Richard L. Speer
How Judge Speer rules, drawn from 30 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Speer no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Speer decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Specific state-court findings that established intentional injury supported preclusion and summary judgment on nondischargeability.
“the findings made in state court against the Defendants, being based upon the law governing workers’ compensation in the state of Ohio, equate with a ‘willful’ and ‘malicious’ injury for purposes of § 523(a)(6).”
Procedural preferences
Turnover or avoidance relief against a nondebtor had to proceed through an adversary case rather than a motion.
“if an action is brought by a trustee against a nondebtor party for turnover, it must be maintained through an adversary proceeding, not by way of a motion.”
Cautions
A prior judgment using only boilerplate language did not establish the specific findings needed for issue preclusion.
“The state-court judgment, however, lacking any specific findings of fact and using only boilerplate language, leaves this Court with nothing from which to assess the basis for the state court’s decision.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
The court remanded the state-law action without deciding the pending summary-judgment motion.
“ORDERED that, effective on February 29, 2012, at 1:19 P.M., the Motion of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank for Relief From Stay and Abandonment, be, and is hereby, GRANTED”
“ORDERED that the Motion of the Debtors, Timothy and Pamela O’Connor, to find the City of Toledo, Department of Public Utilities, in Contempt, be, and is hereby, GRANTED.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Debtors’ objection to amended claim number 20, in the amount of $654.05, as filed by the City of Toledo, Department of Public Utilities, is hereby Sustained and that such claim is hereby Disallowed.”
The court dismissed one debtor on its own authority after she denied the court's jurisdiction.
“ORDERED that the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the Plaintiff/Trustee, John Graham, be, and is hereby, GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the Plaintiff/Trustee, Ericka Parker, be, and is hereby, GRANTED.”
After trial, the insurer did not establish the intent required to except its claim from discharge.
“ORDERED that the Trustee, Ericka Parker, is directed to turnover to Central States Pension Fund those funds she received from the sale of the real property owned and titled in the name of Nev-Mark Development, Ltd. Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 105(a), the costs the Trustee incurred directly related to the sale of said property are not subject to this order of turnover, and may be retained by the Trustee.”
“ORDERED that the Motion of the Plaintiffs, Fadhil A. Hussein and Raya Ahmed, for Summary Judgment, be, and is hereby, GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, be, and is hereby, GRANTED.”
“ORDERED that the Motion of The Toledo Hospital, Inc. for Leave to File an Adversary Complaint, be, and is hereby, DENIED”
After trial, the court entered judgment for the plaintiffs on nondischargeability and declined punitive damages.
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 Speer 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.