Karen K. Specie

How Judge Specie rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida
Position
bankruptcy
Status
Recalled to service
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Commissioned
2012-07-25
Education
University of South Florida, B.A.; Florida State University College of Law, J.D., 1978
Signed orders read
23

How Judge Specie decides

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

What persuades

A secured creditor must use a collateral description that reasonably identifies the asset it later claims.

“Sunz’ security interest never attached.”

Procedural preferences

When outside exhibits are unnecessary to a pleading challenge, the motion is decided under the Rule 12(b)(6) standard on the complaint itself.

“The Court declines to consider the exhibits attached to the Motion and reviews the Motion strictly under Rule 12(b)(6).”

Cautions

A bare denial of receipt will not overcome evidence that a notice was properly addressed and mailed.

“Lee’s denial of receipt of the notice is not enough to overcome the presumption that she received the notice.”

Signed rulings

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

In re SS&S Specialties, LLC
21-50124-KKS · 2024-08-15
Motion for relief from discharge injunction (Theodore Calvin Houchins) Denied

“ORDERED: The Motion for Relief from Discharge Injunction and/or Order Discharging Debts (ECF No. 171) is DENIED.”

In re Keane M. Rogers
23-40330-KKS · 2024-07-01
Second amended motion to approve sale free and clear (chapter 7 trustee) Denied

“is DENIED, without prejudice.”

In re Bluewater Wellness Group LLC
23-30572-KKS · 2024-04-08
Motion to allow late proof of claim (April Lee, D.C.) Denied

“For the reasons set forth below, the Motion is due to be denied.”

Goodman v. Adair
23-03007-KKS · 2024-03-18
Motion to dismiss first amended complaint (Alicia Beth Adair) Granted

“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint for Failure to State a Claim upon Which Relief Can Be Granted (ECF No. 21) is GRANTED.”

Redstone Advance, Inc. v. Big Daddy Guns, Inc.
23-01002-KKS · 2023-06-06
Amended motion to remand and abstain (Redstone Advance, Inc.) Denied

“ORDERED: Redstone Advance, LLC’s [sic] Amended Motion to Remand and Abstain and Memorandum of Law in Support (ECF No. 32) is DENIED.”

Nystrand v. Kingdom of Sweden
21-04003-KKS · 2022-08-29
Renewed motion for summary judgment (Kingdom of Sweden) Granted

“Kingdom of Sweden’s Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 110) is GRANTED.”

Glade v. Carbonell / Glade v. Empower H.I.S., LLC
22-04003-KKS and 22-04004-KKS · 2022-07-29
Motions to remand (defendants in Adv. No. 22-04003-KKS) Granted

“Defendants’ Remand Motions are GRANTED.”

Motions to remand (defendants in Adv. No. 22-04004-KKS) Granted
Colon v. Divine Mercy Farms, LLC
22-03005-KKS · 2022-06-23
Motion to dismiss or for summary judgment (Divine Mercy Farms, LLC and Gene Church) Denied

“Motion to Dismiss Adversary Proceeding or, in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 23) is DENIED.”

Rooks v. St. Matthew's University (Cayman) Ltd.
21-04019-KKS · 2022-06-10
Motion to dismiss complaint (St. Matthew’s University (Cayman) Ltd. and St. Matthew’s University, Inc.) Granted

“The Motion of Defendants St. Matthew’s University (Cayman) Ltd. and St. Matthew’s University, Inc. to Dismiss Complaint (ECF No. 87) is GRANTED.”

In re General Capacitor, LLC
19-40279-KKS · 2022-02-25
Motion for reconsideration (Kasper Holdings of Tallahassee, LLC) Denied

“ORDERED: the Motion for Reconsideration of Order Granting, in Part, Motion to Pay Broker Blackhawk Technologies, LLC (Doc. 336), ECF No. 350, is DENIED.”

In re Christopher Scott Sehman
21-30141-KKS · 2022-02-23
Second motion for relief from sanctions order (4 Dakota Ventures, LLC) Denied

“ORDERED: The Motion for Relief from Order Granting Debtor’s Motion for Sanctions for Violation of the Automatic Stay and Related Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (ECF No. 123) is DENIED.”

In re General Capacitor, LLC
19-40279-KKS · 2022-01-20
Motion to pay broker (chapter 7 trustee) Granted in part

“The Trustee’s Motion to Pay Broker Blackhawk Technologies, LLC (ECF No. 283) is GRANTED, in part, as set forth in this Order.”

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