Stacey G. C. Jernigan
How Judge Jernigan rules, drawn from 29 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Jernigan
Stacey G. C. Jernigan is Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas. Before joining the court in 2006, she practiced business reorganization and bankruptcy law at Haynes and Boone.
Judge Jernigan's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Jernigan, 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
Deliver a paper copy of Judge Jernigan’s listed pleadings and attachments within 48 hours of electronic filing.
“A complete paper copy of the pleadings listed below, including all attachments thereto, should be delivered within 48 hours of electronic filing to Judge Jernigan’s law clerk’s attention at 1100 Commerce Street, Room 1254, Dallas, TX 75242-1496.”
Motions
An expedited hearing requires an application for shortened time and judicial review before a date is set.
“An application for an order shortening time is required before a hearing will be set. Emergency motions will only be set after judicial review.”
Discovery
For discovery motions in adversary cases, contact Judge Jernigan’s courtroom deputy to schedule a hearing.
“Counsel for the movant shall contact the courtroom deputy by e-mail or telephone to schedule the hearing.”
Conferences
Use Chief Judge Jernigan’s self-calendaring only for matters requiring 30 minutes or less.
“The Northern District will permit counsel to utilize a self-calendaring procedure for the scheduling of matters requiring 30 minutes or less of court time.”
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 Jernigan decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Punitive damages may follow when a knowing stay violator's conduct is egregious in context, including where bankruptcy counsel repeatedly attempts collection without a valid claim and then fails to appear to explain the conduct.
“For these reasons, the Court has imposed punitive damages equal to $3,000 per stay violation (of which there were four) for a total of $12,000 of total punitive damages.”
Procedural preferences
In the reviewed reaffirmation matter, the court independently examined whether the agreement warranted approval rather than treating the parties’ agreement as self-executing.
“The court ruled that the agreement should be disapproved, pursuant to Section 524(m)(l) of the Bankruptcy Code.”
Cautions
In Cadle Co. v. Brunswick Homes, LLC (In re Moore), Judge Jernigan denied summary judgment because the record left genuine factual disputes for trial.
“Summary judgment is denied. There are genuine issues of material fact in dispute (and there are relevant facts that cannot be ascertained from the summary judgment record)”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“During the bench ruling, the Court awarded Debtor-Plaintiff a total of $12,564.90 in damages, of which $564.90 were actual damages and $12,000 were punitive damages, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(k)(1).”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING BRUNSWICK HOMES, LLC’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN SUBSTANTIAL PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR ORDER APPOINTING EXAMINER”
“ORDER GRANTING UNITED STATES TRUSTEE’S MOTION TO DISMISS AS AN ‘ABUSE’ UNDER 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(1) AND/OR (b)(3)”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR FINAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION AND AMENDED ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITH PREJUDICE AND IMPOSING ADDITIONAL MONETARY SANCTIONS”
“MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS ADVERSARY PROCEEDING FOR ABUSE OF JUDICIAL PROCESS”
“ORDER (I) APPROVING THE DEBTORS’ DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND (II) CONFIRMING THE DEBTORS’ THIRD AMENDED JOINT PLAN OF REORGANIZATION”
“the relief requested by the Plaintiff in her Complaint is DENIED IN ALL RESPECTS.”
“ORDER DENYING DEBTOR’S MOTION TO EXCHANGE 12.0717 ACRES OF EAGLE CREST PROPERTY WITH 2.961 ACRES OWNED BY FARMERS BRANCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION”
“ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM AUTOMATIC STAY OF BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CONDITIONAL ON CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ADEQUATE PROTECTION BEING PROVIDED TO IT”
“GRANTING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF REORGANIZED DEBTOR PLACID OIL COMPANY”
“DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF POST-CONFIRMATION TORT CLAIMANTS”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All six matters were terminated. Williamson supplied two express post-trial motion outcomes; the archive returned no entries for the five early sampled streams.
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