Connecticut Bankruptcy Court

Case number: 5:26-bk-50371 - JSM Properties, LLC - Connecticut Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
Case title
JSM Properties, LLC
Court
Connecticut (ctbke)
Chapter
11
Judge
Julie A. Manning
Filed
05/22/2026
Last Filing
05/28/2026
Asset
Yes
Vol
v
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FeeDueINST, SmBus, DISMISSED




U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of Connecticut (Bridgeport)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 26-50371

Assigned to: Julie A. Manning
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset
Date filed:  05/22/2026

Debtor

JSM Properties, LLC

130 Deer Hill Avenue
Unit 13
Danbury, CT 06810
FAIRFIELD-CT
Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX
represented by
Josephine Smalls Miller

Josephine S. Miller
130 Deer Hill Avenue, Suite 13
Danbury, CT 06810
203-512-2795
Fax : 203-702-5188
Email: [email protected]

U.S. Trustee

U. S. Trustee

Office of the U.S. Trustee
Giaimo Federal Building
150 Court Street, Room 302
New Haven, CT 06510
(203)773-2210
 
 

Latest Dockets
Date Filed#Docket Text
05/28/20265Docket Text
BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document.
(RE: 4 Generate BNC Notice/Form).
Notice Date 05/28/2026. (Admin.) (Entered: 05/29/2026)
05/26/20264Docket Text
ECF No. 3 has been Generated for BNC Noticing to all creditors. (lw) (Entered: 05/26/2026)
05/26/20263Docket Text

ORDER DISMISSING CHAPTER 11 CASE FOR FAILURE TO PAY FILING FEE. On May 22, 2026, JSM Properties LLC (the "Debtor") filed a Chapter 11 voluntary petition and an Application to Pay Filing Fees in Installments (the "Application," ECF No. 2). The Debtor did not use Official Form 103A—Application for Individuals to Pay the Filing Fee in Installments—when it sought to pay the Chapter 11 case filing fee in installments. Official Form 103A is to be used only by individuals and not a corporate entity, such as the Debtor. Only an "individual" debtor may seek to pay the filing fee in installments pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006(b)(1) and 28 U.S.C. § 1930, and on its face, Official Form 103A can only be used by individual debtors. See, e.g., In re Balance Life Better Enhancement Corp., No. 25-41075, 2025 WL 428390, at *1 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. Feb. 6, 2025); In re Glover, No. 13-12445, 2014 WL 688095, at *7 n.4 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. Feb. 19, 2014); see also In re Chateaugay Corp., 920 F.2d 183,186–87 (2d Cir. 1990) (holding that corporations or artificial entities are not "individual[s]" under section 362(h)).

The nature of the responsibilities and obligations of a debtor in a Chapter 11 case are extensive, see e.g., 11 U.S.C. § 1107. If a Chapter 11 case filing fee cannot be paid upon filing of the petition, the case is not likely sustainable. Because: (i) Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006(a) provides "[u]nless (b) or (c) applies, every petition must be accompanied by the filing fee;" (ii) the Debtor is a limited liability company and therefore Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006(b) and (c) do not apply; (iii) the Chapter 11 petition filed by the Debtor was not accompanied by the filing fee, it is hereby

ORDERED: The Debtor's case is DISMISSED for the failure of the Debtor to pay the Chapter 11 case filing fee of $1,738.00 upon filing of the petition. Signed by Judge Julie A. Manning on May 26, 2026.

(RE: 1)
(lw) (Entered: 05/26/2026)

05/22/20262Docket Text
Application to Pay Filing Fee in Installments Filed by Josephine Smalls Miller on behalf of JSM PROPERTIES LLC, Debtor. (Miller, Josephine) (Entered: 05/22/2026)
05/22/20261Docket Text
Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition Filed by JSM PROPERTIES LLC Fee by Installments Requested.

All schedules and statements filed with the petition. (Miller, Josephine) (Entered: 05/22/2026)