John A. Dorsey Jr.

How Judge Dorsey rules, drawn from 2 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Rhode Island
Position
bankruptcy
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Commissioned
2025-09-09
Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S. in Management, 2007; Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D., 2010
Signed orders read
2

How Judge Dorsey decides

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

What persuades

Chapter 15 recognition follows when the foreign representatives satisfy the statutory eligibility and filing requirements.

“the Foreign Representatives of the Mauritius and BVI Proceedings satisfied all requirements of § 1517 and § 1515”

Procedural preferences

Equitable authority does not excuse repeated failures to comply with statutory debtor obligations.

“the Court declines to use its equitable powers to exempt the Debtor from the multiple duties and obligations with which she has been unable to comply.”

Signed rulings

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

In re Ariane Elisabeth Stuart Lepore
26-10101 · 2026-05-04
Motion to dismiss case (Chapter 13 Trustee Charles A. Pisaturo) Granted

“Accordingly, the Trustee’s Motion is GRANTED and the parties’ remaining motions are DENIED as moot.”

Motion for relief from stay or dismissal (D’Amico Lending, LLC) Moot / procedural
Motion for relief from stay or dismissal (D’Amico Lending, LLC) Moot / procedural
Motion for protective relief (Ariane Elisabeth Stuart Lepore) Moot / procedural
In re Venus Capital Management Company and related foreign proceedings
25-10709; 25-10710; 25-10711; 25-10713; 25-10714 · 2026-03-02
Petition for recognition of foreign main proceeding (Foreign Representatives) Granted

“For the aforementioned reasons, the Petitions are GRANTED.”

Petition for recognition of foreign main proceeding (Foreign Representatives) Granted
Petition for recognition of foreign main proceeding (Foreign Representatives) Granted
Petition for recognition of foreign main proceeding (Foreign Representatives) Granted
Petition for recognition of foreign main proceeding (Foreign Representatives) Granted

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