Linda B. Riegle
How Judge Riegle rules, drawn from 18 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Riegle no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Riegle decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Specialized legal work received compensation when the application tied the work to a novel statutory issue and documented the research and briefing it required.
“The services that were rendered for this issue are related to the § 522(p) issue, and substantial legal research and briefing were required.”
Procedural preferences
When conflicting court notices caused a creditor to rely on the wrong deadline, the court used equitable authority to correct its own mistake and reopened the case without a fee.
“hereby uses its equitable power to correct the mistake of the Court which, as in Anwiler, is recognized as the fault of neither party to the adversary proceeding.”
Cautions
Requests for monetary or contempt relief were denied when the moving party did not supply evidence or when the earlier order did not prohibit the conduct at issue.
“The UST’s request that Ferm be ordered to disgorge his fee is denied, given that the UST presented no evidence that the fee was in excess of the value of the services provided.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, the trustee’s objection is granted.”
“A separate order granting the trustee’s objection to exemption will be entered in each case.”
“Accordingly, the court hereby allows attorneys’ fees of $14,627.50 plus costs of $419.43. The court disallows the remainder of the fees sought by the firm ($10,207.50).”
“Accordingly, the objections of Skyline and the trustee are hereby denied.”
“Additionally, in connection with this ruling, Skyline’s ‘Request For Judicial Notice’ is hereby granted, pursuant to Fed.R.Evid. 210, as made applicable by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9017.”
“Accordingly, the case is hereby reopened without fee and the adversary complaint may be filed.”
“Accordingly, the Trustee’s Objection is denied as to the exemption claimed under N.R.S. 21.090(1)©.”
“Accordingly, the loan is not secured and the Secured Promissory Note does not support a lien.”
“Furthermore, the Plaintiffs are entitled to judgment against Western United in the amount of the proceeds received post-petition: $61,324 plus pre-judgment and post-judgment interest.”
“The Plaintiffs have failed to prove the elements of a fraudulent transfer under 11 U.S.C. § 548.”
“Here, the Plaintiffs have failed to sustain their burden of proving the elements of a conspiracy.”
“Here, the Plaintiffs failed to introduce any evidence at trial that the unlawful assignment either injured other creditors or conferred an unfair advantage on the Defendants.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the motion is hereby denied.”
“Accordingly, Schmidt’s demand for a jury trial is denied.”
“Accordingly, the Trustee’s objection is granted.”
“Accordingly, this Court holds that the trustee has not met his burden of proving that the exemption is not properly claimed.”
“Ferm’s total fine is $1,000, which shall be payable to Patricia Gray, Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court, Foley Federal Courthouse, 300 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101, within sixty (60) days of the entry of this Order.”
“The UST’s request that Ferm be ordered to disgorge his fee is denied, given that the UST presented no evidence that the fee was in excess of the value of the services provided.”
“Furthermore, the UST’s request that Ferm be found in contempt is denied, given that the prior order of August 30, 1995 prohibited Ferm from using an alternative number, and did not prohibit him from supplying his SSN to the intake supervisor only.”
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 Riegle 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.