Catherine Peek McEwen

How Judge McEwen rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida
Position
bankruptcy
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Commissioned
2005-08-22
Education
University of South Florida, B.A. in political science, 1979; Stetson University College of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1982
Signed orders read
21

How Judge McEwen decides

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

What persuades

A prior case dismissed outside the one-year lookback was not still pending merely because routine administrative closing occurred later.

“Consequently, the Debtor had one case, but not two, pending within one year of the current filing.”

Procedural preferences

A discovery protective-order request may be renewed after the parties satisfy the meet-and-confer requirement.

“Defendant may renew the motion after the parties have met and conferred as is required by Fed. R. Civ. P. (‘Rule(s)’) 26(c), which is made applicable herein by Fed. R. Bank. P. 7026.”

Cautions

Missing a response deadline without a persuasive excuse can make claim disallowance final.

“Finality has its place when there is no good reason for the failure to respond.”

Signed rulings

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

In re Meyer
8:24-bk-06192-CPM · 2025-08-01
Motion for order confirming absence of automatic stay (United States Trustee) Denied

“ORDERED that the Motion is denied.”

In re Scohy
8:22-bk-01449-CPM · 2023-07-12
Motion to avoid judicial lien (Russell Eugene Scohy II) Granted

“The Motion is granted as stated herein.”

In re Ayoub
8:22-bk-03226-MGW · 2022-09-09
Motion for relief from automatic stay (Stephen J. Ayoub) Granted

“The Motion is GRANTED.”

DGP Products Inc. v. Antonio
8:20-ap-00537-CPM · 2022-08-10
Motion for leave to file expedited protective order (Faith Elyzabeth Antonio) Denied

“the Motion is denied, without prejudice.”

In re Blair
8:22-bk-00224-CPM · 2022-04-05
Motion to confirm automatic stay (Willette Yvonne Blair) Granted

“The Motion is GRANTED.”

In re Zausner
8:22-bk-01202-CPM · 2022-03-31
Motion to enforce automatic stay (Robert Zausner and Eric Zausner) Granted

“ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED.”

In re Ostrowski
8:17-bk-00805-CPM · 2022-01-18
Motion to reopen case (Christina M. Ostrowski) Denied

“ORDERED the Motion is denied without prejudice to file an amended motion that:”

DGP Products Inc. v. Antonio
8:20-ap-00537-CPM · 2021-08-17
Motion to compel depositions (DGP Products, Inc.) Granted

“The Motion is GRANTED as stated below.”

Harper v. Heather Hills Amenities, LLC
8:19-ap-00504-CPM · 2021-05-10
Motion to dismiss adversary proceeding (Heather Hills Amenities, LLC and Lakeshore Management, Inc.) Granted

“ORDERED that the Motion is granted nunc pro tunc to April 15, 2021, the date of the original order (Doc. No. 72), and this proceeding is dismissed.”

In re JARZ Hospitality Group of Tampa, Inc.
8:19-bk-03042-CPM · 2021-04-15
Motion for reconsideration of claim disallowance (Gay Gipe) Denied

“ORDERED that the Motion is denied.”

Save Money and Retain Temperature, LLC v. Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Co.
8:20-ap-00546-CPM · 2021-03-11
Motion to dismiss adversary proceeding (Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Company) Moot / procedural

“ORDERED that the Motion has become moot following the Plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of this proceeding.”

NSB Horatio LLC v. Maniscalco
8:17-ap-00134-CPM · 2020-10-15
Objection to discharge (NSB Horatio LLC) Denied

“The objection to Mr. Maniscalco’s discharge as alleged in Count II is overruled.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No case-type analysis was attempted because the sampled streams contained no entries.

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