Kay Woods
How Judge Woods rules, drawn from 26 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Woods no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Woods decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A fully litigated state judgment supported issue preclusion after the appeal was dismissed.
“Because the appeal was dismissed, sua, sponte, the Defendant is bound by the factual determinations and legal conclusions reached by the Mahoning Court and may not challenge those findings in this Court.”
Procedural preferences
A contested movant could not wait until the eve of an evidentiary hearing to seek unilateral withdrawal without time for a response.
“At minimum, Nationstar’s Motion to Withdraw is untimely. It did not provide the Debtors with sufficient time to respond”
Cautions
Reconsideration required a manifest error or similarly extraordinary basis and was not a substitute for appeal.
“A motion for reconsideration is an extraordinary measure and should be brought to correct a manifest error of law or fact on the part of the Court.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, the Motion to Intervene is hereby denied.”
“Denies the Motion to Withdraw.”
“For the reasons set forth above, this Court hereby denies the Motion to Excuse Notice.”
The court determined its constitutional authority to enter final judgment; no party motion outcome was classified.
“Grants Counsel’s Motion and the Application for Fees attached thereto, in part”
“The Motion to Stay is now Moot.”
“Denies Northern Hancock’s Motion for Summary Judgment.”
“The Court finds that Nationstar is in contempt of court for violation of the discharge injunction in 11 U.S.C. § 524.”
“the Court hereby grants the Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment.”
“The Motion to Dismiss is denied in its entirety.”
“Grants Plaintiffs Motion;”
“Denies Defendant’s Motion.”
After trial, the defendant had no lien or other interest in the estate's real property.
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The median reflects case-level filing and termination dates only; the sampled matters contained no archived motion entries.
A historical record
Judge Woods 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.