Albert E. Radcliffe
How Judge Radcliffe rules, drawn from 22 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Radcliffe no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Radcliffe decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The court applied a liberal reading of exemptions without extending statutory text beyond property that fit the category claimed.
“a liberal construction cannot transform a pile of parts into an automobile.”
Priority treatment for family obligations depended on whether the claim actually served a present support function.
“Section 507(a)(7) was enacted to provide additional protection for creditors and their dependents, in need of support.”
Procedural preferences
When a secured creditor objected to stepped plan payments, equal monthly payments had to begin at confirmation and continue until the claim was paid.
“equal monthly payments must commence with confirmation and last until the secured claim is paid.”
Cautions
A drafting omission coupled with failure to follow local procedure did not permit debtors to reduce the distribution promised to unsecured creditors.
“Debtors seek to take advantage of their own drafting error, (compounded by a failure to follow the local rules), to the detriment of unsecured creditors. This, they cannot do.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Trustee’s objection will be sustained.”
“the trustee’s motion will be denied.”
“Based on the above, confirmation of the debtor’s plan will be denied”
“Confirmation must be denied.”
“The debtor’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis should be denied”
“the motion of the RUS for summary judgment should be denied”
“the cross motion of the Debtor for summary judgment should be granted.”
“the trustee’s Motion to Dismiss must be granted.”
“the debtors have not completed all of the payments under their confirmed plan such as would entitle them to receive a discharge pursuant to § 1328(a).”
The parties submitted the student-loan dischargeability dispute for trial on stipulated facts, and the debt was held nondischargeable.
“the defendant’s motion for summary judgment should be granted”
The court required the tax refund to be allocated first to the priority tax claim so the confirmed plan could remain feasible, but the opinion did not state an express outcome on the stay-relief motion.
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 Radcliffe 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.