Daniel R. Fine

How Judge Fine rules, drawn from 2 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Position
bankruptcy
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Commissioned
2026-01-20
Education
College of William & Mary, B.A., 2002; University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2008
Signed orders read
2

How Judge Fine decides

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

Procedural preferences

Turnover remains the default when a custodian does not prove that creditors benefit from continued possession.

“Under the Bankruptcy Code, turnover is the default rule.”

Signed rulings

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

In re Adam Scott Eakins
· 2026-08-13
Motion to dismiss chapter 7 case (United States Trustee) Granted

“If no conversion motion is filed within that time, the UST’s motion to dismiss the case under Section 707(b)(3) will be granted and the case will be dismissed.”

In re Cezary J. Skiba
26 B 00460 · 2026-06-18
Motion for turnover (Cezary J. Skiba) Granted

“The Court will separately enter on the docket orders that grant Skiba’s motion for turnover”

Motion for relief from automatic stay (FP-Jeff Park LLC) Denied

“deny Jeff Park’s motion for stay relief”

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