Karen S. Jennemann

How Judge Jennemann rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Jennemann no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida
Position
bankruptcy
Status
No longer serving
Commissioned
1993-11-03
Signed orders read
20

How Judge Jennemann decides

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

Procedural preferences

A claim belonging to a limited liability company must be pursued by the company or through the authorized derivative process, not directly by individual members.

“only SGGUSA can assert claims for wrongful distributions made to Whittle.”

Discovery is permitted when it tests the authenticity and authority of a note endorsement, while broader ownership-history requests may be rejected as irrelevant and overbroad.

“The Court will sustain Deutsche Bank’s objections to every other interrogatory 32 and document production request, 33 finding such requests are irrelevant and overbroad in light of the General Rule.”

Cautions

Fee and security arrangements with consumer debtors require complete disclosure in the compensation statement and the debtor's schedules.

“The primary purpose of the disclosure rules is to avoid precisely this type of gamesmanship.”

Signed rulings

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

In re Xenerga, Inc.
· 2011-05-24
Motion to approve compromise (Chapter 7 trustee) Denied

“Accordingly, the Court will deny approval of the compromise.”

In re Pearlman
· 2011-05-10
Motion for substantive consolidation (creditors and parties in interest) Granted in part

“Accordingly, the Court partially grants the pending motions for substantive consolidation and orders the complete substantive consolidation of the Debtors’ estates”

Fidelity National Title Insurance v. Garcia (In re Garcia)
· 2011-02-09
Summary judgment (Fidelity National Title Insurance Company) Granted

“Accordingly, the Court will grant Fidelity’s motion for summary judgment.”

Nondischargeability claim section 523 a 6 (Fidelity National Title Insurance Company) Granted

“Garcia’s debt to Fidelity under the HELOC in the amount of $52,400 (together with interest, costs, and attorney fees as allowed under the HE-LOC 26 ) is non-dischargeable under § 523(a)(6).”

White v. Whittle (In re Whittle)
· 2011-05-17
Motion to dismiss adversary (debtor-defendant) Granted

“For this reason, the Court grants defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint 16 without prejudice.”

Kapila v. TD Bank, N.A. (In re Pearlman)
· 2010-12-02
Motion for partial summary judgment (Chapter 11 trustee) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons the Court will deny the trustee’s motion for partial summary judgment.”

In re Gelin
· 2010-09-29
Motion for cramdown (debtors, document 102) Denied

“the Court will deny their cramdown motion and confirmation of the debtors’ plan of reorganization.”

Plan confirmation (debtors, document 98) Denied
Motion for cramdown (debtors, document 99) Denied

“the Court also will deny the debtors’ other related motions seeking to cram down their plan on other non-objecting creditor classes.”

Motion for cramdown (debtors, document 100) Denied
Motion for cramdown (debtors, document 101) Denied
Motion for cramdown (debtors, document 103) Denied
Kapila v. TD Bank, N.A. (In re Pearlman)
· 2011-07-13
Summary judgment (Mercantile Bank) Granted in part

“Mercantile is entitled to summary judgment only as to the trustee’s constructive fraudulent transfer claims (Counts III and IV).”

Motions to strike (Mercantile Bank) Denied

“Further, Mercantile’s Motion to Strike is denied.”

Kapila v. Integra Bank, N.A. (In re Pearlman)
· 2010-12-02
Motions to dismiss (Integra Bank, N.A.) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons the Court will deny Integra’s motion to dismiss.”

In re Pierre
· 2012-03-16
Motion to value lien (debtor) Denied

“Debtor’s Motion to Value the Mortgage of CitiMortgage is denied.”

In re Alfieri
· 2011-09-30
Objection to attorney fees (Chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“Accordingly, the Court will sustain the trustee’s objection to the fee paid to Rotella and grant the trustee’s motion.”

Motion for turnover (Chapter 7 trustee) Granted
In re Becker
· 2012-04-03
Objection to attorney fees (Chapter 13 trustee) Granted in part

“The trustee’s objection is partially sustained.”

Fee application (debtor's counsel) Granted in part

“In this case, Branson is allowed attorney fees and costs of $9,740.”

In re Fischer
· 2010-07-16
Motion to determine turnover priority (Chapter 13 trustee) Denied

“The Court will deny the Trustee’s Motion and direct her to turn over the funds to the creditor, Echelon Services, Inc., a/a/o Chase Bank USA, N.A.”

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 Jennemann 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.