Cecelia G. Morris
How Judge Morris rules, drawn from 22 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Morris no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Morris decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Issue preclusion supported dismissal where the same issues had already been necessarily decided after a full and fair opportunity to litigate.
“The issues underlying both counts were necessarily decided by the Supreme Court of New York, Orange County in the foreclosure action, and Plaintiff had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issues.”
Procedural preferences
A request to dismiss a joint case failed when the movant supplied little authority and dismissal would not serve the debtors or their creditors.
“the United States Trustee’s scant legal authority and the Court’s own analysis that dismissal is not in the best interest of the Debtors or their creditors, the Court finds insufficient cause to dismiss this petition”
Cautions
A creditor that filed an unwarranted stay-relief motion was required to bear the debtor's resulting costs and fees.
“Where, as here, Chase Home Finance filed an unwarranted motion, Chase Home Finance should bear all of the costs of its overly simplistic and myopic system”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Counts I and II of Plaintiffs Adversary Complaint are barred by collateral estop-pel and are hereby dismissed.”
The court required continued participation in a previously entered loss-mitigation process after resolving property-transfer and secured-claim issues.
“Kraken’s motion for relief from the stay is DENIED in all aspects.”
“The Court denies Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, and grants Trastco’s motion for summary judgment.”
The court retained core jurisdiction over a labor-department claim and scheduled an evidentiary hearing on allowance and amount.
“MEMORANDUM DECISION GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT”
“the State Court Plaintiffs are enjoined from proceeding in the State Court Action”
“their objection to entry of the Final Order Authorizing Debtors to Continue Implementation of Plan of Closure is overruled”
The court held that the adversary proceeding was core but deferred the forum for any jury trial until the case became trial-ready.
“First Republic’s Motion to Enforce the Agreement is granted.”
“The cross-motions of the Debtors and Wells Fargo are denied.”
“The trustee’s motion is denied.”
“The Trustee’s motion to dismiss is DENIED.”
“the Court issues sanctions pursuant to its inherent authority to enforce its orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and Fed.R.Civ.P. 16”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All five sampled matters were terminated, but their retained docket streams contained no entries.
A historical record
Judge Morris 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.