Robert L. Jones
How Judge Jones rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Jones no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Jones decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A broadly worded power of attorney can authorize a bankruptcy filing for an incapacitated debtor even without an express reference to bankruptcy.
“A requirement of a specific reference to bankruptcy filing in the power of attorney could defeat a debtor’s intent to have all of her affairs handled by her designated attorney-in-fact in the event of her incapacity.”
Procedural preferences
For individual Chapter 7 debtors with primarily business debts, schedules of income and expenses satisfied the monthly-net-income filing requirement without a duplicative means-test form.
“the filing of schedules I and J satisfies the debtor’s requirement to file a statement of monthly net income under section 521(a)(1)(B)(v).”
Cautions
An attorney's awareness of a client's business interests and settlement proceeds did not alone establish participation in fraud or a duty to the trustee.
“Knowledge alone does not impute liability to Claus, however.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The motion for recusal will be denied.”
“The claim will be allowed as an unsecured claim in this chapter 13 case.”
“Sagebrush is not an eligible debtor and this case must be dismissed.”
“Judgment will accordingly be entered in favor of Morton and against CLS in the sum of $20,000.”
“ORDERED that the UST’s motion to dismiss is denied.”
“ORDERED that the filing of schedules I and J satisfies the debtor’s requirement to file a statement of monthly net income under section 521(a)(1)(B)(v).”
“It is hereby ORDERED that Security Bank’s motion for summary judgment is denied.”
“The Wilson Parties’ motion to dismiss (treated as a motion for summary judgment) will be granted.”
“Recovery against Claus is denied.”
“ORDERED that M&I Bank is allowed an unsecured claim in the amount of $21,523.95”
“ORDERED that the Court denies M&I Bank’s request for a constructive trust without prejudice”
“the relief requested by Security Bank will be denied.”
“Even if the trustee had provided proper notice of the sale, the Court could not approve the sale.”
“The bank’s secured claim for $10,000 will be allowed without prejudice”
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 Jones 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.