Paul R. Warren

How Judge Warren rules, drawn from 13 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Warren no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York
Position
bankruptcy
Status
No longer serving
Commissioned
2012-03-15
Signed orders read
13

How Judge Warren decides

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

What persuades

A filing may be sealed only when the movant establishes one of the statutory exceptions to public access.

“Filings with the Court can only be sealed from public view if one of the two exceptions under § 107(b) of the Code are demonstrated by the movant.”

Cautions

Allowing proposed expert testimony at the in-limine stage did not determine whether particular trial testimony would ultimately be admissible.

“The Court is not, however, making a determination or a ruling as to the admissibility of any expert testimony that may be offered at trial.”

Signed rulings

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

In re Houle
25-20223-PRW · 2025-08-21
Motion to dismiss bankruptcy case (Chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“The motion of the Trustee is GRANTED. This case is DISMISSED for cause, under 11 U.S.C. § 707(a) and § 105(a), as a bad faith filing made solely to hinder and delay a secured creditor from exercising its legitimate contractual and state law foreclosure remedies.”

In re The Diocese of Rochester
19-20905-PRW · 2025-07-22
Motion to seal (The Continental Insurance Company) Denied

“The Court finds that CNA’s objection to confirmation is not entitled to protections under either § 107(b)(1) or (2). As a result, CNA’s ex parte motion is DENIED.”

In re The Diocese of Rochester
19-20905 · 2025-07-21
Motion in limine (The Continental Insurance Company) Denied

“The motions at ECF No. 3239 and 3260 are DENIED. Additionally, the motions at ECF No. 3240 and 3257 are DENIED.”

Motion in limine (Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors) Denied
Motion in limine (Plan Proponents) Denied
Motion in limine (The Continental Insurance Company) Denied
In re The Diocese of Rochester
19-20905-PRW · 2025-06-10
Motion to quash subpoena (Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors) Granted

“the Motion to Quash is GRANTED. The subpoenas issued to both Jeff Anderson and Jeff Anderson & Associates, P.A. by CNA, seeking both deposition testimony and document production, are quashed”

Motions to compel (The Continental Insurance Company) Moot / procedural

“the relief sought (or to be sought) in CNA’s Motion to Compel (notice of which was filed at ECF Nos. 3159, but the motion itself was not filed on June 6, 2025, as asserted by CNA—or subsequently, according to the docket) is rendered MOOT by the Court’s ruling and accordingly is DENIED.”

In re The Diocese of Rochester
19-20905-PRW · 2025-03-11
Motion to seal (The Continental Insurance Company) Denied

“The motion of CNA requesting that the Court seal the Pfau lift stay motion is, in all respects, DENIED.”

In re Butt
· 2019-04-04
United states trustee motion to convert or dismiss (United States Trustee) Granted

“The motion of the UST is GRANTED under 11 U.S.C. §§ 1112(b)(1), (b)(4)(F), (b)(4)(G), and (b)(4)(H). The case is DISMISSED under 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b)(1).”

Debtor motion to dismiss chapter 11 case (Naeem W. Butt) Moot / procedural

“Mr. Butt's motion to dismiss at ECF No. 25 is MOOT .”

Request for one year refiling bar (Access Point Financial, LLC) Denied

“The request of Access Point for a dismissal with a bar to refiling is DENIED .”

In re Brooks
· 2016-04-15
Motion to strip down mortgage (Norita J. Brooks) Denied

“Brooks’s motion to modify the mortgage is in all respects DENIED.”

Motion to value property (Norita J. Brooks) Denied

“Brooks’s motion to value the Property under 11 U.S.C. § 506(a) is DENIED without prejudice.”

Harrington v. Racki (In re Bishop)
· 2017-11-03
Motion to dismiss adversary complaint (the UpRight defendants) Granted

“The Defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED. The first, second, and third causes of action in the complaint are DISMISSED, with prejudice. The fourth cause of action is DISMISSED, without prejudice”

Schlant v. Galan (In re Galan)
· 2014-12-23
Motion for default judgment revoking discharge (Chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“The Chapter 7 Trustee’s motion for default judgment is GRANTED. Galan’s Chapter 7 discharge is, therefore, REVOKED.”

Motion for default judgment revoking discharge (United States Trustee) Moot / procedural

“The UST’s motion is rendered MOOT.”

Arnold v. First Citizens National Bank (In re Cornerstone Homes, Inc.)
· 2015-12-23
Trustee motion for summary judgment (Chapter 11 trustee) Denied

“DENYING THE CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, GRANTING THE DEFENDANTS’ CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DISMISSING THE COMPLAINT”

Lenders cross motion for summary judgment (First Citizens National Bank, Community Preservation Corporation, and Elmira Savings Bank) Granted
In re Westgate Nursing Home, Inc.
· 2014-09-25
Joint motion to reconsider and vacate final decree (Arent Fox LLP and Harris Beach PLLC) Granted in part

“The Joint Motion to Reconsider and Vacate the Final Decree is GRANTED in limited part for the purpose of correcting a clerical error in the docket text of ECF No. 250. The Joint Motion is DENIED in all other respects”

In re Wynn
· 2017-07-27
Trustee motion to convert or dismiss chapter 13 case (Chapter 13 trustee) Granted in part

“This case is CONVERTED to a Chapter 7 proceeding, for cause under 11 U.S.C. § 1307(c)(1), (c)(6), and for cause generally under 11 U.S.C. § 1307(c)”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

All five sampled proceedings were terminated, with a median recorded duration of 79 days. Three streams supplied procedural outcomes; generic and unlabeled orders were excluded.

A historical record

Judge Warren 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.