D. Michael Lynn
How Judge Lynn rules, drawn from 17 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Lynn no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Lynn decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Professional work may remain compensable when a transaction fails if the estate representative reasonably pursued the asset and counsel acted at the representative's direction.
“That the deal fell through does not mean the Firm should not be compensated”
A Chapter 13 plan may use income above the required projected-disposable-income contribution to favor selected creditors when the remaining unsecured creditors still receive at least their required pro rata share.
“the unfair discrimination analysis allows a debtor to utilize funds in excess of projected disposable income to prefer certain creditors, as long as unsecured creditors receive at least their pro rata share of the UCP.”
Cautions
Professionals employed in a bankruptcy case face meaningful fee consequences when their own conduct violates the automatic stay or the compensation-approval process.
“The court will reduce its award by $25,000 to account for BMY’s misconduct.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“judgment shall enter denying Sohal (but not Mrs. Sohal) a discharge.”
“The Application is therefore approved in full and the Objection overruled.”
“The Application seeks fees and expenses in the amount of $57,867.20. The court will reduce its award by $25,000 to account for BMY’s misconduct.”
“For the foregoing reasons the Motion must be, and it hereby is, DENIED.”
“ORDERED that the Objection is SUSTAINED IN PART and DENIED IN PART”
“ORDERED that confirmation of the plan is DENIED without prejudice”
“the Objection is OVERRULED and the Plan is CONFIRMED.”
“the Petition will be dismissed and the Counterclaim denied to the extent consistent with this opinion.”
“I therefore recommend that the Motion be denied.”
“to the extent provided in the 9/27 Order, the Motion is granted in part and otherwise denied.”
“the Motion to Dismiss be, and it hereby is, DENIED, without prejudice”
“the automatic stay of section 362(a) of the Code shall terminate pursuant to section 362(d)(1) of the Code at 10:00 a.m. local time on August 24, 2012, unless, prior to such time, Debtor deposits in the registry of this court $1,000,000”
“Accordingly, the Motion is denied”
“the court awards actual damages in the amount of $1000 and punitive damages in the amount of $25,000.”
“the court awards reasonable attorney’s fees in the amount of $20,212.70.”
“The Motion will be GRANTED as to consequential damages and otherwise DENIED.”
“Summary judgment will be GRANTED to the Growers to the extent that their claims are allowable in such amount as they might have been entitled to as damages had PPC breached their contracts immediately prior to commencement of these cases.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All five sampled matters were terminated, but the archive returned no docket entries for any sampled stream.
A historical record
Judge Lynn 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.