Summary:

In In re Lombrano, Judge Kahn confronted the all-too-common BAPCPA problem of repeat filings colliding head-on with the automatic stay provisions. Ms. Lombrano—pro se—had filed three bankruptcy cases in under five months, two Chapter 7s (one dismissed for filing defects and jurisdictional issues, the next for nonpayment of the fee) followed by this Chapter 13.

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Judge Warren’s latest sanctions order reads like a greatest-hits compilation of the Eastern District’s prior encounters with bankruptcy document forgery—Wilds, Purdy, and now Williams—but with one glaring distinction: unlike Ms. Sugar, whose saga wound its way to the Fourth Circuit and back on the strength of a plausible (and ultimately successful) reliance on counsel argument, Deja Williams had no attorney to blame but herself.

Available at:  https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/ncbi/vol29/iss1/19

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Available at:  https://ssrn.com/abstract=5647631 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5647631

Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5641971 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5641971

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In In re Peters, Judge Kahn addressed a  recurring question: when Chapter 13 debtors propose to pay unsecured claims in full under §1325(b)(1)(A), must those creditors also receive post-petition interest?

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The Fourth Circuit, by an 8–6 vote, declined to rehear Bestwall LLC v.

Available at:   https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4903302

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In this unpublished October 15, 2025, decision, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the rulings of the Bankruptcy Court and the Eastern District of Virginia in a messy dispute arising from the dissolution of a small limousine company, All American Black Car Service, Inc. (“AABCS”). The case reads like a familiar tale of closely-held corporate dissolution gone awry—complete with COVID-era losses, unwritten understandings, and shareholder distrust—transposed into the bankruptcy context.