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Judge David D. Cleary
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
02/17/2022 In re: Robert Smith, Jr.

21 B 12101
Debtor filed a chapter 13 plan that proposed to separately classify a nondischargeable claim and pay it in full while other unsecured creditors receive a 10% distribution.  The Chapter 13 Trustee objected to confirmation on the grounds that the plan unfairly discriminated...
12/17/2021 In re Cecilia Gonzalez

21 B 1498
Mortgagee Byline Bank sought to vacate confirmation of Debtor’s chapter 13 plan under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b).  HELD: Motion denied.  First, Byline’s mistake in confusing this debtor with another did not support relief under Rule 60(b)(1) for “mistake, inadvertence, surprise,...
11/24/2021 In re Golden Fleece Beverages, Inc.

21 B 12228
Attorneys filed application to be employed as a subchapter V chapter 11 debtor’s substitute counsel.  Their application included a request for approval of a postpetition retainer.  The U.S. Trustee objected, arguing that the Bankruptcy Code does not expressly provide for...
09/15/2021 In re Kahniyah Corder

21 B 10189
Creditor Future Finance, which held a nonpossessory secured claim against the Debtor’s car, repossessed that car prepetition.  After Debtor filed for relief under chapter 13, she demanded that Future Finance return the car.  When it did not, Debtor filed a motion for...
Judge Deborah L. Thorne
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
02/16/2022 Republic Bank of Chicago v. Spero A. Poulos (In re Spero A. Poulos)

20-05379, 20-00388
01/05/2022 In re Magnolia Storage and Logistics, LLC

21-12475
12/08/2021 Latonya D. Kitchen and Karensa Hutchens v. Fund Recovery Services, LLC (In re Argon Credit LLC)

16-39654, 21-00048
09/13/2021 In re Bessie Robinson

21-07774
Judge Thomas M. Lynch
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
02/07/2022 In re David R. Faccone

20-81450
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
01/12/2022 Patrick S. Layng, U.S. Trustee v. Waseem Khan (In re Waseem Khan)

20 B 17315, 21 A 67
11/05/2021 Shawn S. Prate

19 B 9980
09/07/2021 Patrick S. Layng, U.S. Trustee v. Waseem Khan (In re Waseem Khan)

20 B 17315, 21 A 00067
Judge Timothy A. Barnes
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
12/06/2021 Cordova v. City of Chicago (In re Emelida Cordova)

19bk06255, 19ap00684
Upon the motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ complaint, brought by the defendant for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), held:  the motion to dismiss is largely predicated on the belief that the...
10/29/2021 Herzog v. Ferguson (In re Eric Ferguson)

20bk17679, 20ap00426
Upon the complaint, brought by plaintiff/trustee, objecting to the defendant/debtor’s discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(5) based on the debtor’s failure to satisfactorily explain the dissipation of $70,159.22 in the year prior to filing for bankruptcy, following...
Judge Donald R. Cassling
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
11/16/2021 In re Jelena Dordevic

20 B 09807
10/05/2021 Philip V. Martino, not individually, but solely in his capacity as the duly appointed Trustee for the estate of Sohail A. Shakir, v. Sohail A. Shakir et al.(In re Sohail A. Shakir)

20 B 01252, 21 A 00008
09/22/2021 Gus Paloian v. Jorgovanka Dordevic (In re Jelena Dordevic)

20 B 09807, 20 A 00340
09/21/2021 Renew Packaging, LLC v. Camilo Andres Ferro (In re Camilo Andres Ferro)

20 B 10492, 20 A 00273
Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
11/12/2021 In re Robert M. Kowalski

18 BK 09130
A receiver appointed by a domestic relations judge seeks over $150,000 in administrative expenses for discovering assets that did not bring value to the bankruptcy estate.  The request was denied.
10/13/2021 Paloian v. Byline Bancorp, Inc. et al. (In re Robert M. Kowalski)

18 BK 09130, 19 AP 00626
The Trustee filed an adversary proceeding against Byline Bank alleging conversion and violation of the automatic stay because the bank cashed cashier’s checks for the Debtor and his sister that the Debtor purchased pre-petition. The sister, an attorney,...

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