David S. Jones
How Judge Jones rules, drawn from 17 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Jones decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
When claims remain subject to a live appeal, preserving a disputed-claim reserve can prevent premature depletion of estate assets.
“It is just this sort of concern that animates the practice in Chapter 11 cases of creating disputed claim reserves”
Procedural preferences
Whether a case is fully administered is a case-specific discretionary judgment; a pending confirmation appeal may justify delaying a final decree.
“determining when a case is ‘fully administered’ is a decision for the bankruptcy court based on a consideration of numerous case-specific, procedural, and practical factors”
Cautions
Repeated bad-faith filings can support dismissal with a refiling bar longer than 180 days.
“Cause exists to prohibit debtors from filing petitions for periods of time exceeding 180 days in cases of serial filers and their bad faith abuse of the bankruptcy process.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the foregoing reasons, the Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction.”
“The Court therefore hereby DENIES the Motion”
“debtor’s motion for entry of a final decree and an order closing this case is hereby DENIED.”
“the Court DENIES Defendants’ summary judgment motion in its entirety”
“GRANTS the Trustee’s cross-motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of whether the applicable statute of limitation was validly shortened by agreement of the parties.”
“the Court GRANTS the Trustee Motion”
“DENIES the Defendant Motion.”
“the motions of the Creditor and the United States Trustee to dismiss these bankruptcy cases are granted.”
“The case’s dismissal moots Creditor’s request in the alternative for relief from the automatic stay.”
“the motion to vacate accordingly is DENIED.”
“GRANTS the TPG MTD with respect to the contribution claim asserted against the TPG Defendants; (ii) DENIES the TPG MTD with respect to the constructive fraudulent transfer claim”
“GRANTS the Individual MTD and dismisses both claims pled against the Individual Defendants.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Motion is GRANTED and the Debtor’s objection is overruled.”
“the Court DENIES the Debtor’s Claims Objection”
“GRANTS the Lift Stay Motion.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Motion is GRANTED and the Debtor’s objection is overruled.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Sale Motion is granted and Chase’s objection is overruled.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All six sampled matters were pending in the search metadata. The opinion-linked adversary proceeding supplied one grounded motion outcome.
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