Ashely M. Chan

How Judge Chan rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2014-10-01
Signed orders read
19

How Judge Chan decides

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

What persuades

Severe discovery sanctions followed only after repeated noncompliance with a specific production order and consideration of the governing factors.

“Due to Defendant’s egregious discovery misconduct, described below, the Court will grant Plaintiff’s request for sanctions in the form of a default judgment.”

Signed rulings

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

Zappacosta v. McAvoy (In re McAvoy)
24-00087-amc · 2026-05-07
Summary judgment (Jason Zappacosta and Joy Godowski) Granted in part

“For the reasons stated above, the Motion for Summary Judgment will be granted in part and denied in part.”

Wellspointe Group, LLC v. Stupples (In re Stupples)
25-00103-amc · 2025-12-22
Motion for sanctions (Wellspointe Group, LLC) Granted

“For the reasons stated above, the Sanctions Motions will be granted, and judgment will be entered in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant.”

Dershaw v. Nevels (In re The Swarthmore Group, Inc.)
24-00095-amc · 2025-01-15
Motion to dismiss adversary proceeding (Allyson Mandle) Granted in part

“For the reasons stated above, the Motion to Dismiss is granted with leave to amend as to Count X for avoidance of preferential transfers pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 547. The remainder of the Motion to Dismiss is denied.”

In re Stream TV Networks, Inc.
23-10763-amc · 2025-01-08
Motion to approve sale (the Chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“For the reasons discussed above, the Court entered the Sale Order, approving the Sale of the Assets to SeeCubic pursuant to § 363(b) and (f) of the Bankruptcy Code.”

Scherf v. Freedom Credit Union (In re Scungio Borst & Associates, LLC)
24-00039-amc · 2024-11-21
Summary judgment (Freedom Credit Union) Granted in part

“Consequently, Defendant’s Motion as to Counts I, III, and IV are denied. Because the undisputed materials facts establish that the Transfers do not constitute fraudulent conveyances under § 548 of the Bankruptcy Code, summary judgment as to Count II in favor of Defendant is granted.”

In re Vascular Access Centers, L.P.
19-17117-amc · 2022-12-01
Motion for sanctions (William Whitfield Gardner) Granted

“the Court awards Gardner $1,417,861.75”

In re Vascular Access Centers, L.P.
19-17117-amc · 2022-12-01
Motion for reconsideration (James McGuckin and Vascular Access Centers, LLC) Denied

“Based upon all the foregoing, the Court DENIES the Reconsideration Motion”

Vara v. Carr (In re Carr)
19-00176-amc · 2022-11-10
Action to revoke discharge (Andrew R. Vara, United States Trustee) Denied

“the Court concludes Debtor’s discharge should not be revoked pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 727(d)(2).”

In re Robin Lynn Busby
20-10520-amc · 2022-08-01
Motion for contempt and damages (Robin Lynn Busby) Denied

“The Contempt Motion is DENIED.”

In re Frank J. Badolato, Jr.
19-15203-amc · 2022-07-25
Motion to avoid judgment lien (Frank J. Badolato, Jr.) Granted

“The Debtor’s Motion is hereby granted.”

In re Delaware Valley Lift Truck Inc.
20-14408-amc · 2022-05-25
Motion for sanctions (James A. Meyer) Granted in part

“Jim’s Motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.”

Motion for sanctions (United States Trustee) Granted

“The UST Motion is GRANTED.”

Bolger v. McCusker and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
13-00669-amc · 2022-03-10
Summary judgment (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.) Granted

“Chase’s Renewed Summary Judgment Motion is GRANTED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

All five sampled adversary proceedings were terminated. Two streams supplied six express outcomes; bare stipulations and notices of dismissal were excluded.

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