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Judge Thomas M. Lynch
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
05/10/2019 Jerome Maurice Davis v. CitiMortgage, Inc. (In re Davis)

11-81785, 14-96129
The court relinquished jurisdiction and dismissed without prejudice the Debtor’s adversary complaint challenging the validity of CitiMortgage, Inc.’s asserted lien in the Debtor’s residence. Because the bankruptcy case had closed, the plan had completed, and the...

02/27/2019 In re Brian and Jodi Colberg and Colberg Trucking, LLC (case 18-81064)

18-81032
Final applications for approval of fees and expenses of Debtors’ counsel granted in part and denied in part. Based on objections by the Chapter 12 Trustee, the court disallowed certain entries due to excessive time billed, duplication of services, unnecessary proceedings, and...

02/15/2019 In re Xhevdet and Fize Rushani

15-82590
USDA’s motion in chapter 13 case for relief from the automatic stay to pursue a foreclosure against Debtors’ residence granted after finding that Debtors were in default on the terms of the confirmed plan without justification or a request for modification and the...

02/01/2019 Michael Draka v. Joshua J. Andrea (In re Andrea)

18-80357, 18-96014
Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on determination of nondischargeability under § 523(a)(6) was denied after finding default judgment in state court not entitled to collateral estoppel.

Judge Timothy A. Barnes
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
04/30/2019 In re Christina Woodruff

17bk18780
On a chapter 13 debtor’s claim objection seeking a determination from the court of the nature, validity and amount of a tax purchaser’s claim in a chapter 13 case where the deadline to redeem the property taxes in question expired prepetition but no tax deed has been issued...

04/15/2019 In re Class A Properties Five, LLC

19bk00432
Upon the motion to dismiss brought by a creditor, alleging that the debtor filed a second petition for bankruptcy in violation of a court order that dismissed the debtor’s first bankruptcy case with prejudice, held: The dismissal of the debtor’s first case under bad faith...

01/03/2019 In re Kimball Hill, Inc., et al.

08bk10095
Upon a motion seeking enforcement of this court’s confirmation order and damages arising from the alleged violation by the debtors’ prepetition surety, filed by successor to the purchaser of assets in the above-captioned bankruptcy cases, the court having previously...

Judge Janet S. Baer
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
04/25/2019 Christopher Salgado v. David E. Lenoci, II (In re David E. Lenoci, II)

16 A 00223, 15 B 04436
Plaintiff Christopher Salgado filed an adversary complaint against debtor-defendant David E. Lenoci, II, seeking a determination that a state court judgment debt for battery is not dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6).  Salgado alleged that Lenoci struck...

03/22/2019 George Burciaga v. Alex D. Moglia (George Burciaga)

18 B 13481, 18 A 00212
Debtor George Burciaga filed an adversary complaint against chapter 7 trustee Alex D. Moglia, seeking a determination that certain severance pay is not property of the estate under 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1) but, rather, constitutes excluded post-petition earnings...

10/26/2018 Reuland v. Internal Revenue Service (Richard Reuland and Elizabeth Reuland)

12 B 17133, 18 A 00021
Plaintiffs Richard and Elizabeth Reuland (the “Reulands”) filed an adversary complaint against the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), seeking (1) a determination that the IRS had violated the discharge injunction by attempting to collect certain tax debt that...

Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
04/20/2019 In re James Thigpen

17 B 10161
The Debtor James Thigpen maintained two Social Security numbers and made false statements to obtain Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") benefits he was not entitled to.  He pleaded guilty and was convicted of embezzling money belonging to the United States.  The sentencing...

01/29/2019 Haifa Sharifeh v. Horace Fox, Jr., Trustee of the Debtor’s Bankruptcy Estate (In re Richard Sharif)

09-05868
On remand from the district court, after a trial, findings were made regarding an Intervenor's assertion that she had been denied due process when she was not served in an adversary proceeding where trust assets were found to be part of a bankruptcy estate in 2010.  The court...

Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
03/29/2019 In re Bruno Ranieri

15 B 20765

12/03/2018 In re Bruno L. Garzon

18 B 26026

10/23/2018 In re William A. Moss

18 B 2581

Judge Donald R. Cassling
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
03/06/2019 Chicago Patrolmen’s Federal Credit Union v. Maxwell (In re Robert Kevin Maxwell)

15 B 36715, 17 A 00480

11/20/2018 In re Wheelchair Sales & Services, Inc.

18 B 05186

10/23/2018 Cyrnek v. Oliva (In re Adam C. Oliva)

17 B 36365, 18 A 00189

Judge Deborah L. Thorne
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
01/10/2019 In re Argon Credit, LLC, et al.

16-39654

11/19/2018 N. Neville Reid, Trustee v. Michael Wolf, et al. (In re Michael A. Wolf)

14 B 27066, 16 A 00066

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