Stephen L. Johnson
How Judge Johnson rules, drawn from 4 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Johnson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Plan confirmation requires evidence that discretionary expenses are necessary and that unsecured creditors are treated equitably.
“Debtors did not carry their burden to show that these fees are permissible deductions under Other Expenses.”
Procedural preferences
When a mortgage creditor omits required cure information, he uses exclusion and fee remedies while preserving a separate procedure for determining the loan balance.
“deeming a mortgage current under the circumstances here involves a two-step process.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Objection of American Express to the confirmation *412of Debtor’s Second Amended Plan is SUSTAINED.”
“The First Response, Second Response, and Third Response are stricken for failure to comply with Bankruptcy Rule 3002.1(g).”
“Debtor is awarded attorney’s fees and costs.”
“Debtor’s request to deem the mortgage current is denied without prejudice”
“Because the additional provisions are inconsistent with the plan in use in the remainder of the district and are contrary to the Bankruptcy Code4 in application, they cannot be approved.”
“Because I determine that Debtor received adequate notice and find cause to dismiss the case, I GRANT the motion to dismiss.”
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