ORDER BEN BARRY , Bankruptcy Judge . Before the Court is a Motion For Contempt filed by the debtor on August 7, 2014, against creditor Arkansas Department of Workforce Services [DWS]. In his motion, the debtor alleges that DWS violated the Court's discharge order dated April 23, 2013, by obtaining and refusing to return the debtor's tax refunds for the 2012 tax year. DWS filed its Amended Response to Motion For Contempt on August 20, 2014. The Court heard the motion and response on...
ORDER AND OPINION GRANTING TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO ENFORCE SETTLEMENT BUT DENYING RELIEF REQUESTED BEN BARRY, Bankruptcy Judge. On April 3, 2013, Richard L. Cox, the chapter 11 trustee appointed in this case, filed his Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement and Compel Arvest Bank's Delivery of Documents [Motion to Enforce], seeking the enforcement of a settlement agreement between Arvest Bank [Arvest]; Robert and Julia Griffin [Griffin]; and four of Griffin's companies: Stinson, Inc. [Stinson],...
ORDER DENYING TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO DEFER FILING FEES IN APs 5:13-ap-7103 AND 5:13-ap-7106 and ORDER TO PAY FILING FEES IN APs 5:12-ap-7079 AND 5:12-ap-7106 BEN BARRY, Bankruptcy Judge. Before the Court is the Trustee's Application to Defer Filing Fee for Adversary Proceeding filed in adversary proceeding 5:13-ap-7103 on December 13, 2013, and Trustee's Application to Defer Filing Fee for Adversary Proceeding filed in adversary proceeding 5:13-ap-7106 on December 16, 2013. The Court held a...
ORDER BEN BARRY, Bankruptcy Judge. On October 18, 2013, the Court held a trial in the above-captioned adversary proceeding between plaintiff John T. Lee [Lee], chapter 7 panel trustee in the underlying bankruptcy case, and defendants Ocwen Loan, LLC and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company [collectively, Ocwen]. At the conclusion, the Court took the matter under advisement and, at the request of the parties, allowed the parties until November 15 to file post-trial briefs. Lee asserts in his...
