Brent R. Wilson

How Judge Wilson rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho
Position
bankruptcy
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Commissioned
2025-10-06
Education
Indiana University, bachelor's degree; University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2011
Signed orders read
19

How Judge Wilson decides

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

What persuades

Responsibility for a stay violation may be allocated to the participant the court finds most culpable rather than imposed jointly on every respondent.

“The Court concludes that Bolton Law is the most culpable party, and it should bear the burden of the actual damages”

Procedural preferences

A creditor seeking stay relief must file and serve the procedurally correct motion.

“the Motion, Doc. No. 38, is DENIED as filed. Movant is free to file and serve a separate stay relief motion.”

Cautions

Uninvited reply work may be excluded from a fee award when it was unnecessary to decide the matter.

“No reply was invited or expected, and as such, the time and effort expended to reply to the Objection was incurred unnecessarily.”

Signed rulings

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

In re Riekena
26-20041-BRW · 2026-08-12
Application for attorneys fees and costs (debtor) Granted in part

“the Debtor is AWARDED damages under 11 U.S.C. § 362(k) in the amount of $30,704.76”

In re Carrillo
26-40176-BRW · 2026-07-10
Motion for adequate protection (Mountain America Credit Union) Granted

“the Motion, Doc. No. 38, is GRANTED”

In re Riekena
26-20041-BRW · 2026-07-09
Motion for sanctions for automatic stay violation (debtor) Granted in part

“The Sanctions Motion is granted to the extent provided in this Memorandum Decision.”

Motion to dismiss abstain or annul automatic stay (opposing parties) Denied

“the Opposition Motion filed by the Opposing Parties is denied in its entirety”

In re Crossfire Metalworks, LLC
25-00673-BRW · 2026-06-08
Application for auctioneer compensation and expenses (chapter 7 trustee) Granted in part

“the Court approves the Application as follows”

Long v. Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC
26-08002-BRW · 2026-05-26
Motion for discretionary abstention (Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC) Granted

“the Motion for Discretionary Abstention is granted, and the Court will abstain”

Motion for injunctive relief (plaintiffs) Moot / procedural

“Plaintiffs’ Motion for Injunctive Relief is deemed moot”

In re McVicker
26-00222-BRW · 2026-04-24

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.

Robertson v. Torres (In re Torres)
25-06060-BRW · 2026-04-17
Motions to dismiss (debtor-defendants) Granted in part

“The Motion is denied with respect to the § 523(a)(2)(A) claim against Mr. Torres, and he shall answer the Amended Complaint.”

In re Walker
25-40660-BRW · 2026-04-10
Motion to confirm automatic stay terminated (Freedom Mortgage Corporation) Denied

“the Motion, Doc. No. 38, is DENIED as filed”

In re Western
26-00198-BRW · 2026-04-10
Motion to open loss mitigation proceedings (debtor) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is DENIED.”

In re Bulgin
25-00913-BRW · 2026-03-16
Motion to reimpose automatic stay (debtor) Denied

“the Emergency Motion and the Hearing Request are DENIED”

Request for expedited hearing (debtor) Denied
In re Hattaway and In re Ronneberg
25-40745-BRW; 25-40112-BRW · 2026-02-27
Motion to review fees and compel return (United States Trustee) Granted

“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”

Motion to review fees and compel return (United States Trustee) Granted
In re LaDue
25-00875-BRW · 2026-02-17
Omnibus motion for lien abandonment trustee and protective relief (debtor) Denied

“the remaining requests of the Omnibus Motion are denied”

Application to employ realtor (chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“the Application is granted”

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