LaShonda A. Hunt

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

Judge Hunt no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Position
bankruptcy
Status
No longer serving
Commissioned
2017-01-06
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., 1992; University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1995
Signed orders read
2

How Judge Hunt decides

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

What persuades

Controlling circuit precedent determined which new-value payments could reduce preference liability.

“That is, the new value must remain unpaid in order to reduce the creditor's preference liability.”

Procedural preferences

The court treated binding appellate authority as controlling despite competing policy arguments and contrary approaches elsewhere.

“And this court must follow the decisions of that higher court.”

Cautions

A sanctions request failed where the debtors did not show creditor misconduct while the stay remained effective.

“Nevertheless, Debtors have not presented any evidence of wrongdoing by Kreisler during the stay.”

Signed rulings

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

Steege v. Canon U.S.A., Inc. (In re Calumet Photographic, Inc.)
· 2019-01-09
Motion for partial summary judgment (Canon U.S.A., Inc.) Granted in part

“For the reasons stated above, defendant's motion for partial summary judgment is granted in part.”

Motion for partial summary judgment (the Chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“The Trustee is entitled to partial summary judgment on the question of the applicable law.”

In re Wade
· 2018-06-06
Motion to confirm stay termination (Kreisler Law P.C.) Granted

“Creditor Kreisler Law P.C.'s motion to confirm the termination or absence of the automatic stay is GRANTED.”

Motion for sanctions (Harold and Lorraine Wade) Denied

“Debtors' Harold and Lorraine Wade's motion for sanctions is DENIED.”

A historical record

Judge Hunt no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.