Craig T. Goldblatt
How Judge Goldblatt rules, drawn from 114 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Goldblatt
Craig T. Goldblatt has served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware since 2021. Before joining the bench, he practiced bankruptcy litigation and appeals. He earned a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School.
Judge Goldblatt's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Goldblatt, 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
Conferences
Live witnesses may appear remotely only upon a showing of good cause and compelling circumstances.
“The remote attendance of live witnesses is permitted only upon a showing of good cause and in compelling circumstances.”
Conferences
For remote attendance outside first-day hearings, register by 4 p.m. Eastern the business day before the proceeding.
“With the exception of first-day hearings, the deadline to register for remote attendance is 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) the business day before the proceeding unless otherwise noticed.”
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 Goldblatt decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Cautions
In a judgment-enforcement dispute, he denied a motion to compel without prejudice because the parties had not completed a good faith conference about the discovery requests.
“the Court requires the parties to make a good faith effort to confer in order to try to narrow their differences and/or sharpen the disputes that the Court is being called upon to resolve.”
In Hoover v. Drivetrain, he denied a motion to strike a WARN Act affirmative defense because the employees relied on discovery evidence beyond the pleadings, leaving them free to seek partial summary judgment.
“The reason the motion to strike fails, however, is that it relies on material outside the pleadings.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Wind-Down Debtors’ motion for judgment on the pleadings will be denied; the vendors’ motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction will be denied; the former officers’ motion to strike the vendors’ joinder in the Wind-Down Debtors’ motion for judgment on the pleadings will be denied; the vendors’ motion to remand will be denied; the vendors’ motion for abstention will be denied; and the vendors’ motion for a stay pending resolution of the Enforcement Action will be denied as moot.”
“the motion to dismiss will be granted without prejudice to the trustee’s right to seek leave to amend (and the defendants’ right to oppose a motion for leave) within 30 days of the issuance of the order dismissing the complaint.”
“the Court will deny the trustee’s motion to abstain and remand.”
“Counts II and III of each of those complaints will accordingly be dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. For the reasons described above, the motion to dismiss Count I will be denied.”
“therefore pay that amount to Hub within 10 days of the entry of the order resolving”
“the trustee’s motion for summary judgment on this claim will be granted in part and denied in part.”
“the motion to recuse will be denied.”
“Based on the record before the Court, that amount is $184,099.46. The debtors must therefore pay that amount to Hub within 10 days”
The memorandum explains why the confirmed liquidating plan can preserve estate causes of action for a post-confirmation trust while retaining related-to jurisdiction. It discusses an already-issued confirmation order rather than deciding a motion in this document.
“the debtors’ motion seeking approval of the proposed settlements with the various pension plans other than the New York Teamsters, Local 617, and Local 1730 will be granted. The motion seeking approval of the proposed settlements with the New York Teamsters, Local 617, and Local 1730 will be denied.”
The court dismissed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, leaving the defendants' merits arguments unaddressed.
“the motion for partial summary judgment as to liability will be granted.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Three terminated sampled matters lasted from 210 to 998 days, with a median of 361 days. The sample is descriptive and is not a complete caseload census.
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