Joseph G. Rosania Jr.
How Judge Rosania rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Rosania
Joseph G. Rosania Jr. is a United States bankruptcy judge for the District of Colorado. He has served on the court since December 2015.
Judge Rosania's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Rosania, 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
If a Chapter 13 plan is filed after the petition, file proof of service within three days of mailing the plan and notice.
“The Debtor must file a Certificate of Service evidencing the mailing of the Chapter 13 Plan and Notice no later than three (3) days following the service”
Conferences
Telephone appearance at a non-evidentiary Chapter 13 confirmation hearing requires a timely confirmation status report.
“Thursday non-evidentiary Chapter 13 Confirmation hearings only if the Confirmation Status Report is timely filed”
Conferences
Counsel, self-represented parties, and witnesses must attend evidentiary hearings and adversary trials in person unless the court orders videoconferencing.
“Evidentiary hearings or adversary proceeding trials require counsel, pro se parties and witnesses to be present in the courtroom unless the Court orders the hearing to be conducted by videoconference.”
Conferences
Move to vacate a hearing or trial by 3 p.m. the preceding day; if relying on settlement, file a separate approval motion.
“The parties must file a motion to vacate the hearing or trial no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day prior to the scheduled court proceeding.”
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 Rosania decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Where a government creditor delayed without explanation and the debtor suffered concrete prejudice, laches barred a late nondischargeability proceeding.
“the delay was egregious, as it drove Debtor to despair and was completely unexplained.”
A creditor's preference defense failed when payment amounts and split-payment practices departed markedly from historical dealings.
“The Debtor's split payments and payment of a round dollar amount were markedly different”
A debtor-in-possession plausibly pleaded pre-suit diligence by alleging first-hand knowledge of the challenged payment and facts addressing reasonably knowable preference defenses.
“The Amended Complaint alleges more than a bare conclusion that diligence occurred.”
Procedural preferences
When statutory eligibility is clear, policy arguments do not permit the court to rewrite the debt limits.
“courts faced with a clear statutory command may not rewrite the Bankruptcy Code.”
At summary judgment, a party must address numbered facts with correspondingly numbered responses and admissible evidence; self-representation does not excuse compliance with those requirements.
“Liberal construction, however, does not permit the Court to serve as her advocate, construct factual arguments on her behalf, or search the record for evidence that she did not identify.”
Cautions
A plan that retains prepetition property over a dissenting unsecured class must satisfy absolute priority or a valid outside-source new-value contribution.
“the proposed contribution in the present case comes from the Debtor, not an outside source.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court orders the Debtors have ten days from the date of this order to convert this case to a case under either chapter 7 or chapter 11, failing which this case shall be dismissed”
“Eastman's objection to NPL's claim on the basis of applicable Colorado law is OVERRULED.”
“NPL has satisfied its ultimate burden of persuasion on the legal issue”
“Eastman is ordered to file a second amended Chapter 13 plan which resolves the technical objections of the chapter 13 trustee”
The individual Chapter 11 plan violated absolute priority and the debtor's own contribution did not satisfy new value.
“Greenberg's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 360) is denied.”
“the Debtor's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 354) is granted.”
“sustaining the Debtor's Objection to Proof of Claim No. 8-1”
“the Trustee’s Motion to Dismiss is DENIED.”
“the Trustee's cross motion for summary judgment (docket number 13) be and hereby is GRANTED”
“the Trustee's Objection to Property Claimed as Exempt (Docket #15) is SUSTAINED”
“the LT’s Motion to Administratively Close Chapter 11 Cases (docket # 803) is DENIED.”
An unexplained and prejudicial delay justified laches against the county agency's nondischargeability claims.
“the Motion to Dismiss Debtors’ Case pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(1) and 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(3) is DENIED.”
The debtor held only bare legal title under a resulting trust, so reconveyance did not transfer economic value.
The claimant's services supported reduced priority compensation despite the absence of contemporaneous time records.
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