Christopher M. Klein

How Judge Klein rules, drawn from 6 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
1988-02-09
Education
Brown University, B.A. and M.A.; University of Chicago Law School, J.D.; University of Chicago Booth School of Business, M.B.A.
Signed orders read
6

How Judge Klein decides

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

What persuades

Cross-border relief may be granted without extra restrictions when the statutory protections already balance the affected interests.

“The discretionary relief requested by the foreign representatives will be granted without the previously-announced condition of requiring specific permission, beyond that required by applicable bankruptcy law, for use of funds.”

Signed rulings

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

Knutson v. Price (In re Price)
· 2009-08-10
Motion for transcript at public expense (appellant) Denied

“Ms. Price’s request for transcript at public expense, which is construed as a Motion for Certification Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 753(f), is DENIED.”

In re Johnson
· 2008-11-21
Application to employ special counsel (Chapter 11 trustee) Granted

“The § 327(e) employment application is approved.”

Application for compensation (special counsel) Granted

“The appropriate award for such services for the counsel who is, by virtue of this employment, now qualified under § 330(a)(1) is $3,837.00”

In re Tri-Continental Exchange Ltd.
· 2006-09-11
Petition for recognition of foreign main proceeding (foreign representatives) Granted

“The proceedings will be recognized as ‘foreign main proceedings’ under § 1502(4).”

Motion for discretionary cross border relief (foreign representatives) Granted

“The discretionary relief requested by the foreign representatives will be granted”

Flinn v. Rains (In re Rains)
· 2006-03-03
Motion to appoint trustee to execute withdrawal (bankruptcy trustee) Granted

“The motion by the plaintiff bankruptcy trustee for an order appointing him to act on behalf of the defendant judgment debt- or to withdraw $250,000 from the ABA Retirement Plan and to direct the delivery of the aforesaid $250,000 to himself is GRANTED.”

In re Montanaro
· 2004-02-25
Motion for retroactive extension of time (debtors) Denied

“the debtors’ motion for retroactive extension of time is denied”

Objection to claimed exemptions (Chapter 7 trustee) Denied

“the trustee’s objection is nevertheless overruled”

Dellamarggio v. B-Line, LLC (In re Barker)
· 2004-02-25
Motion for reconsideration (judgment debtor) Granted

“the judgment entered on docket July 18, 2003, will be vacated and replaced, on reconsideration, by another judgment for the same amount against B-Line”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Completed-case duration is reported for 3 terminated matters in the fixed sample.

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