George C. Paine II
How Judge Paine rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Paine no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Paine decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Plan procedures that clarify payment application and notice are acceptable when they preserve rather than alter a creditor's substantive rights.
“Section 1322(b) prohibits modification of Wells Fargo’s rights. It does not limit the process by which Wells Fargo and other mortgage lenders assert those rights.”
Procedural preferences
A party that neither responds in writing nor appears at a scheduled hearing risks losing the ability to relitigate the same exemption issue through a later amendment.
“The debtors’ failure to file a written response or even appear at the scheduled hearing on the exemption issue precludes relitigation of this issue by amendment to their Schedule C.”
Cautions
Expert evidence is weighed for independence, record support, and credibility rather than accepted merely because it is presented by a qualified witness.
“The acceptance of one expert’s testimony over another is based upon the perception of the credibility of one expert over that of other experts who testify.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The motion should therefore be granted and ITT’s employee should be permitted to question the Debtor.”
“the trustee’s objections pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1325(b) are sustained in part and overruled in part”
“JUDGMENT is hereby granted to the Plaintiff Holcomb Healthcare Services, LLC”
“HHCS’s request for injunction is dismissed without prejudice to HHCS’s right to renew its request in another proceeding.”
“HHCS’s alternative relief counts seeking substantive consolidation and/or piercing of the corporate veils of the defendants is hereby dismissed;”
“HHCS failed to demonstrate its entitlement to exemplary damages and that count is therefore dismissed;”
“HHCS failed to demonstrate its entitlement to attorney fees and therefore that count is dismissed;”
“HHCS shall receive prejudgment interest from the filing of the adversary complaint until entry of judgment at the federal judgment rate;”
“the UST is allowed and awarded quarterly fees in these cases in the amount of $50,000.00”
“the court hereby OVERRULES the trustee’s objection to the debtor’s claimed exemption in the insurance policies.”
“the court sustains the trustee’s objection to the debtor’s claimed exemption in the ‘Lexington Clinic 401K/retirement funds.’”
“The Debtors shall be permitted to modify their Chapter 13 plan to reflect an increase in the mortgage payment as well as an increase in monthly expenses.”
“The Trustee’s Motion to Modify Chapter 13 Plan or Add Continuing Payment shall be denied.”
“the court’s earlier decision, although correctly decided under the law, is vacated due to the settlement of this matter on appeal.”
“the trustee’s objection to confirmation based on the debtors’ homestead exemption pursuant to T.C.A. § 26-2-301(0 is OVERRULED.”
“All objections raised by Wells to confirmation are hereby OVERRULED.”
“the debtor’s chapter 13 plan, as proposed, is hereby CONFIRMED.”
“the court grants Unicor’s motion for relief from the stay.”
“the court sustains the trustee’s objections”
“denies the debtors’ motion to amend.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All five sampled matters were terminated; their retained docket streams were empty.
A historical record
Judge Paine 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.