William T. Bodoh

How Judge Bodoh rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Position
bankruptcy
Status
Retired 2004
Education
Ohio University, B.S., 1961; The Ohio State University, J.D., 1964
Signed orders read
20

How Judge Bodoh decides

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

What persuades

Scheduled, undisputed claims remained allowed where the bar-date order did not clearly override the statutory filing rule.

“For the above-stated reasons, the Court holds that Movants’ claims are deemed filed pursuant to § 1111(a). Movants’ claims are allowed as filed.”

Procedural preferences

A creditor seeking summary judgment could not rely on signatures alone when contrary affidavits addressed who actually witnessed the mortgage execution.

“Movant failed to provide evidence that those two people attended the mortgage signing.”

Cautions

An allowed administrative claim did not justify immediate payment ahead of the estate's coordinated distribution process.

“ordering immediate payment contradicts the Code’s pro rata distribution to administrative expense claimants.”

Signed rulings

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

Buzulencia v. TMS Mortgage, Inc. (In re Baker)
· 2003-10-08
Trustee motion for summary judgment (Chapter 7 Trustee) Granted

“Accordingly, Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment and notice of filing against Defendants pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 544(a) is sustained.”

Defendants motion for summary judgment (TMS Mortgage, Inc. and First Union Home Equity Bank, N.A.) Denied

“Defendants’ joint and separate motion for summary judgment and response contra Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment is overruled.”

LTV Steel Co. v. Ferrous Metal Processing Co. (In re LTV Steel Co.)
· 2003-08-28

The court entered a post-trial judgment on contract and administrative-expense claims; it is retained for context but excluded from motion statistics.

Ciesicki v. Mae (In re Ciesicki)
· 2003-04-17
Request for student loan discharge (Debtors) Granted in part

“For the reasons set forth in this Court’s memorandum opinion entered this date, the discharge of Plaintiffs’ student loan debt owed to Defendant is granted in part and overruled in part pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 105(a) and 523(a)(8).”

In re Cambridge Woodbridge Apartments, L.L.C.
· 2003-05-08
Motion for relief from automatic stay (Old West Annuity & Life Insurance Company) Denied

“After considering the totality of the circumstances, Old West’s motion to lift the automatic stay on such grounds is overruled.”

Giant Eagle, Inc. v. Monus (In re Monus)
· 2003-06-16
Motion for summary judgment on discharge and dischargeability (Giant Eagle of Delaware, Inc.) Granted in part

“In sum, Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment pursuant to § 727(a)(7) shall be sustained. Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment pursuant to § 523(a)(2)(B) and (6) and § 727(a)(2) and (3) is overruled.”

In re Pittsburgh-Canfield Corp.
· 2003-03-13
Motion to classify reclamation claims as unsecured (Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation) Granted

“The Motion is granted in its entirety with respect to the Objecting Vendors.”

Objection to unsecured classification of reclamation claim (Noranda, Inc.) Denied
Objection to unsecured classification of reclamation claim (Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation) Denied
Objection to unsecured classification of reclamation claim (Mississippi Lime Company) Denied
Objection to unsecured classification of reclamation claim (Valspar Corporation) Denied
Suhar v. Land (In re Land)
· 2003-02-18
Trustee cross motion for summary judgment (Chapter 7 Trustee) Granted

“The Court sua sponte takes Plaintiffs responsive brief as a cross motion for summary judgment. Moreover, the Court concludes that this mortgage was not properly executed.”

In re Phar-Mor, Inc.
· 2003-11-12
Motion to classify reclamation claims as unsecured (Phar-Mor, Inc. and affiliated debtors) Denied

“For the reasons stated herein, Debtors’ motion for entry of an order determining reclamation claims to be general unsecured claims and objection to allowance of such claims as entitled to priority is overruled.”

In re ATD Corp.
· 2002-03-01
Motion for payment of scheduled claim (Advantage Packaging, Inc.) Granted

“For the above-stated reasons, the Court holds that Movants’ claims are deemed filed pursuant to § 1111(a). Movants’ claims are allowed as filed.”

Motion for payment of scheduled claim (Molded Materials, Inc.) Granted
In re Phar-Mor, Inc.
· 2003-03-11
Request for administrative expense payment (GP-Fairgrounds Square, L.P.) Granted in part

“Landlord’s amended request for administrative expenses is sustained in part and overruled in part.”

In re LTV Steel Company, Inc.
· 2002-05-16
Request for immediate payment of administrative expenses (JWP/Hyre Electric Co. of Indiana, Inc.) Granted in part

“Accordingly, JWP/Hyre Electric Co. of Indiana, Inc.’s motion is sustained in part and overruled in part, consistent with this order.”

Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. (In re Pittsburgh-Canfield Corp.)
· 2002-07-23
Summary judgment (Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation) Granted in part

“For the reasons stated above, the Court sustains in part and overrules in part Defendant’s summary judgment motion.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No motion-timing estimate is reported because the sampled matters contained no archived docket entries.

A historical record

Judge Bodoh 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.