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| Keywords/Topic | Date | Title | Description | Judge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Stay | 11/16/2010 | Lori R. Padilla v. Prestige Financial et al. |
The stay terminates by operation of law under 11 U.S.C. § 362(h) if the debtor fails to timely file a statement of intention in a converted chapter 7 case commenced under another chapter. - 2010 WL 4735820 (Bankr.D.N.M. 2010, J. Jacobvitz) |
Chief Judge Robert H. Jacobvitz | |
| Collateral Estoppel | 11/04/2010 | Buke, LLC a New Mexico limited liability company v. Eastburg |
Addresses application of collateral estoppel to establish facts in a non-dischargeability action based on a jury verdict. __ B.R. __, 2010 WL 4623798 (Bankr.D.N.M. 2010, J. Jacobvitz) |
Chief Judge Robert H. Jacobvitz | |
| Injunctions | 11/04/2010 | Buke, LLC a New Mexico limited liability company v. Eastburg |
Bankruptcy courts have authority to enjoin the prosecution of state court actions involving state law claims asserted by the plaintiff to be non-dischargeable in a pending adversary proceeding, but the Court declined to issue an injunction under the circumstances. |
Chief Judge Robert H. Jacobvitz | |
| Automatic Stay | 11/01/2010 | In re Greg Kendal Smith |
New Mexico agistor's lien. Nonapplicability of automatic stay. 2010 WL 4483312. |
Judge James Starzynski | |
| Summary Judgment | 10/15/2010 | Montoya v. HRW of Las Cruces, Inc. (In re Harry Carlton Wiley and Virginia Ruth Wiley) |
Summary judgment on Trustee's adversary against recipients of allegedly fraudulent transfer. Subrogation and New Mexico law. Equivalent value. 438 B.R. 331. |
Judge James Starzynski | |
| Exemptions | 10/14/2010 | In re Ronald A. Schena and Rachael Schena |
Debtors may not use federal non-bankruptcy exemptions when choosing federal bankruptcy exemptions. 439 B.R. 776. |
Judge James Starzynski | |
| Adversary | 10/14/2010 | Montoya v. HRW of Las Cruces, Inc. (In re Harry Carlton Wiley and Virginia Ruth Wiley) |
Trustee is seeking a declaration that assets of a trust (of which Debtor is trustee) are part of estate. Court denies motions to dismiss and discusses theories under which some or all assets may be bankruptcy estate property. 2010 WL 5185448. |
Judge James Starzynski | |
| Summary Judgment | 10/10/2010 | Dorris v. Chacon (In re Leopoldio Chacon) |
Motion for Summary Judgment by assault victim in section 523 dischargeability action. Debtor, who was plaintiff's caretaker, previously pled guilty to criminal sexual contact. Discussion of requirements for bankruptcy fiduciary defalcation. 438 B.R. 725. |
Judge James Starzynski | |
| Summary Judgment | 10/05/2010 | Grove v. Beaver (In re John Dryden Beaver and Susan Jayne Beaver) |
Motion for Summary Judgment, New Mexico collateral estoppel rules, default state court judgment. 437 B.R. 410. |
Judge James Starzynski | |
| Standing | 09/29/2010 | Bucchino v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
Debtors who had been denied access by a bank to funds in a bank account lacked standing to pursue a claim against the bank for willful violation of the stay where the debtors had made a claim of exemption as to the funds, but the exemption had not yet been allowed. |
Chief Judge Robert H. Jacobvitz |