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Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
01/09/2015 In re Samuel L. Brimmage; Samuel L. Brimmage v. Quantum3 Group LLC and Elite Recovery Acquisitions, LLC

13 B 29753, 14 A 00674
In this Chapter 13 adversary proceeding, the Debtor-Plaintiff, Samuel Brimmage, alleges that the Defendants, Quatnum3 Group LLC and Elite Recovery Acquisition, LLC, violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by filing a proof of claim on a debt that...

12/17/2014 In re Dennis Wians & Dorothea Wians; Kenneth Wians, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Clara Wians v. Dennis Wians and Dorothea Wians

13 B 38149, 14 A 00177
In this Chapter 7 adversary proceeding, Plaintiff Kenneth Wians, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Clara Wians, filed a Motion for entry of Summary Judgment against Defendant Dennis Wians on a complaint seeking to except a debt from discharge under...

11/07/2014 In re Tiffany Armstrong

14 B 18107
In this unpublished decision, the Court denied the Motion of Oasis Legal Finance, LLC (“Oasis”) to Alter or Amend portions of its Order disapproving a reaffirmation agreement where (1) Oasis appeared to tie enforcement of its claim to the Debtor’s receipt of a workers...

11/07/2014 In re Luis Medina, Jr.

14 B 27755
In this Chapter 11 proceeding, the Debtor’s sixth bankruptcy filing in four years, the Court dismissed Debtor’s case for cause under 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b)(1), finding that the Debtor’s financial circumstances made it clear that he would be unable to propose a confirmable plan...

10/21/2014 In re Castle Home Builders, Inc., et al.

11 B 19428 (jointly administered)
In this post-confirmation Chapter 11 proceeding, the Reorganized Debtor filed a Motion to Enforce Confirmation Order and For the Imposition for Sanctions, arguing that notwithstanding the modified mortgage terms set forth in its Confirmed Plans,...

09/08/2014 In re Arturo Vazquez

13 B 32174
In this Chapter 7 proceeding, the Debtor scheduled a 2013 federal tax refund in the amount of $10,576, of which he claimed $3,000 as an exempt public assistance benefit under 735 ILCS 5/12-1001(g)(1).

Trustee David Leibowitz objected, arguing that the child...

08/21/2014 Estate of Stanley Cora v. John C. Jahrling (In re John C. Jahrling)

12 B 50628, 13 A 00688
In this Chapter 7 proceeding, Plaintiff, the Estate of Stanley Cora, filed an amended adversary proceeding against the Debtor, John C. Jahrling, under sections 523(a)(4), 523(a)(6), 727(a)(3) and 727(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code asking that a debt be held...

Judge Timothy A. Barnes
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
12/31/2014 Ebner v. Kaiser, et al. (In re Jordan Kaiser)

11 B 41555, 13 A 01243
Upon certain defendants’ motions to dismiss the Trustee’s fraudulent conveyance adversary complaint on statute of limitations grounds, the Trustee argues that it may rely on such longer statute of limitations as may be applicable to the IRS as an actual...

10/15/2014 Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. v. Stephen A. Wolf (In re Stephen A. Wolf)

11 B 00701, 11 A 00966
Upon the Creditor’s commenced adversary complaint against Debtor seeking a determination that a debt allegedly owed by the Debtor to the Creditor is nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(6), wherein the Creditor alleged that the debtor obtained...

09/17/2014 In re Violeta Jakovljevic-Ostojic

13 B 27271
Upon the court’s issuance, sua sponte, of an order to show cause as to why the bankruptcy case of debtor Violeta Jakovljevic-Ostojic should not be dismissed for cause pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 707(a), held: the Debtor’s actions demonstrate a lack of good faith in filing this...

09/11/2014 Susan K. Cervac v. Kimberly A. Littman (In re Kimberly A. Littman)

11 B 38875, 12 A 00155

Upon the Debtor’s motion to vacate the court’s summary judgment order, held:  The Debtor failed to establish sufficient grounds under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59 or 60 to set aside or modify this court’s previous grant of summary judgment based, in part,...

08/18/2014 In re Kent Allen Woods

13 B 39194
Upon the Motion of Leticia Zaragoza for Relief from the Automatic Stay Pending Arbitration, brought by Leticia Zaragoza (the “Movant”), held:  The Movant has failed to demonstrate cause for relief from stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(d).  The Movant’s assertion that the Chicago...

Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
12/22/2014 In re John Paul Strauss; Bank of Commerce & Trust Co. v. John Paul Strauss

12 B 10839, 12 A 00943

08/27/2014 In re Michael H. Meltzer

13 B 31151

Judge Janet S. Baer
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
10/30/2014 In re River Road Hotel Partners, LLC

09 B 30029
Debtors’ financial advisor filed an application for compensation that included a request for a “restructuring fee” based on the percentage of indebtedness involved in any restructuring. Plan transferee objected to the restructuring fee because the restructuring that took...

09/30/2014 Carter v. Sallie Mae, Illinois Student Assistance Commission, U.S. Department of Education, and Educational Credit Management Corporation (In re Carter)

12 B 35492, 12 A 01889
Pro se debtor Gabriela Carter commenced an adversary proceeding seeking to discharge her educational loan debt owed to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and Educational Credit Management Corporation pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8).  The issue...

Judge Thomas M. Lynch
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
09/30/2014 In re Frueh

14-B-81029

09/26/2014 In re Primes

13 B 83310
Illinois law generally required judicial foreclosure to involuntarily terminate a mortgagor’s interest in real property, 735 ILCS 5/15-1106. Execution, delivery and recording of Debtor’s quit claim deed was ineffective to transfer title in property to bank. Debtor could...

08/25/2014 In re Perry Moy

12 B 81564

Judge Donald R. Cassling
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
09/24/2014 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as receiver for the Arcola Homestead Savings Bank v. Kenneth Barrick (In re Kenneth R. Barrick)

12 B 02646, 12 A 01280

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