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.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California
Position
bankruptcy
Status
Retired 2018
Served
1997–2018
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Commissioned
1997-11
Education
University of Colorado (undergraduate degree in English; minors in history and journalism; master's degrees in economics and education); University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1976)
Signed orders read
17

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.

Wagabaza v. Beveridge
6:17-ap-01117 · 2018-02-09
Preliminary injunction (debtor Janet Nabwanda Wagabaza) Granted

“this court granted the preliminary injunction (Preliminary Injunction), conditioned upon Debtor keeping the first trust deed on the Property current.”

Motion to abstain (defendant R. Eric Beveridge) Denied

“this court denied the motion on October 19, 2017.”

Motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction (defendant R. Eric Beveridge) Denied

“Again this court denied the motion.”

Summary judgment (debtor Janet Nabwanda Wagabaza) Granted

“the court grants Summary Judgment for Debtor”

Summary judgment (defendant R. Eric Beveridge) Denied

“denies the cross motion of Beveridge.”

Order to show cause for contempt (debtor Janet Nabwanda Wagabaza) Denied

“denies contempt on (2), the broader violations based on enforcing the Trust Deed because Beveridge could not have had the required subjective knowledge”

Order to show cause for contempt (debtor Janet Nabwanda Wagabaza) Moot / procedural

“it now stays its decision on (1), the request for entry of default, until the outcome of the expected appeal of its other decisions”

In re Jorge Serrato
6:15-bk-18945 · 2017-12-27
Objection to claim (debtor Jorge Serrato) Granted in part

“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.”

Daniel v. Del Valle
6:10-ap-01361 · 2017-10-05
Nondischargeability claim (plaintiff Cynthia K. Daniel) Granted

“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”

Nondischargeability claim (plaintiff Cynthia K. Daniel) Denied

“Recovery for her friends’ investments is denied.”

Motion for attorneys fees (plaintiff Cynthia K. Daniel) Denied

“Daniel has no right to recovery of her attorney’s fees incurred in this litigation.”

In re Darryl Levial Brown
6:16-bk-18361 · 2017-06-30
Motion for reconsideration (debtor Darryl Levial Brown) Granted

“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.”

Motion to avoid lien (debtor Darryl Levial Brown) Denied

“the lien may not be avoided in the Chapter 13 Plan.”

In re Orange County Nursery, Inc.
6:15-bk-12078 · 2017-06-16
Motion to stay pending appeal (debtor Orange County Nursery, Inc.) Granted

“Based on the analysis above, the court will issuance a stay pending appeal.”

In re City of San Bernardino, California
6:12-bk-28006 · 2017-03-07
Motion for third party injunction (debtor City of San Bernardino, California) Granted

“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.”

Frontier Homes, LLC v. DiBenedetto
6:15-ap-01272 · 2016-11-09
Motion for leave to amend (plaintiff Frontier Homes, LLC) Denied

“The motion for leave to amend is denied”

In re Lumpy's Inc.
6:16-bk-12957 · 2016-11-01
Motion for attorneys fees (secured creditor Acushnet Company) Granted in part

“As reflected by the calculation on page 15 of Exhibit J the allowed fees are $38,830.80.”

In re Sonjia May Gonzales
6:13-bk-11471 · 2014-04-09
Motion for clarification (Estate of Erin Elizabeth Wilson and Susanne Christensen) Granted

“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.”

In re City of San Bernardino, California
6:12-bk-28006 · 2013-10-16
Summary judgment (debtor City of San Bernardino, California) Granted

“the Court overrules the CalPERS objections on their limited stated grounds and finds the City eligible to remain in its chapter 9 proceeding.”

In re Marcos Vasquez Diaz and Alma Lawreen Diaz
6:10-bk-18846 · 2011-10-03
Motion to dismiss bankruptcy case (Chapter 13 trustee Rod Danielson) Denied

“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.”

In re Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.
6:09-bk-14254 · 2010-04-08
Motion for turnover (Official Committee of Creditors Holding Unsecured Claims) Denied

“For the reasons stated above, the court denies the Committee’s motion.”

A historical record

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