K. Rodney May
How Judge May rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge May no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge May decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
The trial court avoids short-circuiting a timely appellate process on equitable grounds.
“As an equitable matter, this Court will not pre-empt the appellate process.”
Cautions
Incomplete or inaccurate disclosures weigh heavily in the totality analysis when a debtor also has meaningful repayment capacity.
“The debtor omitted or misstated numerous material items of required disclosure.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons stated orally and recorded in open court on January 11, 2011, which shall constitute the decision of this Court, as supplemented by this memorandum opinion, judgment is entered in favor of the Defendant.”
“The Trustee’s Motion for Turnover of Property of the Estate (Document No. 28) is GRANTED and the debtor shall turn over the inherited IRA as listed on Schedule B within thirty (30) days after entry of this order.”
“Accordingly, the UST’s motion will be denied.”
“The Debtor’s Objection to Claim No. 16 of Colony Beach, Inc. is sustained and Claim No. 16 is disallowed in its entirety.”
“The Debtor’s Objection to Claim No. 19 of William W. Merrill, Trustee of the William W. Merrill Revocable Trust, is sustained and Claim No. 19 is disallowed in its entirety.”
“The Debtor’s Objection to Claim No. 20 of Carolyn L. Field, Trustee of the Carolyn L. Field Family Trust, is sustained and Claim No. 20 is disallowed in its entirety.”
“The Debtor’s Objection to Claim No. 21 of Colony Beach, Inc. and Colony Beach & Tennis Club, Inc. is sustained and Claim No. 21 is disallowed in its entirety.”
“Merrill and Field’s Motion for Allowance and Payment of Administrative *715 Rent Claim should be denied.”
“The request of the Association seeking declaratory relief that the Recreational Facilities Lease is unconscionable as a matter of law asserted in Count II of the Amended Complaint is granted.”
“the request of the Association seeking declaratory relief that the rent escalation clause contained in the Recreational Facilities Lease is void and unenforceable as a matter of law asserted in Count III of the Amended Complaint is denied.”
“The Motion to Compel Turnover of Property of the Estate filed by the Chapter 7 Trustee (Document No. 15) is granted.”
“The Debtors’ Response to Trustee’s Objection to Property Claimed as Exempt (Document No. 23), which this Court treats as a Motion for Reconsideration of Order Sustaining Objection to Debtors’ Claim of Exemptions (Document No. 19), is denied.”
“ORDERED that Wachter’s motion for summary judgment is hereby denied.”
“The debtors’ motion to value the secured claim of Bank of America (Document No. 32) is denied.”
“The debtors’ motion to value the secured claim of GMAC (Document No. 31) is denied.”
“The debtor’s Motion for Reconsideration of Order Approving Application of Payment of Unclaimed Funds (Document No. 234) is granted.”
“The Motion for Payment of Unclaimed Funds filed by Charlene J. Keys, d/b/a Keys Research on behalf of Lewis Hailey for the Estate of Nell Hailey (Document No. 225) is granted.”
“The Motion for Payment of Unclaimed Funds (Document No. 218) filed by The Financial Resources Group, Inc., on behalf of Marcia Rosenthal is granted.”
“The Motion for Return of Unclaimed Distributions to Debtor (Document No. 219) is denied without prejudice to the debtor to seek withdrawal of unclaimed monies pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2042 after May 16, 2008.”
“ORDERED, the Motion to Strike Defendant Richardson’s Notice of Appeal is denied.”
“The Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the debtors (Document No. 37) is granted.”
“The Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the Chapter 7 trustee (Document No. 36) is denied.”
“The Objection to Debtors’ Homestead Exemption (Document No. 11), filed by the Chapter 7 trustee, is overruled.”
“ORDERED that Wachter’s motion for summary judgment is hereby denied.”
“Accordingly, the debts owed to Home Loan are excepted from the discharge.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Five sampled terminated matters contained no docket entries, so no caseload mix or case-duration summary is available.
A historical record
Judge May no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.