Ray Reynolds Graves
How Judge Graves rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Graves no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Graves decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Issue preclusion required a record showing that the precise nondischargeability issue was actually litigated and necessary to the prior judgment.
“the bankruptcy judge must determine whether the issue sought to be reconsidered was ‘actually litigated and was necessary to the decision’ in the prior action.”
Procedural preferences
A confirmed plan barred unknown prepetition claims when publication notice was reasonably calculated to reach claimants not identifiable by the debtor.
“this Court does find that the Order of Confirmation operates to discharge of Debtor of legal obligations arising out of tortious conduct”
Cautions
Serial and simultaneous filings used to postpone foreclosure supported dismissal with prejudice for bad faith.
“the debtor’s case should be dismissed for bad faith with prejudice.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant’s motion to dismiss is hereby denied.”
“entry of the order should be approved.”
“all counts of Plaintiff, GRP’s complaint are hereby dismissed for failure to state a case upon which relief may be granted”
“this Court will hereby enter a separate entry of judgment”
“This Court issued an Order Granting Debtors’ Motion for Summary Judgment”
“denying Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment on August 1, 1997.”
“the tax debt is treated as a Class VIII claim and is thus dischargeable”
“the granting of summary judgment in favor of the Plaintiff, the United States of America”
“the debtor’s case should be dismissed for bad faith with prejudice.”
“ORDER LIFTING THE AUTOMATIC STAY AND DISMISSING DEBTOR’S PETITION WITH PREJUDICE”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO LIFT STAY”
“This court finds that the debt is non-dischargeable”
“this Court finds that the IRS is entitled to priority distribution of its claim.”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION DISCHARGING POST-PETITION CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION FEES”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE”
“the Plaintiff is entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No case-duration or motion-timing estimate is reported because every sampled matter had an empty archived stream.
A historical record
Judge Graves 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.