Jerry W. Venters
How Judge Venters rules, drawn from 18 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Venters no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Venters decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A preference defendant defeated avoidance by proving that the parties intended a contemporaneous exchange and that the exchange was substantially contemporaneous in fact.
“the Trustee cannot avoid the Transfer because it was part of a substantially contemporaneous exchange for new value shielded from avoidance under § 547(c)(1).”
Procedural preferences
Prior stay-relief orders received preclusive effect when the parties and ultimate issue matched the later challenge.
“Here, the First and Second Stay Relief Orders are entitled to res judicata and collateral estoppel effect.”
Cautions
A Chapter 13 plan designed to pay counsel while providing nothing to prepetition creditors failed the good-faith requirement.
“the Debtors’ Chapter 13 plan, which proposes payment of their Chapter 13 attorney’s fees and nothing to pre-petition creditors, has not been filed in good faith.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Trustee cannot avoid the Transfer because it was part of a substantially contemporaneous exchange for new value shielded from avoidance under § 547(c)(1).”
“the Defendant is entitled to summary judgment on all counts of the Plaintiffs' Complaint”
“The Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment will be denied.”
“the Court finds that it would be inequitable to permit Standard to recoup under the circumstances of this case.”
“The Court will, however, allow Standard an unsecured claim in the amount of $45,316.54.”
“the Court finds that the United States Trustee has established, by a preponderance of the evidence, all of the elements required under 11 U.S.C. § 727(d)(2) to revoke the Debt- or’s discharge.”
“The Trustee’s action under 11 U.S.C. § 727(d)(1) is time-barred and will be dismissed.”
“the Court will deny confirmation of the Debtors’ plan pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(3).”
“the Trustee’s motion for summary judgment will be denied”
“Defendant Beneficial’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”
“the Court will grant Third-Party Defendant Mission Bank’s motion to dismiss the third-party complaint filed against it against the Defendant, Harold M. Danzig.”
“the Court finds that dismissal of this case is not warranted under 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(2) or (b)(3).”
“the Debtors’ plan cannot be confirmed over the objection of the Trustee.”
“the Court will grant the United States Trustee’s motion to dismiss under 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(2).”
“Therefore, the Trustee may avoid Wil-shire’s lien in the Manufactured Home.”
“By agreement of the parties, the Complaint against Green Tree Servicing, LLC, will be dismissed, inasmuch as it no longer has an interest in the Manufactured Home.”
“EduCap is entitled to summary judgment in this adversary proceeding, including a determination that the loan is nondis-chargeable.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No case-duration or motion-timing estimate is reported because the sampled docket records contained no entries and the available baseline lacks a bankruptcy-case denominator.
A historical record
Judge Venters 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.