Bill Parker

How Judge Parker 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 Texas
Position
bankruptcy
Status
Recalled to service
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Commissioned
1998-10-30
Signed orders read
19

How Judge Parker decides

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

What persuades

A Chapter 11 debtor opposing stay relief must show a reasonable possibility of a timely effective reorganization, not merely a need to keep using the property.

“the issue of tendering adequate protection payments to obtain access to the confirmation process, and the issue of demonstrating by a preponderance of the evidence a reasonable possibility of achieving an effective reorganization within a reasonable time, are not the same.”

Procedural preferences

A confirmed plan binds secured creditors to its interest treatment when they withdrew objections and accepted that treatment.

“The TRCC in this district does not constitute a modification of the confirmed plan and it therefore cannot effectuate a change in the interest rate established by the confirmed plan”

Cautions

Summary judgment on nondischargeability is unavailable when the debtor's role and the statutory elements still present genuine factual disputes.

“significant genuine issues of material fact remain regarding the role of the Debtor in the controversy and the claims of nondischargeability under §§ 523(a)(4) and (a)(6) asserted by the Plaintiff that must be determined through a trial on the merits.”

Signed rulings

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

MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. v. Bhai (In re Bhai)
15-41547; 15-4097 · 2017-01-31
Summary judgment (MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.) Granted in part

“the Court finds that Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment in the above-referenced adversary proceeding must be granted in part and denied in part.”

In re Blount
· 2010-10-15
Motion for accounting (Chapter 7 trustee) Denied

“The Trustee’s Motion is accordingly denied.”

Motion for turnover (Chapter 7 trustee) Denied
Gamble-Ledbetter v. Andra Group, L.P.
· 2009-10-27
Objection to claimed exemptions (Andra Group, L.P.) Granted

“the Objection to Debtor’s Claim of Exemptions filed by Andra Group, L.P. is sustained”

Rushing v. Green Tree Servicing, LLC (In re Rushing)
· 2010-10-06
Motions to dismiss (Green Tree Servicing, LLC) Granted in part

“are each granted as to the claims asserted by Plaintiff, Jacqueline Berry, and denied as to the claims asserted by Plaintiff, Ira Glen Rushing.”

Motions to dismiss (John Patrick Herr) Granted in part
In re Ecco Drilling Co., Ltd.
· 2008-06-17
Motion to determine lease characterization (Ecco Drilling Company, Ltd.) Granted

“these agreements created a security interest rather than a lease.”

In re Dumas
· 2009-11-17
Motion to dismiss case (United States Trustee) Denied

“the Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 707(b) filed by the United States Trustee in the above-referenced case must be denied.”

In re Oliveira and In re Redic
· 2007-10-12
Objection to plan confirmation (Green Tree Servicing, L.L.C.) Denied

“the objection to confirmation filed by Green Tree in each of these cases should be overruled”

Objection to plan confirmation (Green Tree Servicing, L.L.C.) Denied
In re Louviere
· 2008-04-04
Objection to plan confirmation (Chapter 13 trustee) Denied

“the objections of the Chapter 13 Trustee must be overruled”

Motion for plan confirmation (Georgia L. Louviere) Granted

“the Debtor’s Chapter 13 plan should be confirmed.”

FNFS, Ltd. v. Harwood (In re Harwood)
· 2009-04-28
Objection to claimed exemptions (FNFS, Ltd. and B & W Finance Co., Inc.) Granted in part

“the Amended Objections to Exemptions filed by FNFS and B & W shall be sustained in part and denied in part”

In re W.B.S.S., L.P.
· 2007-03-13
Motion for relief from automatic stay (Lewie Byers Group) Granted

“the Amended Motion of the Lewie Byers Group for Relief from Stay Against Profit A' Prendre (Right to Mine Sand) and All Improvements Attached to the Real Property and to Allow Appeal of State Court Judgment to Proceed filed in the above-referenced case is hereby granted”

In re Guidry
· 2007-03-12
Objection to attorney fee request (Chapter 13 trustee) Granted

“shall file either: [1] a formal fee application for all pre-petition and post-petition services rendered in this case through February 28, 2007; or [2] a statement which lowers its fee request to $3,000”

In re Sanford
· 2008-07-02
Motion for plan confirmation (Jerry D. Sanford Jr. and Andra L. Sanford) Denied

“Order Denying Confirmation of Chapter 13 Plan”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

All six matters were terminated. The Bhai adversary supplied one express mixed summary-judgment outcome.

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