Nancy C. Dreher
How Judge Dreher rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Dreher no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Dreher decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The court focused on actual land use rather than labels when deciding the scope of a homestead exemption.
“given the conclusively urban use and nature of Debtor’s two contiguous parcels, Debtor is only entitled to a homestead exemption of one-half of an acre up to $200,000.”
The secured-claim analysis adhered to the tracing requirements of commercial law rather than expanding them through general equitable considerations.
“To allow security interests in proceeds beyond those recognized by the specific provisions of Article 9 would create unnecessary uncertainty in the realm of secured financing”
Procedural preferences
Discovery from former counsel was allowed with document-specific privilege assertions rather than a blanket refusal.
“The Debtor may assert the attorney-client privilege with respect to specific questions, but such assertion must comply with the dictates of this opinion.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
The signed dischargeability trial judgment is retained for reasoning but excluded from motion statistics.
“The Trustee’s objection to Debtor’s homestead exemption is SUSTAINED”
“OBJECTION TO CONFIRMATION OF CHAPTER 13 PLAN”
“Confirmation of Debtor’s modified plan dated October 21, 2005, is DENIED.”
The seven-day trial decision and report and recommendation are retained for context but excluded from motion statistics.
The signed trial judgment dismissing the complaint is retained outside motion statistics.
“The objections to the claim No. 28 are OVERRULED.”
“The request for subordination of the allowed claim is DENIED, without prejudice to file an adversary complaint to seek subordination of a portion of Rentrak’s claim No. 28.”
“Rentrak’s motion for attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses is DENIED.”
The signed student-loan dischargeability trial judgment is retained outside motion statistics.
“summary judgment is GRANTED in favor of Defendant and against Plaintiff.”
The signed tax-lien and marshaling trial judgment is retained outside motion statistics.
“The motion of the Plaintiff to compel discovery is GRANTED, in part.”
The signed turnover trial judgment is retained outside motion statistics.
“Summary judgment shall be entered in favor of the Trustee and against the Defendants as to Counts One, Two and Three of the Trustee’s complaint to the extent such Counts relate to Certificate No. 1.”
“Summary judgment shall be entered in favor of the Defendants and against the Trustee as to Counts One, Two, and Three of the Plaintiffs complaint to the extent such Counts relate to Certificate No. 4.”
The signed trust-property trial judgment is retained outside motion statistics.
A historical record
Judge Dreher 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.