Joan N. Feeney
How Judge Feeney rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Feeney no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Feeney decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A request for expanded professional compensation failed where the asserted additional recovery was speculative and lacked credible evidentiary support.
“The assertion that the Trustee could recover $350,000 from DMI, the Banks and the Jenoskis is without sufficient credible evidentiary support.”
Procedural preferences
A debtor seeking to reopen a closed case should support the request with verified facts addressing both an innocent omission and the equities of reopening.
“debtors seeking to reopen to list a debt must show: (1) the omission was innocent, and (2) the equities justify reopening”
Cautions
Procedural sloppiness in claim documentation can result in relief being conditioned on payment of the opposing party's reasonable fees and costs.
“While the Court has determined that Deutsche Bank may amend its claim, the Court conditions allowance of the amendment on payment of the Debtor’s reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For those reasons, the Court shall enter a judgment denying the Trustee’s Motion.”
“the Court shall enter an order allowing the Firm compensation in the sum of $268,781.66 plus costs in the sum of $9,284.25.”
“the Court grants the Plaintiffs Motion in part and denies it in part. The Court shall award the Plaintiff $952.40.”
“the Court shall enter an order denying the Motion to Reopen.”
“the Court shall enter an order approving attorneys’ fees in the sum of $9,583.75 and costs in the sum of $45.98.”
“the Court shall enter an order granting Deutsche Bank’s Motion for Summary Judgment”
“the Court shall enter an order granting Deutsche Bank’s Motion for Summary Judgment and its Motion for Leave to Amend Proof of Claim No. 10”
“the Court shall enter an order confirming the Debtors’ Modified First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization”
“The Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment are moot.”
“the Court shall enter an order sustaining the Chapter 7 Trustee’s Partial Objection to Debtor’s Claim of Homestead Exemption.”
“The Court shall enter judgment in favor of the Debtor and against the Trustee in the adversary proceeding.”
“the Court shall enter orders overruling LiBassi’s Objection to the Debtor’s claimed exemptions”
“the Court shall enter an order granting LiBas-si’s Motion to Enforce Order of June 20, 2011 and Restore Escrow Funds.”
“the Court shall enter an order granting ECMC’s Motion for Summary Judgment and denying the Debtor’s Motion for Summary Judgment.”
“the Court grants in part and denies in part the Motion to Alter or Amend the 12/14/07 Memorandum and Order Denying Motion to Dismiss Case”
“and denies the Motion to Dismiss.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The five sampled matters were all terminated. Their filing-to-termination durations were 37, 141, 176, 241, and 259 days; this small fixed sample is descriptive rather than a court-wide caseload measure.
A historical record
Judge Feeney 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.