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Jackson Hospital Chapter 11 Motion Denied

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama denied the debtors' emergency motion to amend employment applications for Burr & Forman LLP, Eisner Advisory Group LLC, Gilpin Givhan PC, and Memory Memory & Causby LLP, rejecting the request to expand their scope of employment to include representation of the Medical Clinic Board of the City of Montgomery. The court found that while the debtors' operations are intertwined with Medical Clinic Board assets, the Medical Clinic Board has independent corporate authority and the proposed representation created an impermissible conflict of interest. UMB Bank N.A. had filed an objection to the motion, which the court granted.

Roy Phifer Chapter 13 Motion to Reconsider Denied

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama denied Roy Phifer's Motion to Reconsider September 26, 2025 Orders on October 22, 2025, upholding the original orders in the Chapter 13 case. The denial follows extended disputes over the debtor's plan payments, which accumulated to $19,599.00 in delinquency, and questions about whether the automatic stay applied to commercial property titled in the debtor's business entity, RDL Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Vision Express Tours. The court's ruling preserves the existing payment obligations and clears the path for the pending Trustee's Motion to Dismiss to proceed.

Plaintiff Awarded $1,875 for Stay Violation

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama granted default judgment in favor of Wilma Yvon Wingfield and awarded $1,875.00 in actual damages against Block, Inc., doing business as Cash App, for willful violations of the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(a). The defendant continued debt collection efforts via at least 25 emails and text messages after receiving actual notice of the plaintiff's Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition filed on April 30, 2025. Defendant failed to appear at both the default judgment hearing and the evidentiary hearing on damages, and the court awarded the plaintiff only her incurred attorney fees as actual damages.