United States Bankruptcy Court For The Western District Of Michigan Opinion And Order Regarding Sale Motion United States Bankruptcy Judge Chapter 7 trustee Thomas R. Tibble ( Trustee ) filed a motion for authority to sell certain real estate commonly known as 126 Ridgewood Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan (the Property ) for $67,000.00, free and clear of liens and other interests under 11 U.S.C. 363(f) (the Motion, Dn 29). The Motion identifies two liens asserted against the Property: a ...
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United States Bankruptcy Court For The Western District Of Michigan Opinion And Order Regarding Second Dismissal Motion United States Bankruptcy Judge I. Introduction Chapter 7 trustee Jeff A. Moyer (the Trustee ) alleges that debtor William K. Przybysz (the Debtor ) used several entities including the Miracle Match Foundation ( Mmf ) and Wkp Enterprises, Llc ( Wkpe and, with Mmf, collectively the Related Entities ) as instrumentalities to conduct a classic Ponzi scheme. 4. Alter Ego ...
United States Bankruptcy Court For The Western District Of Michigan Order Regarding Continuing Contempt United States Bankruptcy Judge Four months ago the court held Riverside Dental, P.C. (the Creditor ) in contempt of the discharge injunction of Michelle R. Moore (the Debtor ), based on the Debtor s credible testimony which established that the Creditor illegally garnished the Debtor s 2009 state tax refund in violation of 11 U.S.C. 524. Although a non-lawyer representative of the ...
Order Denying Motion For Entry Of Default Judgment Present: Honorable Scott W. Dales United States Bankruptcy Judge Plaintiff Sally Jo Jones (the Plaintiff ) filed a complaint to determine that a student loan she co-signed for the benefit of her son should be discharged as imposing an undue hardship under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(8). The Defendants are Sallie Mae, Inc. ( Sallie Mae ), who made the loan, and Gc Services Limited Partnership ( Gcs ), who is ...
97-88282 Order Regarding Request For Garnishment Writ Present: Honorable Scott W. Dales United States Bankruptcy Judge More than fifteen years ago, the court entered a consent judgment against debtordefendant Michael B. Moody, Jr., in favor of plaintiff Whirlpool Financial Corporation ( Whirlpool ). See Consent Judgment Declaring Debt to Whirlpool Financial Corporation NonDischargeable (the Judgment, Dn 4). Since obtaining the Judgment, Whirlpool has filed numerous requests for writs of ...
Mr. Knibbe s mortgage lender, Jp Morgan Chase Bank N.A. ( Chase ), through its counsel (Trott & Trott, P.C.), filed a motion for relief from the automatic stay on November 28, 2012 (the Motion, Dn 100). 2 This time, Mr. Knibbe did not change the title on Schedule D. 3 Mr. Knibbe scheduled Chase s debt on Schedule F as a mortgage in the undisputed amount of $243,903.00. Based on the Motion, Mr. Knibbe s response, the statements of the Trustee and Chase s counsel, the schedules, and the ...
Unlike an attorney or other professional whose authority to act for a debtor does not presumptively continue without court approval, O Keefe, as manager, is authorized under the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act, M.C.L. 440.4402, not just the Bankruptcy Code, to continue its management duties until the court finds a good reason to displace it under Section 1104. As the court acknowledged in its bench ruling, its conclusion that O Keefe is management, rather than a professional to be ...
Next, Mr. Hu filed a Rule 59 Motion to Vacate Dismissal on January 15, 2013 (the Rule 59 Motion, Dn 71), which the court will treat as referring to Rule 59 s bankruptcy cousins, Fed. On that same date, he filed a Motion for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief Under Rule 7065 that Local Rule 5.7(i) of this District Court is Facially Unconstitutional (the Declaratory Judgment Motion, Dn 72). While those motions were pending, Mr. Hu filed yet another motion, this one seeking an order...
Dk 10-14592 Chapter 7 Hon. Scott W. Dales Order Denying Motion To Reconsider Lift Stay Order Present: Honorable Scott W. Dales United States Bankruptcy Judge The court granted the motion of Jp Morgan Chase Bank N.A. ( Chase ) for relief from the automatic stay in an Order entered on January 11, 2013 (the Lift Stay Order ). Mr. Knibbe opposed Chase s motion, and has timely filed a motion to reconsider the Lift Stay Order (the Reconsideration Motion, Dn 109). The court has carefully ...
United States Bankruptcy Court For The Western District Of Michigan In re: Stamp Farms, L.L.C., et al. Despite this consensus, the United States Trustee continued to challenge the propriety of the Break Up Fee that the Debtors and their stalking horse bidder, Boersen Farms, Inc. ( Boersen Farms ), prescribed in the Asset Purchase Agreement ( Apa, Dn 265-1) at 4.4. In his opinion, which the court shares, Boersen Farms would not have agreed to incur the expense and...