J. Kate Stickles
How Judge Stickles rules, drawn from 16 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Stickles
J. Kate Stickles has served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware since April 2021. Before joining the bench, she practiced bankruptcy and corporate restructuring law in Wilmington for three decades. She earned a law degree from Temple University School of Law.
Judge Stickles's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Stickles, 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
First-day hearings are hybrid; status, scheduling, pretrial, discovery, and fee hearings are remote unless the judge directs otherwise.
“First Day Hearings will be hybrid in-person/Zoom.”
Conferences
Register for remote attendance by 4 p.m. Eastern on the business day before the hearing unless a different deadline is noticed.
“The deadline to register for remote attendance is 4:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) the business day before the hearing 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).
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDERED that the Motion to Stay Discovery is DENIED”
“ORDERED that the Motion to Stay Discovery is DENIED”
“ORDERED that the Motion to Stay Discovery is DENIED as to Enigma; and it is further ORDERED that the Motion to Stay Discovery is GRANTED, in part, as to Makor”
“Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply in Further Support of Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and in Response to Reply in Support of the Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (Adv. D.I. 82) is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED, in part, and DENIED, in part.”
“Defendant James E. Campbell, Jr.’s Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the Motion to Dismiss will be granted, in part, and denied, in part. The Complaint will be dismissed as to Oval Finance.”
“ORDERED that the Motions to Dismiss are DENIED;”
“ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss the Complaint is GRANTED;”
“the Motion to Dismiss will be granted, in part, and the Complaint will be dismissed as to PFI. The remainder of the Motion to Dismiss will be denied.”
“ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss is DENIED, solely on the basis of Rule 12(b)(2); and the Court has personal jurisdiction over Yuchen ‘Justin’ Sun;”
“Ordered that the Motion to Stay Discovery is GRANTED;”
“is DENIED.”
“is GRANTED, in part, and DENIED, in part, as set forth below:”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Four terminated sampled matters lasted from 96 to 480 days, with an exact median of 240.5 days. The sample is descriptive and is not a complete caseload census.
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