Peter C. McKittrick
How Judge McKittrick rules, drawn from 11 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge McKittrick
Peter C. McKittrick has served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Oregon since January 2015. He became chief judge in October 2025 after practicing law in Portland.
Judge McKittrick's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge McKittrick's own (checked October 10, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026).
How Judge McKittrick decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The court applied an unambiguous statutory plan-duration limit even though it recognized the debtors' equitable argument.
“the court must refrain from disregarding an unambiguous statute for the purpose of accomplishing equity in a particular case”
In one attorney-fee dispute, the court treated a stay-relief motion as contract-based because deciding it required enforcement of the parties’ lease terms.
“the action is one that is ‘based on a contract’ under ORS 20.096.”
In an electricity supplier’s claim dispute, he sustained the debtor’s objection to administrative priority because the supplier had not shown that the electricity qualified as goods under the Bankruptcy Code.
“PacifiCorp has not met its burden to show that Congress clearly authorized that the Claim is entitled to priority treatment.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The court finds that the debtors have met their burden for confirmation of their plan under § 1325(a) and will overrule the Trustee's objection and confirm the debtors' plan.”
“For the reasons stated above, the court will prepare and enter an order denying approval of the Fourth Amended Plan.”
“For the reasons stated above, the court will enter a judgment in favor of the UST.”
“The Defendants are also permanently enjoined from acting as bankruptcy petition preparers in the District of Oregon.”
“For the reasons stated above, the court will prepare and enter an order granting the motion to dismiss.”
“For the reasons stated above, the court will enter an order denying Debtor’s motion to reopen the case.”
“The Motion will be granted. Counsel for Gilgan should submit an order consistent with this opinion.”
“total disallowed amount is $996.75, and the allowed amount is $17,119.59.”
“the Claim is not entitled to priority treatment under § 503(b)(9).”
“There is no dispute of material fact and Standard is entitled to”
“Verizon willfully and repeatedly violated the automatic stay”
“The court will enter an order denying confirmation in both cases”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Four sampled matters were terminated and two remained pending. Four streams supplied 18 express outcomes; two contained no separate classifiable ruling.
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