Mark S. Wallace
How Judge Wallace rules, drawn from 27 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Wallace no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Wallace decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Repeated, willful failure to follow pretrial orders supported terminating sanctions after lesser warnings had not produced compliance.
“The striking of Defendants’ answer and the entering of a default is proportionate to their repeated and serious violation of the Court orders referenced above”
Cautions
A creditor whose claim was genuinely disputed even in part could be disqualified from joining an involuntary petition.
“The Court holds that a bona fide dispute exists as to the amount of the Maddox claim, and therefore that Mr. Maddox is not qualified to be a petitioning creditor in this case.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Motion is granted, and the Amended Complaint hereby is dismissed without leave to amend.”
“For these reasons, the Court overrules the objections of HLI to confirmation of the Plan.”
“Therefore, the Motion is granted, and the Court approves the Disclosure Statement, with all rights reserved to the United States Trustee and any interested party to take appropriate action with respect to the matters discussed above.”
“Based upon the foregoing analysis, the Court concludes that the UST has proved up all the elements of a cause of action under 11 U.S.C. § 727(d)(1) and therefore revokes the discharge granted to the Katonas.”
“For these reasons, the Court denies each of the cross-motions for summary judgment.”
“The Motion is denied with prejudice.”
“Sanctions against Mr. Roennau are not awarded because Mr. Roennau did not know that the discharge injunction was applicable to the actions he was taking in the State Court Action.”
“The Court grants Debtor’s Motion. The involuntary petition against QDOS is dismissed with prejudice for the reasons stated above.”
“The Court concludes that Plaintiff is entitled to actual damages of $12,500.00 plus punitive damages of $2,500.00 (for a total of $15,000.00) in respect of the stay violations described above. Additionally, attorney’s fees and costs are awarded to Plaintiff.”
“The Court therefore declines to impose monetary sanctions for the discharge injunction violation that occurred.”
“The 2017 Judgment is declared to be void and of no effect.”
“For these reasons, the Court strikes Defendants’ answer and enters their default pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b)(2)(A)(iii), incorporated by reference by Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 7037.”
“For these reasons, the balancing test weighs in Mr. Halvorson’s favor, leading the Court to determine that the Baeks are guilty of unclean hands as to Mr. Halvorson.”
“For the reasons stated above, the Motion is granted.”
A historical record
Judge Wallace 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.