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 hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts
Position
bankruptcy
Status
Retired 2016
Served
1993–2016
Commissioned
1993-01-01
Signed orders read
19

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.

“bare allegations and haphazard documentary evidence of nonreceipt are sufficient to rebut the presumption”

Procedural preferences

A sanctions request under the bankruptcy rules must comply strictly with the rule's advance-notice safe harbor.

“The safe harbor provision must be strictly complied with in order for sanctions to be imposed under the amended Rule.”

Cautions

Settlement terms disclosed in open court are not ordinarily shielded merely because the parties prefer confidentiality.

“True public access to a proceeding means access to knowledge of what occurred there.”

Signed rulings

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

Claudio v. LVNV Funding, LLC (In re Claudio)
· 2012-01-13
Motion to dismiss complaint (LVNV Funding, LLC) Granted

“the Court will GRANT LVNV’s Motion to Dismiss”

Motion for rule 9011 sanctions (Jose Luis Claudio, Sr.) Denied

“and DENY the Debtor’s Sanctions Motion.”

Maslar v. Martin
· 2012-04-12
Summary judgment (Joseph R. Martin Jr. and Lynn C. Martin) Granted in part

“DENIED and summary judgment must be GRANTED to Maslar”

Tenczar v. Gable (In re Tenczar)
· 2012-03-08
Motion to dismiss complaint (John A. Gable and Wendy L. Gable) Denied

“the Motion to Dismiss filed by the Gables will be DENIED.”

Houghton v. United States (In re Szwyd)
· 2011-02-15
Motion for summary judgment to compel marshaling (Jack E. Houghton Jr., Chapter 7 Trustee) Granted

“the Court will GRANT the Trustee’s request for summary judgment”

Summary judgment (United States of America) Denied

“and the IRS’s request for summary judgment will be DENIED.”

Giza v. Amcap Mortgage, Inc. (In re Giza)
· 2011-10-12
Motion for judgment on partial findings (Deutsche Bank National Trust Company) Granted

“Defendant’s Motion for Judgment must be GRANTED.”

Collins v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In re Flannery)
· 2014-07-02
Summary judgment (Chapter 7 Trustee) Granted

“the Court will GRANT the Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment”

Summary judgment (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.) Denied

“and will DENY the Motion of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for Summary Judgment.”

Weiss v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In re Thibault)
· 2014-09-29
Summary judgment (Chapter 7 Trustee) Denied

“the Trustee’s Summary Judgment Motion will be DENIED”

Summary judgment (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and related defendants) Granted

“the Defendants’ Summary Judgment Motion will be GRANTED”

Motion to dismiss complaint (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and related defendants) Moot / procedural

“and the Motion to Dismiss considered MOOT.”

In re Dupuis
· 2015-01-08
Motion for authority to compromise (Gary M. Weiner, Chapter 7 Trustee) Denied

“the Court will DENY both the Trustee’s Motion to Compromise and the Debtor’s Motion to Abandon.”

Motion to compel abandonment (Gail Dupuis) Denied
ZVI Construction Co. v. Huggard (In re Huggard)
· 2014-05-22
Motion to amend complaint (ZVI Construction Company, LLC) Granted

“the Motion to Amend will be GRANTED.”

In re Gomes
· 2015-01-14
Objection to proof of claim (Victor G. Gomes and Jennifer J. Gomes) Granted

“the Claim Objection will be SUSTAINED.”

In re Bailey
09-4190 · 2012-04-10
Summary judgment (Carmen M. Bailey) Denied

“the Court will deny both the Debtor's and Wells Fargo's motions for summary judgment.”

Summary judgment (Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.) Denied
In re Puffer
· 2012-10-25
Motion for stay pending appeal (L. Jed Berliner) Denied

“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 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.