Catherine Peek McEwen
How Judge McEwen rules, drawn from 26 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge McEwen
Catherine Peek McEwen has served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge in Tampa since August 2005. She practiced commercial litigation and bankruptcy law in Tampa before joining the court. She earned degrees from the University of South Florida and Stetson University College of Law.
Judge McEwen's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge McEwen, 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.
- Judge McEwen’s Procedures Governing Court Appearances ↗
- AI and Rule 9011 Memorandum ↗
- Best Practices for Proposed Orders ↗
Key rules
Filing
Independently verify the accuracy of all papers submitted to Judge McEwen’s court, including AI-generated citations.
“The signer must independently verify the accuracy of everything submitted to the Court.”
Conferences
Register for Zoom appearance by 3 p.m. one business day before the hearing.
“you must register no later than 3:00 p.m. one business day before the date of the hearing.”
Trial
Appear in person at trials and evidentiary hearings before Judge McEwen unless the court specifically permits a remote appearance.
“Attorneys and parties, including unrepresented parties, must appear at all trials and other evidentiary hearings in person, unless the Court has entered an order specially permitting remote appearance.”
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).
- Amended Administrative Order Prescribing Available Procedures in Student Loan Discharge Adversary Proceedings ↗
- Amended Administrative Order Providing Limited Authority to Expend Funds ↗
- Administrative Order Prescribing Procedures for Chapter 13 Cases Filed on or After October 1, 2025 ↗
- Administrative Order Vacating FLMB-2020-4 and Reinstating Original-Signature Requirements ↗
- Administrative Order Prescribing Procedures for Student Loan Management Program ↗
- Administrative Order Prescribing Procedures for Highly Sensitive Documents ↗
- Sixth Amended Administrative Order Prescribing Procedures for Mortgage Modification Mediation ↗
- Amended Administrative Order Requiring Photo Identification by Unrepresented Parties ↗
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.
“ORDERED that the Motion is denied.”
“The Motion is granted as stated herein.”
“The Motion is GRANTED.”
“the Motion is denied, without prejudice.”
“The Motion is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED.”
“ORDERED the Motion is denied without prejudice to file an amended motion that:”
“The Motion is GRANTED as stated below.”
“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.”
“ORDERED that the Motion is denied.”
“ORDERED that the Motion has become moot following the Plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of this proceeding.”
“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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