Jacob A. Brown
How Judge Brown rules, drawn from 12 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Brown decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Repeated filings, missed statutory deadlines, insider payments, and abrupt valuation changes can collectively support immediate stay relief for bad faith.
“All of this taken together, satisfies the elements of §§ 362(d)(1) and (4).”
Procedural preferences
An unopposed summary-judgment motion still receives a merits review when the record independently establishes entitlement to relief.
“While the Court could grant the Motion based on Defendant’s failure to respond alone, there is more than sufficient basis to grant the Motion even if Defendant had timely filed a response.”
Cautions
A Chapter 7 debtor who does not choose surrender, reaffirmation, or redemption may lose the automatic stay over personal property without a creditor motion.
“Pursuant to subsection 362(h)(1), the automatic stay as to the Vehicle terminated, and the Vehicle was no longer property of the estate, on January 5, 2024, the thirtieth day after the Debtor filed her bankruptcy petition”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
The court required the debtors to provide their 2021 federal tax return before deciding whether a refundable tax credit belonged to the estate.
“GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation’s Renewed and Amended Motion for Relief from Automatic Stay is granted in part and denied in part.”
“Even assuming, however, that the Debtors formed an intent to live permanently in the Duval Property some time prior to the Petition Date, the Debtors clearly did not reside in the Duval Property before the Petition Date.”
“The evidence does not establish that the Debtors left the Flagler Property before the Petition Date with no intention to return and took up permanent abode at the Duval Property.”
“The Trust is granted immediate relief from the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(d).”
“The Debtor’s Motion to Extend the Automatic Stay 77 is denied.”
“Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.”
“Secured Creditor Choate Construction Company’s Motion to Dismiss Case or alternatively to Terminate the Automatic Stay to Dismiss (Doc. No. 13) is GRANTED.”
“The Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED as set forth herein.”
“The Motion to Dismiss is granted. This Adversary Proceeding is dismissed with prejudice.”
“The Debtor’s Emergency Motion to Compel Turnover of Vehicle is denied.”
On remand from the district court, the court required a settlement conference and staged briefing on the reasonableness of an oversecured creditor's attorney fees.
“Judgment is entered in favor of Defendant, Frederick D. Yeazel, and against Plaintiff Mary Ida Townson, United States Trustee, as to all counts of the Complaint.”
“Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is GRANTED in part as to Count IX of the Amended Complaint.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled matters include individual Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases, a Subchapter V reorganization later converted to Chapter 7, claim and exemption disputes, and consumer secured-debt litigation.
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