Novalyn L. Winfield
How Judge Winfield rules, drawn from 18 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Winfield no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Winfield decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The lien-stripping decision treated plan good faith as the key safeguard where the debtor was ineligible for another discharge.
“the Trustee’s objections are overruled and the Chapter 13 plan is confirmed.”
Procedural preferences
When an equitable-lien claim required different parties and proof, the court denied amendment and severed that claim rather than allowing it to complicate the discharge litigation.
“Costa Transports’ Amendment Motion is denied and the equitable lien claim is hereby severed from this adversary complaint.”
Cautions
Lien avoidance was limited to the amount impairing the exemption, and related modification of an adequate-protection order was deferred until the plan was amended.
“pursuant to § 522(f), the WAMCO lien against the West Orange property is avoided to the extent of $214,099.69, the amount by which the lien impairs the Debtor’s exemption.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Trustee’s objections are overruled and the Chapter 13 plan is confirmed.”
“For the forgoing reasons, Brick’s motion to allow relief from the automatic stay pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362 and to permit Brick to amend its proof of claim is denied.”
“For the following reasons, this Court has determined that the debt is not dischargeable.”
“For the reasons set forth above the summary judgment motion by the Debtor and the cross-motion for summary judgment by Costa Transports are denied.”
“Costa Transports’ Amendment Motion is denied and the equitable lien claim is hereby severed from this adversary complaint.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the court finds sanctions may be awarded against Khoudary and SSR only in connection with the improperly filed Chapter 7 petition.”
“the court finds that JP Morgan Chase Bank (‘Chase’) has not met its burden of proving that the debt owed to it is nondis-chargeable under § 523(a)(4).”
“the Trustee’s request to revoke the debtor’s discharge is denied.”
“pursuant to § 522(f), the WAMCO lien against the West Orange property is avoided to the extent of $214,099.69, the amount by which the lien impairs the Debtor’s exemption.”
“the portion of the Debtor’s motion which seeks to modify the March 15, 2001, Consent Order is denied without prejudice to renew”
“the Court concludes that it does not have subject matter jurisdiction over the cross-claim by Richards against Caytas.”
“the Court finds that the position of the United States Trustee is persuasive.”
“The verified complaint filed by Grand Court for declaratory relief must be dismissed because the claims are not ripe, and therefore are not justiciable.”
“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS summary judgment in Buglione’s favor on all counts.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No case-duration or motion-timing estimate is reported because the sampled matters contained no archived docket entries.
A historical record
Judge Winfield 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.