Scott W. Dales

How Judge Dales rules, drawn from 17 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2007-10-05
Signed orders read
17

Signed rulings

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

Keeter v. Southwest Michigan Asset Management, LLC
24-80076 · 2025-09-02
Summary judgment (Plaintiff) Granted

“the Plaintiff's Motion is GRANTED”

Summary judgment (Defendant) Denied

“the Defendant's Motion is DENIED”

In re Elena Albertovna Fedorova
22-02309 · 2025-09-09

The signed decision is retained for context but excluded from motion statistics.

In re Thomas William O'Hara
24-00151 · 2025-10-06
Motion to compel criminal referral (Debtor) Denied

“the Motion is DENIED”

In re Thomas William O'Hara
24-00151 · 2025-10-10

The signed decision is retained for context but excluded from motion statistics.

In re Thomas Henry Bloom
25-02192 · 2025-10-30
Motions to dismiss (Bank of Ann Arbor) Granted

“will grant the Bank's Motion”

In re Thomas William O'Hara
24-00151 · 2025-11-04
Motion to remove trustee (Debtor) Denied

“court will deny the Removal Motion”

In re Thomas William O'Hara
24-00151 · 2025-11-06
Motion to compel abandonment (Debtor) Denied

“the following motions are DENIED”

Motion for docket audit (Debtor) Denied
Motion for clarification (Debtor) Denied
Motion to vacate (Debtor) Denied
In re Darrin Chauncey Gailey
23-02132 · 2025-11-12

The signed decision is retained for context but excluded from motion statistics.

In re Andrea Michelle Jones and Shane Daniel Jones
25-00315 · 2025-12-05
Motion to file consents (Debtors) Denied

“The Consents Motion is DENIED”

Motion to schedule confirmation hearing (Debtors) Denied

“The Motion to Schedule is DENIED”

Motions to dismiss (Chapter 12 trustee) Granted

“The Dismissal Motion is GRANTED”

In re Dustin L. Rawson
25-02825 · 2026-01-08
Motion to approve reaffirmation agreement (Debtor) Denied

“the Motion is DENIED as unnecessary under the statute”

In re Jose Migale Serbantez
25-03345 · 2026-01-20
Motions to dismiss (United States Trustee) Moot / procedural

“United States Trustee's Motion (ECF No. 10) is DENIED as moot”

Application to waive filing fee (Debtor) Denied

“IFP Application (ECF No. 4) is DENIED on the merits”

In re Elena Albertovna Fedorova
22-02309 · 2026-03-17
Motion to adjourn (Debtor) Denied

“Adjournment Motion (ECF No. 329) is DENIED for lack of cause”

Pending motions (Debtor) Moot / procedural

“all other pending motions are DENIED as moot”

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