objection to claim; rule 2004 examination; mortgage; assignment; challenge; Newman v. Real Time Resolutions, 994 N.W.2d 852 (Mich. App. 2022); claim allowance; 11 U.S.C. § 502(a); 11 U.S.C. § 1307(b); 11 U.S.C. § 1327(a); default
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Judge James W. Boyd Opinions
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Chief Judge Scott W. Dales
chapter 7; Motion for Turnover; real estate; settlement; Writs of Continuing Garnishment; M.C.L. § 600.3201 et seq; restitution; 18 U.S.C. § 3613; United States v. Robinson (In re Robinson), 764 F.3d 554 (6th Cir. 2014); 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1); 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(6); property of the estate; entireties property; r M.C.L. § 557.71; 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(7)
Relief from Stay; proof of service; Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004(a)(9); statement of intention; reaffirmation agreement; 11 U.S.C. § 362(h)(1)(B); Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b); West v. Carpenter, 790 F.3d 693 (6th Cir. 2015); Zagorski v. Mays, 907 F.3d 901 (6th Cir. 2018); 11 U.S.C. § 522(c)(2); 11 U.S.C. § 362(h); 11 U.S.C. § 521(a)(2); In re Smith, 999 F.3d 452 (6th Cir. 2021); M.C.R. 3.105 (Claim and Delivery)
Summary Judgment
Rule 12(c)
Non-dischargeable debt
11 U.S.C. § 523(a)
11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4)-(5)
Debt for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity
Debt incurred for embezzlement committed by the debtor
Debt that is non-dischargeable as domestic support obligation
11 U.S.C. § 1328(a)
11 U.S.C. § 101(14A)(A)-(D)
11 U.S.C. § 101(5)
11 U.S.C. § 506(a)(1)
11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(1), (a)(5), and (a)(7)
11 U.S.C. § 553(a)
Chapter 13
Contempt
Taggart v. Lorenzen
Show Cause
11 U.S.C. § 362(k)
11 U.S.C. § 1306(a)(2)
11 U.S.C. § 1306(b)
Bankruptcy Rule 9020
Bankruptcy Rule 9014
Bankruptcy Rule 7062
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b)
11 U.S.C. § 542
18 U.S.C. § 3057
Conversion
Chapter 13
Chapter 7
11 U.S.C. § 1307(b)
Rule 9013
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1017(f)(2)
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9005
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9021
In re Smith, 999 F.3d 452, 455 (6th Cir. 2021)
Harris v. Viegelahn, 575 U.S. 510, 519 (2015)
Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assoc. Ltd., 507 U.S. 380, 397 (1993)
11 U.S.C. § 103(b) and (j), and § 707(a)
Chapter 13
Motion to Compel
24 C.F.R. § 203.604(b)
24 C.F.R. § 203.500; 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9011(c)
Rule 9011 and 9018
Rule 3002.1
Summary Judgment
Exception from discharge
11 U.S.C. § 523(c)
11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(2)(A), (a)(4), and (a)(6)
11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(13)
§ 1328(a)
Civil Consent Judgment
Issue Preclusion
Collateral Estoppel
Forum State
Corzin v. Fordu (In re Fordu), 201 F.3d 693, 703 (6th Cir. 1999)
Bicknell v. Stanley (In re Bicknell), 118 B.R. 652, 667 (N.D. Ind. 1990)
MicroVote General Corp. v. Indiana Election Comm'n, 924 N.E.2d 184 (Ind. App. 2010)
Brown v. Felsen, 442 U.S. 127 (1979)
Liz Transport, Inc. v. Haifley (In re Haifley), slip op. Adv. No. 14–1064, 2014 WL 7496334 (Bankr. N.D. Ind. Dec. 19, 2014)
Bartenwefer v. Buckley, 598 U.S. 69 (2023)
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9020
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9020
11 U.S.C. § 524(a)(2)
In re Orlandi, 612 B.R. 372, 381 (B.A.P. 6th Cir. 2020)
TWM Manufacturing Co. v. Dura Corp., 722 F.2d 1261, 1273 (6th Cir. 1983)
McCrone v. United States, 307 U.S. 61, 64 (1939)
Taggart v. Lorenzen, 587 U.S. 554 (2019)
In re City of Detroit, 614 B.R. 255, 264 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2020)
Gravatt v. United States, 100 Fed. Cl. 279 (2011)
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006(d)
In re Distefano, 611 B.R. 100, 103 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2019)
11 U.S.C. § 524(j)