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Judge James W. Boyd Opinions

The Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan offers a database of opinions for the years 1999 to Current, listed by year and judge. For a more detailed search, enter the keyword or case number in the search box above.

Chief Judge Scott W. Dales

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

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)

 

 

 

11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(3)(A)

LBR 9013(c)

LBR 913-1(a)

LBR 5005-4(a)-(c)

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)

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