Alfredo R. Pérez

How Judge Pérez rules, drawn from 14 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2024-07-16
Education
Haverford College, B.A. in chemistry, 1977; University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1980
Signed orders read
14

How Judge Pérez decides

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

What persuades

Leave to amend was appropriate where the case remained at an early stage and the proposed defendants faced no undue procedural prejudice.

“there has been no discovery, and the Court has not set a trial date.”

A claim objection succeeded where the claimant offered no evidentiary basis for liability or for its round-number projections after the burden returned to him.

“Mr. Berger failed to meet his burden with respect to the profit-sharing components of his proof of claim.”

Procedural preferences

A stay pending appeal is treated as exceptional relief, with the movant bearing the burden on each equitable factor.

“Issuing a stay pending appeal is an ‘extraordinary remedy.’”

The reviewed cross-motions were narrowed through targeted rebriefing rather than resolving issues the record had not adequately framed.

“counsel for both Parties are directed to re-brief the narrow issues”

Cautions

Repeated invented and misquoted authorities, after notice of the problem, supported a dismissal with a refiling bar and future citation safeguards.

“Misquoting cases has been a pattern and practice for at least the past four months”

Contract language waiving possessory rights defeated an effort to retain another party's equipment in bankruptcy.

“Hosting Provider hereby waives any statutory or common law lien or right of distress in or to the BITMAIN Property”

Signed rulings

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

In re Sonja Helvig Derosa-Grund
3:25-bk-80235 · 2025-08-18
Motion to dismiss bankruptcy case (Sonja Helvig Derosa-Grund) Granted

“dismissing this case with prejudice to its refiling for one year after entry of the order;”

Motions for sanctions (Sonja Helvig Derosa-Grund) Moot / procedural

“striking all the motions for sanctions and all pleadings containing allegations of misconduct filed against Indigo and its counsel at ECF Nos. 23, 71, 92, 96,101, 102, 105 and 106;”

In re Orb Energy Co.
3:25-bk-80363 · 2025-12-15
Motion to confirm stay inapplicable or for relief from stay (Bitmain Technologies Georgia Limited) Granted

“the Court holds that the HSA was terminated prepetition and that the automatic stay does not apply to Bitmain’s property that is currently in Orb’s possession, custody, or control.”

In re Maria Angeles Archevald
4:19-bk-31642 · 2026-03-10
Motion to determine mortgage claim status (Maria Angeles Archevald) Granted

“The Court will exclude any evidence of the fees and charges for the forced placed insurance.”

Hanlon v. Party City Holdco Inc. et al.
4:24-ap-03273 · 2025-07-08
Motion for leave to amend complaint (Gwendolyn Hanlon) Granted

“Therefore, the Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint is GRANTED.”

Hanlon v. Party City Holdco Inc. et al.
4:24-ap-03273 · 2025-07-08
Motion for class certification and notice (Gwendolyn Hanlon) Granted

“For these reasons, Hanlon’s Motion for Class Certification and Notice is GRANTED as set forth herein.”

In re Nicole Venicia Williams
4:24-bk-33706 · 2025-09-22
Objection to proof of claim (Nicole Venicia Williams) Granted in part

“this Court sustains in part and overrules in part the Debtor’s Objection to IRS Proof of Claim No. 3.”

GCM Capital LLC v. Wahl
4:25-ap-03054 · 2025-11-12
Motion to enforce settlement agreement (Erich Wahl Jr.) Granted

“the Court GRANTS Defendant Erich Wahl’s Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement.”

345 Partners SPV2 LLC et al. v. Nichols et al.
4:25-ap-03413 · 2026-03-30
Motions to remand (345 Partners SPV2 LLC and aligned plaintiffs) Granted

“For the reasons stated above, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand.”

Weatherwax et al. v. Sunnova Energy International Inc. et al.
4:25-ap-03423 · 2026-07-29
Motions to dismiss (Sunnova Energy International Inc. and debtor affiliates) Denied

“Based on the foregoing reasons, the Motion to Dismiss is HEREBY DENIED.”

Motion to stay discovery (Sunnova Energy International Inc. and debtor affiliates) Moot / procedural

“Because the Motion to Dismiss is denied, Sunnova’s pending Motion to Stay Discovery Pending Ruling on Partial Motion to Dismiss is effectively moot and HEREBY DENIED.”

Kasino et al. v. Barrow Shaver Resources Company LLC
4:25-ap-03440 · 2026-05-18
Summary judgment (Barrow Shaver Resources Company LLC) Granted in part

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court grants in part and denies in part both Parties’ MSJs.”

Summary judgment (Raymond Kasino and LaWanda Turner) Granted in part
Customers Bank v. Imeri et al.
4:25-ap-03648 · 2026-03-02
Motion for entry of default (Customers Bank) Denied

“ORDERED that the Motion for Entry of Default is DENIED.”

In re Toco Holdings LLC et al.
4:25-bk-35378 · 2026-04-08
Objection to proof of claim (Toco Holdings LLC and affiliated debtors) Granted in part

“the Court sustains the Debtors’ Objection to Mr. Berger’s proof of claim, disallowing the claim in part, and allowing in part the $1,518,799.00 unsecured state court judgment component.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

One sampled matter was terminated and nine remained pending. The frame is too recent and business-case-heavy for a duration or motion-tendency estimate.

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