Henry J. Boroff
How Judge Boroff rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Boroff no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Boroff
Henry J. Boroff served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Massachusetts from 1993 through 2016. His published decisions addressed mortgages, exemptions, professional fees, claims, and Chapter 13 procedure.
How Judge Boroff decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A mortgage-rescission claim failed after the borrowers' uncertain testimony and disorganized documentary proof did not overcome the statutory presumption of delivery.
“Nor does it mean that bare allegations and haphazard documentary evidence of nonreceipt are sufficient to rebut the presumption.”
Procedural preferences
In a bankruptcy adversary dispute, he denied a sanctions request because the debtor had not met Rule 9011’s advance-notice safe harbor.
“Failure to comply with this safe harbor provision is fatal to the sanctions request.”
Cautions
In a bankruptcy settlement dispute, he refused to redact a hearing transcript after finding that redaction would undermine public access to the proceeding.
“To redact the transcript now would circumvent that access and is not justified in this case.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court will GRANT LVNV’s Motion to Dismiss”
“and DENY the Debtor’s Sanctions Motion.”
“the Debtors’ Motion for Summary Judgment must be: 1. DENIED and summary judgment must be GRANTED to Maslar, insofar as the Court determines that the Debtors have no interest in the Conveyed Property ... 2. GRANTED insofar as the Court deems Maslar’s remaining claims to have been discharged”
“the Motion to Dismiss filed by the Gables will be DENIED.”
“the Court will GRANT the Trustee’s request for summary judgment”
“and the IRS’s request for summary judgment will be DENIED.”
“Defendant’s Motion for Judgment must be GRANTED.”
“the Court will GRANT the Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment”
“and will DENY the Motion of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for Summary Judgment.”
“the Trustee’s Summary Judgment Motion will be DENIED”
“the Defendants’ Summary Judgment Motion will be GRANTED”
“and the Motion to Dismiss considered MOOT.”
“the Court will DENY both the Trustee’s Motion to Compromise and the Debtor’s Motion to Abandon.”
“the Motion to Amend will be GRANTED.”
“the Claim Objection will be SUSTAINED.”
“the Court will deny both the Debtor's and Wells Fargo's motions for summary judgment.”
“The Stay Motion is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The five sampled matters were all terminated. Their filing-to-termination durations were 51, 70, 106, 174, and 224 days; this small fixed sample is descriptive rather than a court-wide caseload measure.
A historical record
Judge Boroff no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.