Mark J. Conway

How Judge Conway rules, drawn from 5 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2021-07-22
Education
University of Scranton; Temple University School of Law
Signed orders read
5

How Judge Conway decides

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

What persuades

Reconsideration requires more than relitigating issues already decided and is constrained by the interest in finality.

“motions for reconsideration should be granted sparingly because of the courts’ ‘strong interest in finality of judgment.’”

Signed rulings

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

In re Jamie Marie Bowman
5:25-bk-01580-MJC · 2026-01-12
Motion to redeem property (Jamie Marie Bowman) Denied

“For the reasons stated below, the Amended Motion to Redeem the Property is DENIED and the Motion for Relief from Stay is GRANTED.”

Motion for relief from automatic stay (People First Federal Credit Union) Granted
In re Mark Carney
5:24-bk-00004-MJC · 2025-01-22
Objection to claim (Mark Carney) Denied

“For the reasons stated above, Debtor’s Objection to Claim # 12-1 is overruled and Claim # 12-1 will be allowed in the amount of $29,074.47.”

SnowWolf v. Iacovazzi (In re Iacovazzi)
5:23-ap-00042-MJC · 2024-09-26
Motion to dismiss adversary proceeding (Dustin J. Iacovazzi) Granted in part

“Based upon the above stated reasons, the Court will grant the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss on the quantum meruit claim only. The Motion to Dismiss is denied as to all other Counts.”

In re Mariann F. Adams
4:23-bk-01228-MJC · 2023-09-08
Motion for relief from automatic stay (Donna Deitrick) Denied

“Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Motion for Relief from Automatic Stay, Dkt. # 50, is DENIED without prejudice.”

Solar Innovations, Inc. v. Plevyak (In re Plevyak)
5:20-ap-00088-MJC · 2023-09-07
Motion for reconsideration (J. Michael Plevyak) Denied

“Accordingly, the Motion is hereby DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Six of the eight reviewed matters were terminated; two remained pending in the public record.

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