Raymond T. Lyons
How Judge Lyons rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Lyons no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Lyons decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The plan-confirmation decision treated an attempt to avoid affordable payments on investment property as a failure of good faith.
“Confirmation is denied.”
Procedural preferences
A bad-faith involuntary filing used as leverage in a two-party dispute supported fee shifting and punitive damages, even without proof of compensatory damages.
“Although the alleged debtor presented no evidence of actual damages, the court will award punitive damages.”
Cautions
The lending-disclosure ruling separated unavailable statutory damages from recoverable fees and costs for successfully enforcing rescission.
“Nevertheless, Plaintiffs will be awarded costs and reasonable attorney’s fees for their successful action for rescission.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The equitable distribution claim is allowed. The Trustee’s objection to the claim is overruled.”
“Defendant, Ocwen, as an as-signee is not liable for damages for either the disclosure violation or the subsequent failure to perform its statutory duties after receiving the notice of rescission.”
“Nevertheless, Plaintiffs will be awarded costs and reasonable attorney’s fees for their successful action for rescission.”
“The Bureau’s action against the Debtor seeking disgorgement of the benefits from a securities fraud is excepted from the automatic stay by Section 362(b)(4) as an exercise of the state’s police power, even though the Debtor is not accused of violating the securities laws herself.”
“His motion is denied in the entirety.”
“the motion to dismiss or abstain is denied.”
“Accordingly, summary judgment is appropriate and Trustee Dobin’s motion is granted. The Sheehans’ interests in the 3 lots are avoided under 11 U.S.C. § 544.”
“reasonable attorney’s fees and costs will be awarded.”
“Although the alleged debtor presented no evidence of actual damages, the court will award punitive damages.”
“the court will award punitive damages.”
“Judgment will be entered in favor of the Defendant finding no cause of action to permit the Trustee to sell the real property.”
“This court finds that a resident alien in the Debtor’s circumstances is among those intended by Congress to be characterized as ‘lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States’ and as such, excluded from the ambit of chapter 15.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the loans from Plaintiff to Debtor are non-discharge-able, and judgment shall be entered for Plaintiff.”
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 Lyons 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.