Geraldine Mund

How Judge Mund rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California
Position
bankruptcy
Status
Recalled to service
Appointed by
U.S. District Court judges; later reappointed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Commissioned
1984-02-09
Signed orders read
23

How Judge Mund decides

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

What persuades

Relief from a judgment may be warranted when a party's failure to present evidence resulted from excusable neglect and the party lacked prior knowledge of the relevant facts.

“Ballmer’s failure to submit evidence of Matthew’s lack of knowledge”

Contract language and established rulings carry particular weight when resolving a summary-adjudication request.

“the Court’s ruling is based primarily on the express terms of the DMA”

Procedural preferences

Telephone appearances are generally permitted, subject to listed exceptions.

“Telephonic appearances are allowed in all matters before Judge Mund in Courtroom 303 except the following”

A person appearing by telephone should review any posted tentative ruling before the hearing.

“each individual who appears telephonically should have reviewed the Tentative Ruling prior to the hearing”

Cautions

Reconsideration is an exceptional remedy and should not become a routine attempt to relitigate an adverse result.

“reconsideration must be ‘used sparingly in the interests of finality and”

Ordinary telephone appearances must be arranged by 3:00 p.m. on the day before the hearing unless the court approves a late request.

“The 3:00 p.m. deadline for scheduling telephonic appearances noted below”

Signed rulings

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

In re Michael Robert Goland
1:15-bk-14213 · 2024-01-29
Motion to reopen (debtor Michael Robert Goland) Denied

“The motion is denied.”

Kline v. Di Bacco
1:21-ap-01010 · 2023-06-06
Motion in limine (plaintiff Michael Kline) Denied

“ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION IN”

In re Shirley Foose McClure
1:13-bk-10386 · 2023-03-29
Motion for allowance of administrative expenses (debtor Shirley McClure) Granted in part

“GRANTING IN PART, DENYING IN PART,”

Zions Bancorporation, N.A. v. Licursi
1:15-ap-01236 · 2018-12-12
Nondischargeability claim (plaintiff ZB, N.A. dba California Bank & Trust) Granted

“NONDISCHARGEABLE JUDGMENT”

Nondischargeability claim under 523a4 (plaintiff ZB, N.A. dba California Bank & Trust) Denied

“the Court is granting judgment to Susan Licursi”

In re Larissa Anatolia Kenney
1:10-bk-11635 · 2018-11-16
Motion to avoid lien (debtor Larissa Anatolia Kenney) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the Motion is DENIED.”

In re Edwin Perry Hinds
1:06-bk-12243 · 2018-08-23
Motion to clarify (Chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“MEMORANDUM GRANTING MOTION TO”

Reitman v. McClure
1:18-ap-01050 · 2018-06-08
Summary judgment (plaintiff and Chapter 11 trustee John P. Reitman) Granted

“The Motion is granted”

In re Ronald Alvin Neff
1:11-bk-22424 · 2018-05-25
Motion for new trial (objector Douglas DeNoce) Granted in part

“Grant as to the mistake in not calling the doctors. Deny on all other grounds.”

Speier v. Argent Management, LLC
1:16-ap-01125 · 2017-11-27
Summary judgment (defendants Argent Management, LLC and SunCal Management, LLC) Granted in part

“Judgment is granted to the Defendants on the second claim for restitution and/or”

Speier v. Argent Management, LLC
1:16-ap-01120 · 2017-10-12
Motion to correct order (plaintiff and trustee Steven M. Speier) Granted in part

“The Motion is granted in part and denied in part.”

Speier v. Argent Management, LLC
1:16-ap-01120 · 2017-10-12
Motion for partial summary adjudication (plaintiff and trustee Steven M. Speier) Granted

“MEMORANDUM OF DECISION GRANTING”

Speier v. Argent Management, LLC
1:16-ap-01125 · 2017-08-02
Summary judgment (defendants Argent Management, LLC and SunCal Management, LLC) Granted in part

“This MSJ is granted in part:”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The five terminated sampled matters lasted 487 to 824 days, with a median of 820 days. The five newest sampled matters remained pending. This boundary sample is descriptive and is not a complete caseload census.

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