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Judge Deborah L. Thorne
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
08/07/2025 In re Yerusha, LLC

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....

04/18/2025 Avi Emanuel v. Donald R. Miller (In re Donald R. Miller)

23bk00363, 23ap00095
Plaintiff filed an adversary complaint, asking the court to find non-dischargeable a debt incurred by the Debtor’s conversion of the Plaintiff’s motorcycle. HELD: The debt is nondischargeable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6).

04/15/2025 In re Michelle Davis-Peters; In re Gordon J. Woods

24bk09311 and 24bk14211
Ch. 13 Debtors objected to servicers’ claims for projected escrow shortages, arguing the claims were not prepetition defaults. HELD: Under the bankruptcy code and rules, as well as RESPA (the relevant nonbankruptcy law), escrow shortages are prepetition claims....

Judge Donald R. Cassling
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
07/31/2025 In re Carol A. Chandler

25 B 00596

06/26/2025 Jennifer Smith v. S.A.I.L., LLC (In re Jennifer Smith)

24 B 07529, 24 A 00243

04/25/2025 In re Dewayne C. Jackson

24 B 18391

Judge David D. Cleary
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
07/24/2025 Butler v. City of Chicago (In re Adrienne L. Butler)

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...

05/23/2025 Mogan v. Sacks, Glazier, Franklin and Lodise LLP, Klinedinst, P.C. and Natasha Mayat (In re Michael Scott Mogan)

22 B 01957, 23 A 0330
Chapter 11 individual debtor/plaintiff sued a party that filed a proof of claim as well as its attorneys, asserting claims for relief under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss. Plaintiff requested time to file an amended...

04/22/2025 In re Antoine Collins

24 B 17304
Debtor filed for relief under the Bankruptcy Code.  Since this was his third bankruptcy case within a year, he also filed a motion to impose stay.  Debtor sent notice of the motion to impose stay to tax purchaser Newline Holdings at the address of the attorney who had...

Judge Thomas M. Lynch
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
07/18/2025 In re Cenergy LLC; In re Cenergy II, LLC; In re Consumers Cooperative Association of Eau Claire

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...

Judge Michael B. Slade
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
07/18/2025 In re Marla C. Martin 24-bk-13368

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

07/10/2025 In re Lutheran Home and Services for the Aged, Inc., et al. 25-01705

Tort Plaintiff Motions to Lift Automatic Stay

06/25/2025 In re Felipe Nery Gomez 23 B 3023

Application to Waive Fee to File Appeal

06/10/2025 Richmond Family Living Estate v. Lake County Clerk of Court, et al. (In re Antwan Richmond) 24 B 17310, 25 ap 00077

Motion to Dismiss Adversary Complaint

04/01/2025 In re VMR Contractors, Inc. 22-bk-14211

Modification of Collective Bargaining Agreement under Section 1113

03/18/2025 In re Jose Servin 16-bk-39971

Motion to Reopen Closed Case

Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
06/11/2025 In re H & H Fast Properties Inc.

23 BK 16874
In this matter a Debtor agreed to settle state court mortgage foreclosure litigation and various bankruptcy case issues, entering into a written agreement. It filed a motion to approve the settlement but withdrew the motion before the hearing date.

The...

05/13/2025 Paloian v. Byline Bank (In re Robert M. Kowalski)

18 BK 09130, 19 AP 00626
Post-petition after being notified of the Debtor’s Chapter 11 case (later converted to Chapter 7), Byline Bank paid $352,166.35 to Bank of America for 36 cashier’s checks the Debtor purchased pre-petition but did not disclose in his bankruptcy schedules.  Most...

04/01/2025 In re Thomas Robert Leavens

21 BK 12369
In a chapter 7 case, a dispute between creditors arose regarding the proper disposition of funds from a settlement of a malpractice claim against the Debtor. The Debtor was formerly the attorney for two creditors, Brent Duke (“Duke”) and 21 Century Smoking, Inc. (“21”). Pre...

Judge Timothy A. Barnes
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
04/04/2025 The Illinois Department of Employment Security v. Davis (In re Antoinette D. Davis)

23bk07879, 23ap00285
On a complaint by the Illinois Department of Employment Security seeking a determination of nondischargeability under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a) on a debt arising out of allegedly improperly paid employment benefits, held:  Prior to commencing her bankruptcy case, the...

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