Stacey L. Meisel

How Judge Meisel rules, drawn from 8 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2015-09-24
Signed orders read
8

How Judge Meisel decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

Truthful credit reporting before discharge, without more, did not establish an automatic-stay violation.

“Verizon’s truthful reporting of the Debtor’s outstanding balance amount to credit reporting agencies post-petition—but pre-discharge—did not violate the automatic stay.”

Signed rulings

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

Drzensla v. Drzensla
15-02022 · 2018-03-06
Nondischargeability claim (Plaintiff) Granted

“the Court finds that Defendant’s debt to Plaintiff in the amount of $13,856.50 arising from the state court judgment is non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A).”

In re Galluzzo
06-15392 · 2018-08-14
Motion to enforce plan and confirmation order (Internal Revenue Service) Granted

“the IRS’s Motion to Enforce Plan and Confirmation Order is GRANTED.”

Viruet v. Rodriguez
15-02429 · 2018-03-29
Summary judgment (Reina I. Viruet) Denied

“The Motion is DENIED.”

In re Porcoro
15-24387 · 2017-03-28
Motion for automatic stay sanctions (Dominic-James Porcoro) Denied

“The Motion is therefore denied.”

In re Smiley
16-12375 · 2017-07-12
Objection to confirmation (Hampton Commons Condominium Association, Inc.) Denied

“The Court overrules the Association’s objection”

Chapter 13 plan confirmation (Catherine M. Smiley) Granted

“grants confirmation of the Debtor’s proposed plan.”

In re Roper & Twardowsky, LLC
15-32878-SLM · 2016-11-09
Motion to approve settlement (Charles M. Forman, Chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“For the above reasons, the Gorman Settlement Motion and the Goldman Settlement Motion are granted.”

Motion to approve settlement (Charles M. Forman, Chapter 7 trustee) Granted
In re Roper & Twardowsky, LLC
15-32878-SLM · 2017-02-24
Application to employ special counsel (Charles M. Forman, Chapter 7 trustee) Denied

“the Trustee’s Retention Application is denied.”

Alliance Shippers, Inc. v. Guarracino (In re Guarracino)
15-02013-SLM · 2017-10-16

After trial, the court entered a nondischargeable money judgment for defalcation of a PACA statutory trust and allowed contractual attorney fees and costs.

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Eleven reviewed matters were terminated and the Ahmed case remained pending. Eight dockets supplied express default-judgment, first-day, employment, stay, confirmation, and conversion outcomes.

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