Marvin Isgur
How Judge Isgur rules, drawn from 30 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Isgur
Marvin Isgur serves as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Texas. He joined the court in February 2004 after representing debtors and trustees in bankruptcy matters.
Judge Isgur's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Isgur, 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
Submit a proposed order with each motion and opposition through CM/ECF.
“Proposed forms of orders must be submitted along with all motions and with all oppositions to motions. Please submit proposed forms of orders by filing on CM/ECF.”
Motions
Request a continuance by motion; a pending request does not excuse attendance.
“A continuance can only be requested by motion. The Court may deny a continuance even if all parties have agreed to the continuance. If a motion for continuance is pending, attendance is not excused.”
Conferences
Self-calendar a hearing only on a date currently shown as available.
“YOU MAY NOT SELF-CALENDAR A HEARING ON A DATE THAT IS NOT LISTED AS AN AVAILABLE DATE.”
Conferences
Give hearing notice when serving a self-calendared motion, and include a certificate of service.
“If a motion is self-calendared, notice of the hearing date must be provided when the motion is served and a certificate of service must be included with the motion.”
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 Isgur decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A negotiated limitation of consequential damages carried weight where experienced commercial parties had allocated risk by contract.
“An exclusion of consequential damages set forth in advance in a commercial agreement between experienced business parties represents a bargained-for allocation of risk that is conscionable as a matter of law.”
Procedural preferences
A request to postpone summary judgment for discovery should identify the evidence sought and explain how it could affect the ruling.
“The nonmovant may not simply rely on vague assertions that discovery will produce needed, but unspecified, facts.”
Cautions
A reconsideration motion that merely raises arguments available before judgment does not satisfy the narrow standard for altering a ruling.
“On a motion to reconsider, the Court need not consider arguments that could have been, but were not, made.”
The court rejected an attempt to assert secured status for three claims after the bar date; the resulting change in distribution would prejudice other creditors.
“The Court finds no basis to permit the reclassification of the Claims after the bar date.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Mr. Landry’s motion to reconsider, ECF No. 89, is denied.”
“Summary judgment is denied for Tavakoli.”
“Summary judgment is granted in favor of Defendants Twomey and Epstein.”
“The 2024/2026 Noteholders’ Emergency Motion to Compel Production of Documents Withheld as Privileged (ECF No. 1293) is denied.”
“The motion to dismiss at ECF No. 17 is denied.”
“Counts II-VII are dismissed. The plaintiff is granted leave to replead Counts III-VII to contain well-plead allegations supporting Entrust’s claims for relief.”
“Bobs Limited is precluded from introducing any evidence of consequential damages, including but not limited to lost profits, at the final hearing on Debtors’ Objection to Claim No. 14 of Bobs Limited (ECF No. 850).”
“Summary judgment should be granted.”
“Tilden Capital Minerals, LLC’s request for relief from the Confirmation Order is denied”
“ORDER GRANTING TRIBOLET ADVISORS, LLC’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT”
“DENYING TRIUMPH ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT”
“1. The claims arising under section 24.006(b) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code asserted by James Katchadurian, in his role as Litigation Trustee of Northstar’s Litigation Trust, are dismissed. 2. The Trustee’s claims against the NGP Directors, the Northstar Directors, and NGP- NOG for breach of the duty of care are dismissed. 3. The Trustee may amend his Complaint. 4. All other relief sought in NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC, et al.’s motion to dismiss the Complaint is denied.”
“Samantha Springs may amend the debtor named in Proof of Claim No. 88-2.”
“1. Any allegations that Meridian Capital Foundation committed fraud are dismissed. 2. The balance of Meridian Capital Foundation’s motion to dismiss is denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Ten terminated matters had no retained entries, while five newer matters were still pending. Two routine request/order pairs were identifiable in one pending Chapter 13 docket, so no duration or merits-rate estimate is reported.
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