Coleman Ray Mullins
How Judge Mullins rules, drawn from 24 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Mullins no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Mullins
Coleman Ray Mullins served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Georgia from 2000 until 2018. He became the court's chief bankruptcy judge in 2012. Before joining the bench, he practiced civil litigation and financial restructuring.
How Judge Mullins decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Recorded instruments that conflict on their face can impose a duty of further inquiry and defeat a trustee's asserted purchaser priority.
“The existence of the Modification and Release meant that the Trustee had a duty to investigate the status of the title to the subject real property.”
Procedural preferences
A creditor ordinarily may not duplicate claim litigation while the trustee is actively prosecuting the estate's objections.
“To allow the Huffmans to intervene would clearly hinder the orderly and efficient administration of the estate.”
Cautions
Stay litigation turns on the conduct and injury actually shown; formal stay protection does not itself establish compensable harm.
“The automatic stay is one of the fundamental debtor protections provided by the bankruptcy laws.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ORDERED that the Motion (Doc. No. 26) be and is hereby GRANTED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Motion be and is hereby GRANTED.”
The court held that campaign contributions controlled by an unincorporated candidate entered the bankruptcy estate despite state-law use restrictions.
“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment be and is hereby GRANTED.”
“the Court DENIES plan confirmation in the Jennings and Hill cases, without prejudice to amend to comport with the Court’s ruling.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Motion be and is hereby GRANTED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Chapter 13 Trustee’s Objection to Confirmation be and is hereby DENIED.”
“For these reasons, the Court denied Newlin’s motion to annul the automatic stay to permit the validation of the default judgment.”
“The Debtors shall be reimbursed for attorney’s fees reasonably incurred in connection with the filing of the Debtors’ emergency motion for contempt.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Motion be and is hereby DENIED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Application for Compensation be and is hereby GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is DENIED”
“Defendant’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
After trial, the debtor established undue hardship and obtained discharge of the student-loan obligation.
A historical record
Judge Mullins no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.