Catherine J. Furay
How Judge Furay rules, drawn from 13 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Furay
Catherine J. Furay has served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin since January 2013. She is the court's chief bankruptcy judge.
Judge Furay's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Furay, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
Key rules
Trial
Counsel must mark each exhibit with a label showing whose exhibit it is and the hearing date.
“THE LABELS MUST BE MARKED TO SHOW THE NAME OF THE PARTY WHOSE EXHIBIT IT IS AND THE DATE OF THE HEARING.”
Trial
Plaintiff or creditor exhibits use blue labels and numbers 1–99; defendant or debtor exhibits use yellow labels and numbers 100–199.
“BLUE- Plaintiff/Creditor, 1-99 and Yellow- Defendant/Debtor, 100-199.”
Trial
Counsel must file an electronic exhibit list with each exhibit as a separate PDF attachment.
“The electronic copy shall be filed on the docket through CM/ECF. The exhibit list should be filed as the main document and each exhibit should be filed/attached as a separate PDF attachment”
Trial
Counsel must deliver a tabbed, single-sided paper exhibit set to the court three business days before the hearing or trial.
“The paper copy shall be single-sided, with each exhibit tabbed and stickered as described above. The paper copy is required to be delivered to the Court three (3) business days prior to the date of the hearing/ trial.”
Trial
Counsel must bring a second paper exhibit set for witnesses on the day of the final hearing or trial.
“The Court requires a second paper copy, to be brought to Court on the day of the final hearing/trial, for use by the witness(es) under examination.”
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 11, 2026).
How Judge Furay decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Cautions
An intentional act alone did not establish a willful injury where the complaint lacked facts supporting an intent to cause the resulting harm.
“While a report to law enforcement is an intentional act, no facts are pled to support the conclusion that the injuries complained of by Plaintiffs were intended to occur.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Based on the above and the record and file, the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Complaint for failure to state a claim under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7012(b) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) is hereby granted.”
“the Debtor’s motion to allow an untimely proof of claim for Summit’s secured claim is denied.”
“The Debtors’ objection to the Credit Union’s proof of claim is OVERRULED.”
“For the forego-ing reasons, the Motion for Relief from Stay is granted.”
“For the reasons set forth above, sanctions under either Rule 9011 or section 1927 are not warranted.”
“Summary judgment is GRANTED in favor of the Department and against Mr. Sanderson.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Trustee’s objection is sustained. The homestead exemption is denied with respect to the Vacant Parcel.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Trustee’s objection is SUSTAINED.”
“The objection of the Trustee is sustained and the exemption is denied.”
“Based on the foregoing findings of fact and conclusions of law, the Defendants’ motion is granted.”
“Citibank holds a valid, perfected mortgage against the Debtors' homestead.”
“The Plaintiffs may strip off the wholly unsecured junior lien of Nationstar pursuant to sections 506(a) and 1322(b)(2).”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All five sampled matters were terminated. Three streams supplied 12 express motion outcomes, while the other two supplied no separately classifiable disposition.
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