Francis G. Conrad
How Judge Conrad rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Conrad no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Conrad decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A redemption procedure remained in force because the required filing supplied the information needed for the court to determine compliance with the Bankruptcy Code.
“Our Order simply demands that the information needed to determine whether these agreements comply with the Code be supplied to this Court, no more and no less.”
Procedural preferences
The court used discretionary dismissal to allow a state to litigate in a concurrent state forum even after rejecting its constitutional immunity argument.
“we will exercise our discretion to allow the State to litigate the matter in the State Courts, which have concurrent jurisdiction to determine the issues”
Cautions
An administrative freeze on a post-petition tax refund violated the automatic stay and the confirmed Chapter 13 plan, resulting in damages and fees.
“IRS’ V-freeze violated §§ 362(a)(3) and (6), and that the V-freeze as instituted was is in contempt of Debtors’ Chapter 13 Plan Confirmation Order”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Paeplow is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the Tannebergers’ § 523(a)(4) claim.”
“We deny Paeplow’s Motion to Dismiss the Tannebergers’ § 523(a)(6) claim because a cause of action has been stated.”
“We find that IRS’ V-freeze violated §§ 362(a)(3) and (6), and that the V-freeze as instituted was is in contempt of Debtors’ Chapter 13 Plan Confirmation Order.”
“We deny Sears request to modify General Order No. 98-01.”
“The Motion is denied because emotional damages may be compensable under § 362(h).”
“Debtor’s motion for summary judgment is denied and Creditor’s motion is granted.”
“We deny Debtor’s Motion to Assume”
“Confirmation of Debtor’s plan, having as its sole purpose assumption of the residential real property lease, is denied as submitted.”
“Creditor’s motions for relief from stay are granted”
“That motion is granted.”
On remand, the court valued the commercial property and retained the confirmation interest rate after evaluating depreciation and default risk.
“FDIC’s Motion for Summary Judgment is granted and IBG’s Motion for Summary Judgment is denied.”
“We hold that issuance of the Certificate would violate the automatic stay.”
“We deny Defendants’ Motion for Mandatory Abstention and Remand”
“refuse the request to dismiss the case for bad faith.”
“We sustain Creditor’s objection, holding that her lien is not avoidable.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All five sampled matters were terminated, but their retained docket streams contained no entries.
A historical record
Judge Conrad 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.