Frank R. Alley III
How Judge Alley rules, drawn from 30 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Alley no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Alley decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Administrative priority was construed narrowly to preserve equal distribution among creditors.
“restrictive language of the Bankruptcy Code respecting administrative priority, and priorities in general, reflects a Congressional policy of promoting equal distribution among creditors.”
Procedural preferences
A pleading with potentially viable theories received a defined amendment period after partial dismissal.
“An order will be entered by the Court on the motions to dismiss, allowing Plaintiff to file an amended complaint within 28 days of its entry.”
Cautions
An unexplained multi-year delay in challenging a claim could not undermine the finality of confirmation after the creditor relied on the agreed treatment.
“Debtor waited too long to object to the claim. The preclusive effect and finality of the order confirming plan may not be undermined in these circumstances.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
The trustee prevailed in avoiding an unperfected personal-property security interest and preserving the lien for the estate, but the adversary judgment did not resolve a discrete motion.
“The Defendants’ motions to dismiss will be granted and denied as discussed above.”
“An order will be entered by the Court on the motions to dismiss, allowing Plaintiff to file an amended complaint within 28 days of its entry.”
After trial, the debtors received emotional-distress damages and fees for automatic-stay violations; the award was later reversed on appeal.
“Debtor’s plan of reorganization was not proposed in good faith, and therefore cannot be confirmed.”
After trial, the debtors failed the minimum-standard-of-living prong for hardship discharge of their student loans.
“An order will be entered by the Court denying confirmation and allowing time for Debtors to file an amended chapter 13 plan.”
On a stipulated record, the debtor received statutory damages and fees for collection conduct that violated the automatic stay and federal collection law.
“the Court will enter an order granting in part the Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment”
“Defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment will be denied.”
“the Debtor’s objection to claim #3 of William Ganong will be denied.”
The court dismissed post-confirmation state-law claims and counterclaims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction on its own analysis.
“An order will be entered by the Court denying the Trustee’s motion to dismiss.”
“Objections to Sunstone’s unsecured claim in the amount of $250,000 will be denied”
“Objections to Sunstone’s unsecured claim in the amount of $250,000 will be denied as will Sunstone’s motion for an administrative expense under § 503(b).”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All five sampled matters were terminated; the median reflects case-level filing and termination dates only.
A historical record
Judge Alley 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.