Christopher D. Jaime

How Judge Jaime rules, drawn from 5 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California
Position
bankruptcy
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Commissioned
2015-01-05
Education
Saint Mary’s College of California, B.S. in psychology, 1989; Willamette University College of Law, J.D., 1992
Signed orders read
5

How Judge Jaime decides

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

What persuades

A stay pending appeal requires proof on the traditional stay factors; ordinary economic collection injury did not establish irreparable harm.

“Mr. Foster has failed to demonstrate that any of the traditional factors examined upon a request for a stay pending appeal weigh in favor of a stay.”

Signed rulings

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

In re Swartout
· 2016-07-19
Motion for stay pending appeal (debtor) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the debtor’s motion for a stay pending appeal is DENIED.”

In re Zubenko
· 2015-03-23
Motion for relief from stay (foreclosure purchaser) Granted

“the court concludes that cause exists under § 362(d)(1) to grant Herbert’s motion and to terminate the automatic stay of § 362(a)”

Shells v. United States Department of Education (In re Shells)
· 2015-05-07
Motion to continue summary judgment hearing (plaintiff) Denied

“plaintiffs request for a continuance will be denied.”

Summary judgment (defendant United States Department of Education) Granted

“the defendant’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”

In re Ferreira
· 2016-02-29
Motion to dismiss bankruptcy case (United States trustee) Granted

“the United States trustee’s motion to dismiss this chapter 7 case under §§ 707(b)(1) and 707(b)(3)(B) will be GRANTED”

In re Tollenaar Holsteins
· 2015-10-05
Motion to surcharge collateral (Chapter 11 trustee) Granted

“the trustee’s surcharge motion will be GRANTED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Completed-case duration is reported for 5 terminated matters in the fixed sample.

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