24bk13074, 24ap00405
On a complaint by the Plaintiff seeking a determination of nondischargeability under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a) on a debt arising out of the failure to return the security deposit for a short-term property rental, held:  The Plaintiff is owed a debt of $19,644 plus...

24bk08399
Order Denying Debtor’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying in Part and Granting in Part Creditors’ Motion for Summary Judgment.

23bk06974
The court denied the Trustee’s motion to modify the Debtor’s chapter 13 plan. The Debtor was involved in a motor vehicle accident and was injured. Afterwards, the Debtor hired a personal injury attorney and amended his Schedules to disclose the personal injury claim. The...

25bk09698
The court denied the debtor’s motion to voluntarily dismiss his chapter 7 case. The chapter 7 filing was the debtor’s third bankruptcy petition in the last year. Although the schedules filed in this and the prior cases were less than complete, the debtor is the owner of multi...

23bk11753, 24ap00184
Plaintiff filed an adversary proceeding seeking to deny the debtors’ discharge under 11 U.S.C. §§ 727(a)(2)(A), (a)(4)(A) and (a)(5). HELD: The debtors’ numerous false statements and omissions were sufficient to support a finding of fraudulent intent under § 727(a...

25bk00341, 25ap00068
Plaintiff filed a 12-count adversary complaint, including claims over which the bankruptcy court had “related to” jurisdiction. Defendant stated it did not consent to the bankruptcy court’s entry of final orders and moved to dismiss several counts and strike some...

24bk01640
City of Chicago filed an application of administrative expenses for fines Debtor incurred for post-petition municipal code violations related to Debtor’s vacant lots. Debtor objected that the lots were vacant and produced no income, and thus they did not qualify under 11 U.S....

Motion to Dismiss Chapter 7 Case of Deceased Debtor

Objection to Late-Filed Claim

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law re Complaint to Deny Discharge per 11 U.S.C. §§ 727(a)(2) and 727(c)(1)

Rule 59(e) Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment.

Rule 9011(b) Sanctions for Cites Hallucinated by Artificial Intelligence

Tort Plaintiff Motions to Lift Automatic Stay

Application to Waive Fee to File Appeal

22 B 03672, 24 A 00229
Frank J. Kokoszka, chapter 7 trustee (the “Trustee”) for the estate of Gamal S. Naguib and Analida Naguib (the “Debtors”), filed an adversary complaint against the Debtors’ children Deborah Naguib and James Anthony and their businesses Selective Liquors LLC and...

22-10701, 24-00227
In this adversary proceeding a creditor sought and obtained a ruling that a debt owed him not be discharged.  The debtor obtained a $ 1 million loan by falsely stating the purpose of the loan and his financial condition and ability to repay it.

25 B 00596

24 B 07529, 24 A 00243

17 B 25014, 22 A 189
Following remand, Defendant City of Chicago filed a second motion to dismiss Plaintiff Adrienne Butler’s amended complaint seeking relief under 11 U.S.C. § 362(k) for violations of §§ 362(a)(2), (a)(4) and (a)(6).  The City argued that Butler did not have standing...

23-11558 (WIWB); 23-11559 (WIWB); 23-11560 (WIWB)
After confirmation of a chapter 11 Plan of reorganization which merged the three named Debtors into the Reorganized Debtor, the U.S. Trustee filed a motion to dismiss the case based on the failure to file quarterly reports and pay...