David D. Cleary

How Judge Cleary rules, drawn from 19 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
2019-12-18
Signed orders read
19

How Judge Cleary decides

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

Procedural preferences

At the pleading stage, plausible factual allegations are tested later through proof.

“Plaintiff has pleaded plausible claims; proof will come at trial.”

Signed rulings

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

In re Jack Brown
· 2026-08-07
Motion to reopen case (Jack Brown) Denied

“Debtor’s Motion to Reopen is DENIED;”

Motion to reopen case (Chapter 13 trustee) Granted

“The Trustee Motion is GRANTED to the extent Trustee requested reopening for the purpose of filing a motion to vacate discharge pursuant to Fed.”

Motion to vacate discharge (Chapter 13 trustee) Denied

“The Trustee Motion is DENIED to the extent Trustee requested that the discharge order be vacated.”

In re Mogan
· 2026-05-29
Motion for sanctions for stay violation (Michael Mogan) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED THAT the Sanctions Motion is DENIED.”

In re Igor Liokumovich
· 2026-04-27
Motion to dismiss chapter 7 case (Elequin Securities, LLC) Denied

“For the reasons stated above, the Motion to Dismiss is denied.”

Makuch v. Greymorr Real Estate LLC (In re Robert J. Makuch)
· 2026-02-24
Motions to dismiss (Greymorr Real Estate LLC) Granted

“For the reasons stated above, the Motion to Dismiss is granted as to counts I and II for lack of standing and to count III for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”

Grant v. Citibank, N.A. (In re Grant)
· 2026-02-23
Motions to dismiss (Citibank, N.A.) Granted

“CONCLUSION Defendant’s Motion is granted. The Amended Complaint is dismissed.”

Pnevmatikos v. Pappas (In re Pappas)
· 2026-02-20
Motions to dismiss (Sotirios Pappas) Denied

“the motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint is denied as to Counts I-VI.”

In re Zubin Cyclewala
· 2025-12-09
Motion for reconsideration (Zubin Cyclewala) Denied

“the Motion to Reconsider is DENIED.”

Butler v. City of Chicago (In re Adrienne L. Butler)
· 2025-07-24
Motions to dismiss (City of Chicago) Denied

“The motion to dismiss will be denied as to Count II.”

In re Antoine Collins
· 2025-04-22
Motion to vacate (Antoine Collins) Granted

“The Motion to Vacate is GRANTED;”

In re Fumbanks
· 2025-02-12
Motion to dismiss case (Chapter 13 trustee) Granted

“The Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED;”

In re Pinson
· 2025-02-03
Motion for damages for automatic stay violation (debtor) Denied

“For all of the reasons stated above, IT IS ORDERED THAT the Stay Violation Motion is DENIED.”

In re B. Buche Jones
· 2025-01-22
Motion for relief from automatic stay (Housing Authority of Cook County) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED THAT the Stay Relief Motion is GRANTED.”

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