That I might be accused of flip-flopping never prevents me from changing my views when facts and circumstances warrant. So with James E. Frankel & Jill S. Wollman, Docket No. 19692-23L, filed 8/29/24 (two (count ’em, two) orders).

I’ve written in the past of the usefulness of the stamped motion; see my blogpost “Make It Easy,” 8/21/20, where I praised that Obliging Jurist Judge David Gustafson’s support for making it easy for judges to grant motions by simply stamping the motion paper “GRANTED”, rather than spending time and electrons drafting an order.

But that doesn’t always work. IRS wants summary J, and Jim & Jill want out. And in a CDP, Wagner lets them out. But Judge James S. (“Big Jim”) Halpern thinks he should have issued an order when instead he stamped the motion paper.

And he’s right, of course. A motion disposing of the whole case, as this one does, needs a formal sendoff.

So he gives one. Maybe stamp out some stamp outs.