Case number: 0:26-bk-15686 - M&L Express, LLC - Maryland Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    M&L Express, LLC

  • Court

    Maryland (mdbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    Maria Ellena Chavez-Ruark

  • Filed

    05/29/2026

  • Last Filing

    08/02/2026

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
Subchapter_V, Manual341, SmBus, PlnDue, NODIS



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of Maryland (Greenbelt)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 26-15686

Assigned to: Judge Maria Ellena Chavez-Ruark
Chapter 11
SmBus

Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  05/29/2026
341 meeting:  09/01/2026
Deadline for filing claims:  08/07/2026
Deadline for filing claims (govt.):  11/25/2026
  
Case Administrator:   Michelle Maloney-Raymond
Team 4 Phone:    410-962-0795

Debtor

M&L Express, LLC

1017 Brill Way
Hagerstown, MD 21742
WASHINGTON-MD
Tax ID / EIN: 46-2211930

represented by
David Erwin Cahn

Law Office of David Cahn, LLC
129 West Patrick Street
Suite 10
Frederick, MD 21701
301-799-8072
Email: david@cahnlawoffice.com

Trustee

For Internal Use Only

Email: bnc@mdb.uscourts.gov
TERMINATED: 06/01/2026

 
 
Trustee

Stephen A. Metz

Offit Kurman, P.A.
7501 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 1000W
Bethesda, MD 20814
240-507-1723
Email: smetz@offitkurman.com

 
 
U.S. Trustee

US Trustee - Greenbelt

6305 Ivy Lane, Suite 600
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Email: USTPRegion04.GB.ECF@USDOJ.GOV
represented by
Courtney L. Morgan

United States Department of Justice
6305 Ivy Lane
Suite 600
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301-344-0023
Email: courtney.l.morgan@usdoj.gov

L. Jeanette Rice

Office of the U. S. Trustee
6305 Ivy Lane
Suite 600
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301-344-6220
Email: Jeanette.Rice@usdoj.gov

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
07/29/2026109Motion To Shorten Time And/Or Request For Expedited Hearing Filed by M&L Express, LLC (related document(s)108 Motion to Sell and Notice of Motion filed by Debtor M&L Express, LLC). (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order) (Cahn, David)Modified on 7/30/2026 to enhance docket text (Maloney-Raymond, Michelle). (Entered: 07/29/2026)
07/29/2026108Consent Motion to Sell 2007 XL 160 HDG Tri/A Gooneck Trailer, 2007 60 MB Tri/A Booster Axle, and 2009 100 JPS Jeep. Notice Served on 7/29/2026, Filed by M&L Express, LLC. Objections due by 08/19/2026. with three additional calendar days allowed if all parties are not served electronically. Hearing scheduled for 08/27/2026 at 11:30 AM - Courtroom 3-C. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of Motion # 2 Exhibit # 3 Exhibit # 4 Proposed Order) (Cahn, David)Modified on 7/30/2026 to enhance docket text (Maloney-Raymond, Michelle). (Entered: 07/29/2026)
07/29/2026107Resend Order/Notice to BNC (related document(s)104 Order Approving Stipulation Between Debtor And TBK Bank, SSB D/B/A Triumph To Terminate Factoring Agreement And For Related Relief. Note: Triumph and the United States Trustee uploaded competing orders granting the motion. The Court combined parts from both proposed orders in drafting this final version of the order. (Generic)) (related document(s) 82 Motion to Use Cash Collateral filed by Debtor M&L Express, LLC). (Maloney-Raymond, Michelle) (Entered: 07/29/2026)
07/28/2026106Order Granting Authorization For The Debtor To Obtain Post Petition Financing. No opposition filed. The August 20, 2026 hearing on the motion is cancelled and has been removed from the Court's calendar.(related document(s):88 Motion to Borrow/Refinance and Notice of Motion filed by Debtor M&L Express, LLC). (Maloney-Raymond, Michelle) (Entered: 07/28/2026)
07/28/2026105Order Denying Motion To Sell. The Court's July 21, 2026 Order Shortening Time required the Debtor to serve the Order and file a certificate of service by July 22, 2026. In addition, the Court's July 24, 2026 Court instruction directed the Debtor to file a supplement setting forth the information required by Local Bankruptcy Rule 6004-3 and file a certificate of service by July 27, 2026. The Debtor did neither. Therefore, the motion is denied without prejudice. The July 29, 2026 hearing on the motion to sell is cancelled and has been removed from the Court's calendar. (related document(s):94 Motion to Sell and Notice of Motion filed by Debtor M&L Express, LLC). (Maloney-Raymond, Michelle) (Entered: 07/28/2026)
07/28/2026104Order Approving Stipulation Between Debtor And TBK Bank, SSB D/B/A Triumph To Terminate Factoring Agreement And For Related Relief. Note: Triumph and the United States Trustee uploaded competing orders granting the motion. The Court combined parts from both proposed orders in drafting this final version of the order. (related document(s)82 Motion to Use Cash Collateral filed by Debtor M&L Express, LLC). (Maloney-Raymond, Michelle) (Entered: 07/28/2026)
07/26/2026103BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document. (related document(s)102 Scheduling Order for Chapter 11 Small Business Subchapter V). No. of Notices: 11. Notice Date 07/26/2026. (Admin.) (Entered: 07/27/2026)
07/24/2026102Second Scheduling Order for Chapter 11 Small Business Subchapter V. Unless the Court orders otherwise, within seven (7) days of the entry of this Second Scheduling Order and continuing monthly thereafter on the first business day of each month until the Debtors confirmed plan becomes effective, the Debtor shall remit to the Subchapter V Trustee the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) (the Monthly Payment). (related document(s)1 Voluntary Petition (Chapter 11) filed by Debtor M&L Express, LLC). (Maloney-Raymond, Michelle) (Entered: 07/24/2026)
07/24/2026101Court Instruction. By July 27, 2026, the movant must file (1) a certificate of service as required by the order shortening time (due July 22, 2026), (2) asupplement to the motion setting forth the information required by Local Bankruptcy Rule 6004-3, and (3) a certificate of service confirming the line was served on all parties with a lien, possessory, leasehold, or other interest in the property to be sold. (related document(s)94 Motion to Sell and Notice of Motion filed by Debtor M&L Express, LLC). Responses due by 7/27/2026. (Maloney-Raymond, Michelle) (Entered: 07/24/2026)
07/23/2026100BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document. (related document(s)97 Order on Motion to Shorten Time). No. of Notices: 11. Notice Date 07/23/2026. (Admin.) (Entered: 07/24/2026)