ORDER DENYING CONFIRMATION AND DISMISSING CASE DENNIS D. O'BRIEN, Bankruptcy Judge. This matter was heard on July 20, 2010, on confirmation of the debtor Tammy L. Hofer's Chapter 13 Plan. An objection was filed by Andreas Hofer, the debtor's former spouse. Jon Brakke appeared for the debtor and Allen Haugrud appeared for Andreas Hofer. The Court, having received and reviewed additional briefs filed by the parties and being fully advised in the matter, now makes this ORDER pursuant to the...
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR TRANSFER TO DISTRICT COURT GREGORY F. KISHEL, Bankruptcy Judge. This adversary proceeding is one among 200-plus commenced by the Plaintiff, in his capacity as trustee in the bankruptcy cases of Debtors Petters Company, Inc. ("PCI"), Petters Group Worldwide, LLC, and their related entities. It is part of a so-called "clawback" effort, undertaken to redress what is alleged to have been a large-scale Ponzi scheme that left 3.5 billion dollars or more in...
