Edward A. Godoy
How Judge Godoy rules, drawn from 22 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Godoy decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Even an unopposed summary-judgment request must establish entitlement as a matter of law; unsupported allegations involving intent remain for trial.
“Even if unopposed, summary judgment may only be granted when the moving party shows that it is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
Procedural preferences
Statutory Chapter 11 elections remain available in Subchapter V unless Congress expressly provides otherwise.
“If section 1111(b) was supposed to give way in a subchapter V case, or to have a different application in such a case, that was for Congress to say, and Congress did not do so.”
Cautions
A confirmed plan is final and binding; parties generally cannot raise before enforcement issues that could have been litigated before confirmation.
“A confirmation order is a final order, and as such is often referred to as having res judicata effect.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Based on the above, the debtor’s motion for continuation of the stay [at Dkt. No. 11] is granted and the automatic stay is continued with respect to all creditors, including Banco Popular de Puerto Rico‐Special Loans.”
“Accordingly, the bankruptcy court grants Empresas Martínez’s request for execution of judgment at docket number 378, as supplemented at docket number 401.”
“In view of the above, the court hereby DENIES debtor’s motion for reconsideration of dismissal. (Docket No. 143.)”
“Accordingly, the motion to lift stay at docket number 55 is denied.”
“Based on the foregoing, the trustee’s motion for summary judgment [at Adv. Dkt. No. 33] is GRANTED.”
“For the reasons stated herein, Scotiabank’s motion for reconsideration is denied.”
“For the above reasons, USIC’s motion for reconsideration [at Dkt. No. 233] is denied.”
“Having concluded that USIC did not meet its burden of proof, the court denies its request for appointment of a chapter 11 trustee [at Dkt. Nos. 103 & 156].”
“As such, the debtors’ motion to avoid judicial lien under Bankruptcy Rule 4003(d) [at docket number 96] is granted.”
“the motion requesting modification of the stay filed by Coast Metals, Inc., Daniel Khodorkovsky, and Westclair, Inc. [at Docket No. 30] is hereby granted”
“Based on the foregoing, the trustee's motion for summary judgment at docket number 17 is GRANTED.”
“Based on the above, the debtor’s motion to set aside order at docket number 88 is denied.”
“As such, the request for sanctions under section 1927 is denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The docket metadata carried no termination date, so the matter is counted as pending here; the retained entries include a January 2025 discharge and a March 2025 order closing the estate.
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