders read
2

How Judge Wanslee decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

A creditor seeking nondischargeability must prove the statutory elements against the debtor herself; a marital relationship alone does not impute another person's fraud.

“The marital relationship, without more, cannot”

Procedural preferences

She gives substantial weight to the finality of bankruptcy judgments after creditors have relied on them for years.

“interests attached to this three-year-old final Judgment overwhelmingly outweigh”

Cautions

Belated compliance with a turnover obligation does not by itself justify vacating a discharge-revocation judgment.

“subsequent, untimely performance does not justify setting that Judgment aside.”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

In re Shatia Ronishe Feacher
2:20-bk-08932-MCW · 2026-02-19
Motion for relief from judgment (debtor) Denied

“Bankruptcy Procedure 9024, is DENIED.”

Ya-Ya Holdings, LLC v. Nicole Kay Musikantow
2:22-ap-00274-MCW · 2026-03-30
Nondischargeability adversary claim (creditor) Denied

“judgment is entered in favor of the Debtor, Nicole Musikantow,”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The ten terminated sampled matters ranged from 95 to 1,680 days, with a median of 129.5 days. The fixed sample combines early post-appointment cases with the recent opinion dockets and is descriptive only.

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