Randall Lawson Dunn
How Judge Dunn rules, drawn from 31 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Dunn no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Dunn decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A creditor-driven operating-agreement restriction could not waive a debtor's access to bankruptcy before filing.
“The Ninth Circuit has been very clear that a debtor’s prepetition waiver of the right to file a bankruptcy case is unenforceable because it is a violation of public policy.”
Procedural preferences
Postjudgment relief required unusual circumstances, new evidence, clear error, or an intervening change in controlling law.
“a motion to alter or amend a judgment ‘should not be granted absent highly unusual circumstances, unless the . . . [trial] court is presented with newly discovered evidence, committed clear error, or if there is an intervening change in the controlling law.’”
Cautions
Settlement review weighed prompt full payment against the delay and possibility of no recovery from continued litigation.
“Continued litigation would inevitably increase costs and extend distributions from any recovery into the future. In addition, there is the risk that continued prosecution of the Discrimination Claim ultimately could result in no recovery at all.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, I will grant the Settlement Motion and will enter an order approving the Settlement Motion contemporaneously herewith.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Arbitration Motions will be granted.”
“I will allow the Claim as a general unsecured claim in the amount of $205,000, and I will subordinate the Claim to the allowed claims of other general unsecured creditors under § 510(a).”
“I will enter an Order contemporaneous with this Memorandum Opinion denying the Motion to Dismiss and reclosing the Debtor’s chapter 7 case.”
After trial, the lender prevailed on a false-financial-statement claim against James Holman, while both defendants prevailed on the remaining fraud theories.
“I will grant summary judgment in favor of the Trustee and against the Endresens and the Lenders on the property of the estate issue, but I will grant summary judgment in favor of the Lenders and against the Trustee with respect to the existence and continuing validity of the Lenders’ secured interest in the Settlement Proceeds and the impact of § 552.”
“I will grant summary judgment in favor of the Trustee and against the Endresens and the Lenders on the property of the estate issue”
“I will deny the Trustee’s motion to file a second amended complaint.”
“Mr. Nunez is entitled to summary judgment in his favor on his claim that his debt to Key Education is not excepted from his chapter 7 discharge under § 523(a)(8).”
“I will grant their Residence Lien Avoidance Motion”
“deny the Rental Property Lien Avoidance Motions with prejudice”
“I will enter an order holding Respondents in contempt.”
“Accordingly I will deny the Motion to Dismiss.”
“Accordingly, the Objection is sustained, and confirmation of the Proposed Plan is DENIED.”
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, while their entry streams were empty.
A historical record
Judge Dunn 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.