Scott W. Everett
How Judge Everett rules, drawn from 4 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Everett
Scott W. Everett is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas. He joined the court in June 2022 and serves in its Dallas and Amarillo divisions.
Judge Everett's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Everett, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
Key rules
Filing
File a separate notice of hearing no later than one day after serving a self-calendared motion.
“No later than one day after service of motion, counsel shall file a separate notice of hearing.”
Filing
Judge Everett does not require courtesy copies unless he specifically requests them.
“Courtesy copies are not required unless specially requested by Judge Everett in a particular matter.”
Conferences
Judge Everett allows self-calendaring for listed motions needing 15 minutes or less.
“The Northern District will permit counsel to utilize a self-calendaring procedure for the scheduling of motions requiring 15 minutes or less of court time.”
Conferences
For a hearing expected to last over an hour, notify Judge Everett’s courtroom deputy at least two business days before docket call.
“If you anticipate that your matter will take more than one hour of court time, please advise Jenni Bergreen, Courtroom Deputy to Judge Everett , by e-mail at [email protected] at least two business days prior to the docket call.”
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026).
How Judge Everett decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A trustee asserting claims inherited from a debtor remains subject to defenses available against the debtor, including in pari delicto when the pleaded misconduct is attributable to the debtor.
“There are no additional facts the Trustee could assert that would overcome this defense”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The CFSB Motion, the Mechanics Motion, the HTLF Motion, and the Rabo Motion are GRANTED in part as stated herein.”
The court approved the disclosure statement and confirmed the joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan. This plan-confirmation decision is retained for context and excluded from party-motion statistics.
“1. RSG is granted an administrative-expense claim in the amount of $5,000,000. 2. RSG’s request for a general unsecured claim is denied.”
“(a) denying the Ribman-Trust Mo- tion;”
“denying the Stay Motions”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Six sampled matters were terminated and three remained pending. Five business matters supplied the recorded motion outcomes.
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