Christopher D. Jaime
How Judge Jaime rules, drawn from 6 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Jaime
Christopher D. Jaime is Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of California and joined the court in January 2015. He earned a degree in psychology from Saint Mary’s College of California and a law degree from Willamette University.
Judge Jaime's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Jaime, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
Key rules
Filing
Judge Jaime’s Chapter 11 liquidation-analysis form asks for an estimated dividend on nonpriority unsecured claims.
“Estimated Dividend on Non-Priority Unsecured Claims*”
Motions
Judge Jaime’s lien-avoidance motion form asks debtors to list mortgages and other liens affecting the property.
“The Property is subject to the following mortgages, judicial liens, and/or nonpossessory, nonpurchase-money security interests:”
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026).
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.”
Cautions
Signing a filing that attributes quotations to authorities in which the quoted text cannot be found can prompt a Rule 9011 show-cause proceeding, even before the court decides whether sanctions should issue.
“Mr. Macaluso signed the Opposition thereby triggering his potential liability under Rule 9011.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ORDERED that the debtor’s motion for a stay pending appeal is DENIED.”
“the court concludes that cause exists under § 362(d)(1) to grant Herbert’s motion and to terminate the automatic stay of § 362(a)”
“plaintiffs request for a continuance will be denied.”
“the defendant’s motion for summary judgment will be 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”
“the trustee’s surcharge motion will be GRANTED.”
The court required counsel to explain several quotations it could not locate in the cited opinions and set a later sanctions hearing without deciding sanctions.
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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