Case number: 2:25-bk-22922 - KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC - Wisconsin Eastern Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC

  • Court

    Wisconsin Eastern (wiebke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    G. Michael Halfenger

  • Filed

    05/21/2025

  • Last Filing

    02/26/2026

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
PlnDue, JNTADMN, NTCAPR, SCHEDULESDUE, MUA



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 25-22922-gmh

Assigned to: G. Michael Halfenger
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  05/21/2025
341 meeting:  07/17/2025
Deadline for filing claims:  02/27/2026
Deadline for objecting to discharge:  08/29/2025

Debtor In Possession

KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC

6991 State Road 76
Neenah, WI 54956
Tax ID / EIN: 47-4133913

represented by
Evan Schmit

Kerkman & Dunn
839 N. Jefferson St., Ste. 400
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3744
414-277-8200
Email: eschmit@kerkmandunn.com

Jerome R. Kerkman

Kerkman & Dunn
839 N. Jefferson Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3744
414-277-8200
Fax : 414-277-0100
Email: jkerkman@kerkmandunn.com

Nicholas Kerkman

Kerkman & Dunn
839 N. Jefferson St
Suite 400
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-277-8200
Fax : 414-277-0100
Email: nkerkman@kerkmandunn.com

Tyler M. Jones

Kerkman & Dunn
839 N Jefferson St.
Suite #400A
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-277-8200
Email: tjones@kerkmandunn.com

U.S. Trustee

Office of the U. S. Trustee

517 East Wisconsin Ave.
Room 430
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-297-4499
represented by
Dillon J. Ambrose

DOJ
517 East Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 430
Milwaukee, WI 53202
202-702-8738
Email: dillon.j.ambrose@usdoj.gov

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
01/30/2026419Certificate of Service (Amended) to Correct Signing Date filed by Jerome R. Kerkman on behalf of KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC. (RE: 418 Fourth Motion to Extend Exclusivity Period for Filing a Chapter 11 Plan and Disclosure Statement and Obtaining Obtain Acceptance of Plan). (Kerkman, Jerome) (Entered: 01/30/2026)
01/30/2026418Fourth Motion to Extend Exclusivity Period for Filing a Chapter 11 Plan and Disclosure Statement and Obtaining Obtain Acceptance of Plan with Notice of Motion and Certificate of Service filed by Jerome R. Kerkman of Kerkman & Dunn on behalf of Debtor In Possession KLE Equipment Leasing, LLC. Objections due by 2/17/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of Motion # 2 Certificate of Service) (Kerkman, Jerome) (Entered: 01/30/2026)
01/30/2026417Support/Supplement Re: Certificate of Service attaching the mailing matrix filed by Christopher Thomas Koehnke on behalf of CNH Industrial Capital America, LLC. (RE: 415 Motion for Relief from Stay as to.). (Koehnke, Christopher) (Entered: 01/30/2026)
01/30/2026416Receipt of Motion for Relief From Automatic Stay( 25-22922-gmh) [motion,mrlfsty] ( 199.00) Filing Fee. Receipt number A24127184. Fee amount 199.00 (re: Doc # 415) . (U.S. Treasury) (Entered: 01/30/2026)
01/30/2026415Motion for Relief from Stay as to. with Notice of Motion and Certificate of Service filed by Christopher Thomas Koehnke of von Briesen & Roper, S.C. on behalf of Creditor CNH Industrial Capital America, LLC. Objections due by 2/13/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration) (Koehnke, Christopher) (Entered: 01/30/2026)
01/29/2026414BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document (RE: 401 Order on Motion to Extend Exclusivity Period). Notice Date 01/29/2026. (Admin.) (Entered: 01/29/2026)
01/29/2026413BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document (RE: 400 Order on Motion to Assume Lease or Executory Contract). Notice Date 01/29/2026. (Admin.) (Entered: 01/29/2026)
01/29/2026412Withdrawal of Claim(s): 25,27,28 Filed by Creditor Premier Community Bank (McKinley, William) (Entered: 01/29/2026)
01/29/2026411
Order:
On January 15, 2026, Premier Community Bank filed proofs of claim numbers 25 through 28 in Case Number 25-22922 and that same day Premier Community Bank amended claim numbers 25 and 27. On January 21, 2026, Premier Community Bank withdrew claim number 26. ECF No. 394. The proofs of claim and supporting documents contain loan numbers for debtor Kirk L. Ecklund and on January 28, 2026, the clerk restricted the claims from the public record because they contain identifying personal information in violation of Rule 9037(a). ECF No. 408. The clerk further instructed Premier Community Bank to file a motion to redact and pay the filing fee for that motion or the "documents may be stricken". Id. Later on January 28, 2026, counsel for Premier Community Bank filed a letter explaining that Claim Numbers 25, 27, and 28 were filed in the incorrect case and that counsel intends to withdraw the claims in KLE Equipment Leasing's case and file them in Kirk Ecklund's case, Case No. 25-22927. ECF No. 410. Counsel requested guidance on how to accomplish this task, given the clerk's instruction to file a motion to redact in Case Number 25-22922.

Based on the court's review of Claim Numbers 25 through 28 and counsel's January 28, 2026 letter, Premier Community Bank is authorized to withdraw Claim Numbers 25 through 28 in Case Number 25-22922 and, if it withdraws those claims, is relieved of the duty to file a motion to redact them. The clerk is ordered to restrict Claim Numbers 25 through 28 from the public record (because, until withdrawn, they contain identifying personal information in violation of Rule 9037(a), and, after they are withdrawn, they will no longer be part of the public record).

s/ G. Michael Halfenger
Bankruptcy Judge

(RE: 410 Correspondence). (Halfenger, G.) (Entered: 01/29/2026)
01/28/2026410Correspondence Requesting Clarification from Court filed by William P. McKinley on behalf of Premier Community Bank. (RE: 395 GMH Document Tracker, 408 Defective Filing Notification - Redaction). (McKinley, William) (Entered: 01/28/2026)