Dana L. Rasure

How Judge Rasure rules, drawn from 24 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Rasure 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 Oklahoma
Position
bankruptcy
Status
No longer serving
Commissioned
1997-06-03
Signed orders read
24

How Judge Rasure decides

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

What persuades

When every statutory element for mandatory abstention was present, the court treated abstention and remand as required.

“Because all elements of the mandatory abstention statute are present, the Court must abstain from hearing this proceeding and, consequently, remands the matter to Tulsa County District Court.”

Procedural preferences

After denying dismissal, the court allowed a focused amendment to cure the pleading deficiencies it had identified.

“The Plaintiffs are granted leave to file and serve on the Chase Entities an amended complaint that remedies the deficiencies identified herein within fifteen (15) days hereof.”

Cautions

Attorney-compensation review depended on complete disclosure, and undisclosed fees could be disgorged.

“The process of review [of attorneys’ prepetition transactions with a debtor] is absolutely dependent upon full, complete and absolute compliance with the disclosure requirements by a debtor’s attorney.”

Signed rulings

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

Kopp v. United States Ex Rel. Internal Revenue Service (In Re Kopp)
· 2006-08-21
United states motion to dismiss for mootness (United States) Denied

“Thus, the Motion to Dismiss on the ground of mootness is denied.”

In Re 4 Front Petroleum, Inc.
· 2006-06-29
Trustee motion for mandatory abstention (Chapter 7 Trustee) Granted

“Because all elements of the mandatory abstention statute are present, the Court must abstain from hearing this proceeding and, consequently, remands the matter to Tulsa County District Court.”

Trustee motion to remand (Chapter 7 Trustee) Granted
Owens v. Bolger (In Re Bolger)
· 2006-08-28

Contextual exclusion: the memorandum resolved entitlement to fees on stipulated facts but deferred the amounts and final judgment.

Marks v. Hentges (In Re Hentges)
· 2007-08-13
Defendant motion for summary judgment (Michael E. Hentges) Granted in part

“For the reasons stated above, judgment shall be entered in favor of Mr. Hentges and against Mrs. Marks on Mrs. Marks’s claims under Sections 523(a)(4) and 523(a)(6). Summary judgment is denied with respect to Mrs. Marks’s claim under Section 523(a)(2)(A).”

In Re Hentges
· 2006-06-01
Counsel motion to modify prior order (Stephen J. Capron) Denied

“Accordingly, the Motion to Modify is denied and the relief requested in the Petitioning Creditors’ Response is taken under advisement.”

In Re Hentges
· 2006-04-18
Counsel application for compensation and reimbursement (Counsel for Involuntary Debtor) Denied

“The Application of Counsel of Involuntary Debtor for Compensation and Reimbursement of Attorneys’ Fees is denied in its entirety.”

In Re Git-N-Go, Inc.
· 2004-11-23
Brinks motion for administrative priority claim (Brink’s, Incorporated) Denied

“The Motion is denied. This Order constitutes an order approving the rejection of the 2001 Agreement and Brink’s has thirty days in which to file a rejection claim, if any.”

In Re Git-N-Go, Inc.
· 2004-02-18
Debtor application to employ general counsel (Debtor) Denied

“For the reasons stated herein, the Application is denied.”

In Re Hentges
· 2006-09-26

Contextual exclusion: the involuntary petition was decided after trial rather than on a classified motion or objection.

Snider v. Commercial Financial Services, Inc. (In Re Commercial Financial Services, Inc.)
· 2000-08-21
Debtor motion to strike jury demand (Commercial Financial Services, Inc.) Granted

“The Court grants CFS’s Motion to Strike Jury Demand.”

Sharp v. Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A. (In Re Commercial Financial Services, Inc.)
· 2003-08-18
Defendants motion to dismiss (Chase Entities) Denied

“The Motion to Dismiss is denied.”

Plaintiffs request for leave to amend complaint (Plaintiffs) Granted

“The Plaintiffs are granted leave to file and serve on the Chase Entities an amended complaint that remedies the deficiencies identified herein within fifteen (15) days hereof.”

Sheffield Steel Corp. v. HMK Enterprises, Inc. (In Re Sheffield Steel Corp.)
· 2004-08-27
Defendants motion to dismiss (Defendants) Denied

“For the reasons stated above, the Motion is denied.”

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 Rasure 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.