Brent R. Wilson
How Judge Wilson rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Wilson
Brent R. Wilson began service as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Idaho in October 2025. He previously practiced bankruptcy law in Boise and clerked for Bankruptcy Judge Jim D. Pappas.
Judge Wilson's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Wilson, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
Key rules
Contacting chambers
Submissions about a case’s merits must be filed as pleadings; the judge does not accept ex parte communications.
“Any submissions regarding the merits of a case shall be made by pleading.”
Contacting chambers
Direct scheduling, appearances and extension questions to the courtroom deputy rather than law clerks.
“Any scheduling or appearance issues, extensions of time, or similar matters should be directed to the courtroom deputy, not the law clerks.”
Filing
Email proposed orders to [email protected] with the case number and filed motion’s document number in the subject line.
“Judge Wilson's proposed orders are emailed to [email protected], and the subject line should contain the case number and the document number of the filed motion.”
Motions
Contact the courtroom deputy for a hearing date and alert the deputy if argument or testimony may take extra time.
“Contact the courtroom deputy to obtain a hearing date.”
Motions
File a motion to reconsider with the clerk without obtaining a hearing date first.
“All ‘motions to reconsider’ (properly a motion under Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 9023 or 9024) shall be filed with the Clerk without obtaining a hearing date.”
Conferences
Meet deadlines for prehearing briefs and witness or exhibit lists even if settlement talks continue, unless the court orders otherwise.
“If a deadline exists for filing pre-hearing briefs and/or witness and exhibit lists, parties must comply with that deadline, regardless of the status of settlement negotiations, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.”
Trial
For an adversary proceeding, supply a bench copy of every exhibit and use a three-ring binder if there are 10 or more.
“Judge Wilson requires a bench copy of all exhibits. If there are 10 or more exhibits, please place them in a three ring binder before sending them to the Judge.”
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026).
How Judge Wilson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In In re Riekena, he allocated actual damages for the stay violation to Bolton Law after finding it the most culpable participant.
“The Court concludes that Bolton Law is the most culpable party, and it should bear the burden of the actual damages”
Procedural preferences
In In re Walker, he denied the creditor’s stay request as filed because it had not filed and served a separate stay-relief motion.
“the Motion, Doc. No. 38, is DENIED as filed. Movant is free to file and serve a separate stay relief motion.”
Cautions
In the later Riekena fee order, he excluded unnecessary reply work because no reply had been invited or expected.
“No reply was invited or expected, and as such, the time and effort expended to reply to the Objection was incurred unnecessarily.”
A fraud judgment against one spouse did not establish personal nondischargeability against the other without a judgment or agency basis tying that spouse to the fraud.
“The Judgment does not name Mrs. Hooper as a defendant or attribute any liability to her.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Debtor is AWARDED damages under 11 U.S.C. § 362(k) in the amount of $30,704.76”
“the Motion, Doc. No. 38, is GRANTED”
“The Sanctions Motion is granted to the extent provided in this Memorandum Decision.”
“the Opposition Motion filed by the Opposing Parties is denied in its entirety”
“the Court approves the Application as follows”
“the Motion for Discretionary Abstention is granted, and the Court will abstain”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion for Injunctive Relief is deemed moot”
The order clarified that the stay remained in effect as to estate property and the non-repeat-filing spouse while reserving the requested extension for an evidentiary hearing.
“The Motion is denied with respect to the § 523(a)(2)(A) claim against Mr. Torres, and he shall answer the Amended Complaint.”
“the Motion, Doc. No. 38, is DENIED as filed”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is DENIED.”
“the Emergency Motion and the Hearing Request are DENIED”
“The entirety of the balance of the attorney fees paid by or on behalf of the Debtors, after subtracting the filing fees as discussed above, shall be refunded”
“the remaining requests of the Omnibus Motion are denied”
“the Application is granted”
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