Patricia C. Williams
How Judge Williams rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Williams no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Williams decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
An expert challenge to the sufficiency of financial evidence carried no weight when the expert had not reviewed that evidence.
“An opinion that insufficient evidence exists cannot be supported”
Visible occupancy imposed a duty on later lienholders to investigate the residents' rights before claiming priority.
“lienholder had a duty to make reasonable and prudent inquiry as to the terms of that occupancy”
Procedural preferences
Fee requests were reduced when they included unrelated proceedings or work beyond the compensable scope.
“The requested fees are reduced for the reasons explained”
A debtor's record-preservation duty remained central even when missing information might be obtainable from third parties.
“This is not a discovery dispute.”
Cautions
Ordinary financial setbacks and a failed loan modification did not establish the unusual circumstances needed to take continuing mortgage payments outside the plan.
“circumstances which would lead to an exception to the local rule.”
Administrative student-loan repayment relief deferred debt rather than providing the fresh start of a bankruptcy discharge.
“The focus of the ICRP is on deferral, not discharge, of debt. This is the antithesis of a fresh start.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“This results in a total award of fees of $38,789.00.”
“STRICKEN and an order will be entered accordingly.”
“The court will enter an order granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike”
“social security income in the calculation of projected disposable income is overruled.”
“to Dismiss are DENIED.”
“therefore will not result in a denial of”
“defendants are denied a discharge on that basis.”
“this alone results in a denial of discharge.”
“income received during the last half of 2010 has not been satisfactorily explained.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is DENIED.”
“This Court finds that the equities require that the Plaintiff’s Motion for Remand be DENIED.”
“On August 9, 2011, the Court granted the Trustee’s motion”
“filed on March 9, 2011 is DENIED.”
“this court will GRANT the United States’ Motion to”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All ten sampled matters were terminated, and the sampled dockets contained no entries.
A historical record
Judge Williams 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.