Barry Russell
How Judge Russell rules, drawn from 3 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Russell decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Imputing fraud between spouses requires facts showing the kind of business partnership that existed when the fraud occurred.
“capacity as an attorney-wife and not as a business partner”
A debtor's possessory interest may receive automatic-stay protection even when state law has ended the debtor's legal right to possession.
“Butler possessed an equitable interest in the residential rental property at the time of her bankruptcy filing, which was protected by the automatic stay”
Procedural preferences
Counsel should read tentative rulings carefully because they specify whether an in-person appearance is mandatory.
“the tentative rulings will indicate whether an in person appearance at a hearing is mandatory”
Tentative rulings are ordinarily posted one week before the scheduled hearing.
“The calendar with tentative rulings will be posted one week prior to the scheduled hearings”
Cautions
Ordinary scheduling conflicts and internal communication failures do not excuse a missed appellate deadline.
“diligence, carelessness, and neglect, they do not come close to meeting the standard of”
An attorney seeking emergency remote access on the hearing date must contact chambers and obtain approval.
“attorneys who wish to appear by ZoomGov must contact Chambers at (213) 894-6091 and obtain approval”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“MEMORANDUM RE ORDER DENYING”
“the facts do not support the imputation of Mr. Shart’s”
“By separate order, I grant Westside’s motion for relief from the automatic stay.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The three terminated sampled adversaries lasted 482 to 569 days, with a median of 482 days. Four sampled adversaries remained pending. The cohort is useful for procedural timing but does not describe the court's broader caseload.
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