Scott H. Gan
How Judge Gan rules, drawn from 3 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Gan
Scott H. Gan has served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Arizona since September 2014, with chambers in Tucson. Before his appointment, he practiced bankruptcy and appellate law and served as a Pima County public defender.
Judge Gan's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Gan, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
- Judge-specific chambers procedures ↗
- Exhibit List Form - Word version ↗
- Trial Scheduling Order ↗
- Evidentiary Hearing Scheduling Order ↗
- Local Rule Form 3003-1 ↗
- Local Rule Form 3002-2 ↗
- Local Rule Form 3003-3 ↗
Key rules
Conferences
Tucson parties, attorneys, and witnesses must appear in person unless Judge Gan orders otherwise.
“Unless Judge Gan orders otherwise in a particular case or proceeding, Tucson parties, Tucson attorneys, and Tucson witnesses must appear in person.”
Trial
Present trial exhibits electronically before Judge Gan, except when proceeding without counsel.
“All exhibits presented at trial before Judge Gan are required to be presented electronically. This applies to all trials held in Tucson, Phoenix or Yuma . This does not apply to pro se parties.”
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).
- General Order 26-3: Procedures for Access and Management of Sealed Documents ↗
- General Order 26-1: Chapter 7 Attorney Requirements ↗
- General Order 25-1: Prohibition of Covert Recording Devices in Bankruptcy Courts ↗
- General Order 23-3: Procedure for the Redaction of Personal Identifiers ↗
- General Order 23-2: Mortgage Modification Mediation Program for Individual Bankruptcy Cases ↗
How Judge Gan decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In In re Diana R. Shaffer, Gan granted stay relief so a pending state-court eviction case could resolve lease and possession issues, while preserving the stay against personal collection on the creditor’s judgment.
“Procaccianti has established cause under §362(d)(1) for relief from the stay to permit”
In Diversified Funding Group v. Hendon, Gan dismissed DFG’s untimely § 547 avoidance claims with prejudice and without leave to amend after finding amendment futile.
“DFG’s § 547 claims in 11 Count I of the Arizona Complaint are DISMISSED with prejudice for futility as to all defendants 12 without leave to amend.”
Procedural preferences
For objections to a debtor's claimed exemptions, Gan requires a noticed procedure that preserves the objector's burden of proof rather than allowing relief by negative notice.
“Judge Gan will no longer accept a 21-day negative notice/bar date procedure for objections to exemptions claimed by the debtor.”
Cautions
A creditor seeking stay relief should distinguish between authority to continue in rem litigation and authority to collect a personal judgment against the debtor.
“Procaccianti is not authorized to take any collection action with respect to the judgment 20 against the Debtor personally without further order of the Court.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Procaccianti’s Motion for Relief from the automatic stay is granted.”
“all Counts against, Carroll, Despain, Hendon, Johnson, 8 Meda, Nell, Olguin, and Swart are DISMISSED with prejudice without leave to amend.”
“Arizona Complaint, Count I, and California Complaint, Count II – claim of fraudulent 10 transfer – against Vasquez is DISMISSED without prejudice with leave to amend. All remaining 11 Counts against Vasquez are DISMISSED with prejudice without leave to amend.”
Gan entered final judgment for Gil Olguin after the May 5 dismissal order. This judgment is retained as signer-confirmed evidence but excluded from statistics to avoid counting the same dismissal motions twice.
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Fourteen terminated sampled matters lasted from 50 to 1,099 days, with a median of 274 days. The fixed sample is descriptive and is not a complete caseload census.
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