Gregory R. Schaaf

How Judge Schaaf rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2012-10-01
Education
Western Illinois University, B.B. in accounting and B.S. in law enforcement administration, 1984; University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1991
Signed orders read
20

How Judge Schaaf decides

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

Procedural preferences

A party ordinarily remains responsible for monitoring litigation through counsel and seeks recourse from counsel for a failure to do so.

“A litigation party is usually charged with his lawyer’s failure, gaining recourse through a claim against his counsel.”

Cautions

A confirmed plan can foreclose later creditor relief that contradicts the plan’s treatment of the claim.

“The time to raise an issue that directly contradicts the treatment of a claim in the plan was at the confirmation hearing.”

Signed rulings

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

Business Aircraft Leasing, Inc. v. Ultra Energy Resources, LLC
24-01006 (12-10029) · 2025-03-26
Motions to dismiss (Ultra Energy Resources, LLC) Denied

“Ultra’s Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 6] is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (Ultra Energy Resources, LLC) Granted

“Ultra’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 9] is GRANTED.”

Cross motion for summary judgment (Business Aircraft Leasing, Inc.) Denied

“BAL’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF Nos. 13, 14] is DENIED.”

Zeafla v. Stewart
23-05058 (23-51049) · 2024-07-02
Summary judgment (Randall Zeafla and Gina Demuro) Denied

“Based on the foregoing, the Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 11] is DENIED.”

Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC v. Beckman
24-07002 (23-70113) · 2024-07-30
Motions to dismiss (David J. Beckman, Trustee) Granted

“Beckham’s Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 42] is GRANTED for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”

In re Mountainside Coal Company, Inc. and Triple 7 Commodities, Inc.
24-60341; 24-60342 · 2024-07-12
Motion to obtain postpetition unsecured credit (Mountainside Coal Company, Inc.) Denied

“The Motion for Authorization to Obtain Post-Petition Unsecured Credit on Limited Service [ECF No. 185] is DENIED.”

Oxford Restructuring Advisors, LLC v. Anderson
22-05016 (20-50133) · 2023-12-29
Summary judgment (Oxford Restructuring Advisors, LLC) Granted

“the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 15] is GRANTED.”

Oxford Restructuring Advisors, LLC v. Curtis
22-05020 (20-50133) · 2023-12-29
Summary judgment (Oxford Restructuring Advisors, LLC) Granted

“the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 24] is GRANTED.”

INMET Mining, LLC v. Blackjewel Liquidation Trust
23-07002 (23-70113) · 2023-07-07
Summary judgment (INMET Mining, LLC) Granted

“the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”

INMET Mining, LLC v. Blackjewel Liquidation Trust
23-07002 (23-70113) · 2023-08-24
Motions to dismiss (Black Mountain Marketing and Sales LP and Javelin Global Commodities (US) LLP) Granted

“BMMS and Javelin’s Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 71] is GRANTED.”

HDR Farms Incorporated Liquidating Trust v. Applied Botanics LLC
21-05166 (20-50888) · 2021-12-30
Motions to dismiss (Annette Cox) Denied

“the Motions [ECF Nos. 30, 31] are DENIED.”

Motions to dismiss (Todd Mercer) Denied
HDR Farms Incorporated Liquidating Trust v. Applied Botanics LLC
21-05166 (20-50888) · 2022-02-23
Motion to dismiss third party complaint (Stewart Wakeley, Gloria Davis, and Damon Davis) Granted

“the Motions to Dismiss [ECF Nos. 101, 102] are GRANTED”

Motion to dismiss third party complaint (Steve Bragg) Granted
HDR Farms Incorporated Liquidating Trust v. Applied Botanics LLC
21-05166 (20-50888) · 2022-08-31
Summary judgment (Kawel Laubach) Denied

“Laubach and Cozen’s Motions for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 200, 209] are DENIED.”

Summary judgment (Cozen O’Connor) Denied
HDR Farms Incorporated Liquidating Trust v. Applied Botanics LLC
21-05166 (20-50888) · 2022-12-28
Motion for sanctions (Annette Cox and Todd Mercer) Denied

“Cox and Mercer’s Motion for Sanctions [ECF No. 267] is DENIED.”

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