Meredith A. Jury
How Judge Jury rules, drawn from 17 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Jury no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Jury decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Issue preclusion requires certainty about which factual ground supported the earlier verdict.
“Since this court is unable to know which of the three the jury found, issue preclusion must fail.”
Cautions
A new dischargeability theory may be futile when it does not relate back and the Rule 4007(c) deadline has expired.
“the amended complaint would be time barred by Rule 4007(c) and such amendment would be futile.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“this court granted the preliminary injunction (Preliminary Injunction), conditioned upon Debtor keeping the first trust deed on the Property current.”
“this court denied the motion on October 19, 2017.”
“Again this court denied the motion.”
“the court grants Summary Judgment for Debtor”
“denies the cross motion of Beveridge.”
“denies contempt on (2), the broader violations based on enforcing the Trust Deed because Beveridge could not have had the required subjective knowledge”
“it now stays its decision on (1), the request for entry of default, until the outcome of the expected appeal of its other decisions”
“This annotated billing shows a total supplement to the claim of $2105 based on the billing entries and $80.62 as costs on the billings, for a total of $2185.62.”
“a nondischargeable judgment under § 523(a)(2)(A) will be entered in favor of Plaintiff Cynthia Daniel and against debtor Jose Robert Del Valle (and the future community property of Olivia Del Valle) in the principal sum of $531,329”
“Recovery for her friends’ investments is denied.”
“Daniel has no right to recovery of her attorney’s fees incurred in this litigation.”
“Debtor’s counsel brought a motion for reconsideration under the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 60 (b) (1), made applicable in the Bankruptcy Court by Fed. R. Bank. Pro. 9024, which the court granted.”
“the lien may not be avoided in the Chapter 13 Plan.”
“Based on the analysis above, the court will issuance a stay pending appeal.”
“The Plan Injunction is a needed and necessary tool for the success of the Plan and the revitalization of San Bernardino. For that reason, and all those stated above, it is approved as part of the Plan.”
“The motion for leave to amend is denied”
“As reflected by the calculation on page 15 of Exhibit J the allowed fees are $38,830.80.”
“this Court interprets and clarifies the effect of its order confirming Debtor’s chapter 13 plan to have no preclusive effect on title to the Real Property.”
“the Court overrules the CalPERS objections on their limited stated grounds and finds the City eligible to remain in its chapter 9 proceeding.”
“Tax refunds received by debtors postpetition but accrued on prepetition earnings are property, not income, and are not subject to turnover to the Chapter 13 Trustee.”
“For the reasons stated above, the court denies the Committee’s motion.”
A historical record
Judge Jury 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.