Michael E. Wiles

How Judge Wiles rules, drawn from 14 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2015-03-03
Education
Georgetown University, A.B.; Yale Law School, J.D.
Signed orders read
14

How Judge Wiles decides

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

What persuades

A revised pleading should separate each remaining cause of action, state its elements distinctly, and remove duplicative theories so the issues and requested relief are clear.

“The amended pleading should clearly separate the remaining causes of action and separately plead the elements of each such claim and should also eliminate the duplication in the asserted claims, so that the parties and the Court will have a clear roadmap as to the issues that must be addressed and the relief that is being sought under each theory.”

Procedural preferences

A stay request must identify the ruling or action to be stayed and cannot revive grievances already resolved by final orders.

“The document did not specify any particular actions that Ms. Nestor wishes to stay.”

Cautions

A party remains responsible for confirming that every cited decision exists and that quoted language actually appears in the cited authority.

“Defendant is reminded that she is responsible for ensuring that any citations she presents to the Court should be to decisions that actually exist and that any quotations should be of text that actually appears in real court decisions/opinions/rulings/orders.”

Signed rulings

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

In re Peggy Nestor
23-10627 · 2026-08-07
Motion for stay pending appeal (Marianne Nestor) Denied

“To the extent the Emergency Motion for a Stay is directed to this Court, it is denied.”

In re Tronox Incorporated
09-10156-MEW · 2026-07-02

The decision set the governing standards for 89 future-claim requests, but the claim-specific outcomes appeared only in separate exhibits and were not classified from this document.

Nestor v. Togut
26-01030-MEW; 26-01031-MEW · 2026-06-15
Motion to intervene (Albert Togut, plan administrator) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, this Court will issue an Order (i) granting the Plan Administrator’s motion to intervene in the Second Removed Action and the Third Removed Action, (ii) dismissing the Second Removed Action and the Third Removed Action, with prejudice;”

Motions to dismiss (Albert Togut, plan administrator) Granted
In re The Condominium Board of Managers of The Cassa NY Condominium
26-10379-MEW; 26-01018-MEW; 26-01020-MEW; 26-01021-MEW; 26-01022-MEW · 2026-05-26
Motion to dismiss or remove debtor in possession (Residential Board of Managers and Waterscape Resort LLC) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, this Court will issue one or more Orders: (1) denying the motion to dismiss or the motion to remove the Condo Board as debtor in possession;”

Motion to remand or abstain (Residential Board of Managers and Waterscape Resort LLC) Denied

“denying the motions for mandatory abstention, permissive abstention, remand and/or relief from the automatic stay as to the actions that have been removed from state court to this court;”

Motion for relief from automatic stay (Residential Board of Managers and Waterscape Resort LLC) Denied
Application to retain counsel (The Condominium Board of Managers of The Cassa NY Condominium) Granted

“approving the retention of Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin LLP as attorneys for the Debtor;”

Motion to expand trustee powers (Residential Board of Managers and Waterscape Resort LLC) Denied

“denying, without prejudice, the motion by the Residential Board and Waterscape to give special powers to the Subchapter V trustee;”

Motion to compel mediation (the Subchapter V trustee) Denied

“denying, without prejudice, the request by the Subchapter V trustee that I order the parties to submit to mediation.”

Vélez v. Mazyck
26-01007-MEW · 2026-04-27
Motions to dismiss (Tyla Monet Mazyck) Granted

“ORDERED, that the Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED, that the Complaint is dismissed, without prejudice to the filing of an amended complaint within 45 days of the date of entry of this Order.”

In re Peggy Nestor
23-10627-MEW · 2026-03-12
Motion to stop removal of property (Marianne Nestor Cassini) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, Ms. Nestor Cassini’s request for issuance of an Order directing the Trustee to cease the removal of personal property from the Townhouse is DENIED.”

In re Peggy Nestor
23-10627-MEW · 2026-03-12
Motion to purchase estate property (Marianne Nestor Cassini) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, Ms. Nestor Cassini’s most recent requests for the issuance of orders permitting her to purchase the Townhouse are DENIED.”

In re Elfand Organization LLC
25-10308-MEW · 2026-02-27
Motion to extend appellate deadline (Elfand Organization LLC) Denied

“ORDERED, that the Debtor’s motion is denied, without prejudice to the Debtor’s right to seek relief from the District Court.”

Greenwich Retail Group LLC v. Moby Capital, LLC
25-01106-MEW · 2026-02-20
Motions to dismiss (Itria Ventures LLC) Granted in part

“For the reasons set forth below, the motions to dismiss are granted in part, with leave to replead some of the dismissed claims, and are otherwise denied.”

Motions to dismiss (Newco Capital Group VI LLC) Granted in part
Motions to dismiss (Smart Business) Granted in part
Motions to dismiss (Square Advance) Granted in part
BAM Trading Services Inc. v. Voyager Digital, LLC
24-04049-MEW · 2025-11-25
Motion to dismiss counterclaims (BAM Trading Services Inc.) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, BAM’s motion to dismiss Voyager’s Counterclaims is denied, though Voyager’s pursuit of its fraud claim shall be subject to the rulings set forth in this Decision.”

In re Elfand Organization LLC
25-10308-MEW · 2025-11-20
Motion for reconsideration of stay relief (Elfand Organization LLC) Denied

“The motion for reconsideration of the Surrender/Stay Relief Order is denied.”

Motion for reconsideration of conversion (Elfand Organization LLC) Denied

“DECISION DENYING MOTIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ORDERS GRANTING STAY RELIEF AND CONVERTING CASE TO CHAPTER 7”

Manjarrez v. Trust Bank, N.A.
25-01094-MEW · 2025-09-26
Motions to dismiss (Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corp. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, the Complaint will be dismissed, with prejudice, insofar as it relates to HSBC and Wells Fargo.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

All six matters were pending in the search metadata. Five early streams supplied no separately readable outcome; Nestor supplied one emergency-stay denial.

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