The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision dismissing the debtor's chapter 7 case for failure to file documents.
The BAP noted that the...
On the record before the Court, the Court was not left with a "firm and definite conviction" that the Bankruptcy Court erred in its denial of the homestead exemption.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the orders granting relief from the automatic stay and dismissing his case issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; Gary A. Spraker; and Scott H. Gan
A creditor or debt collector who violates the bankruptcy discharge, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") was not entitled to have its...
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) saw no error in its inferring of the verboten intent in a...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; William J. Lafferty III; and Robert J. Faris
A chapter 7 debtor retains her Washington state homestead exemption even if she moves out of the house after the filing of the bankruptcy case and does not re-occupy or file a declaration of...
Judge(s):
M. Margaret McKeown and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and William Horsley Orrick (N.D. Cal.; by designation)
The bankruptcy discharge injunction does not prevent a testator or settlor of a family trust from requiring that an amount equal to the discharged debt be treated as an advancement on an inheritance.
In affirming the district court's order denying a chapter 13 debtor's petition under the All Writs Act, which sought an order declaring certain actions taken in a state court foreclosure proceeding...
Affirming the BAP, the circuit court concluded that a retirement account (RA) was held as a tenancy by the entirety by the Debtor (DR) and his wife and thus properly exempt per Wyoming law, status...
Judge(s):
Timothy M. Tymkovich; Mary B. Briscoe; and Robert E. Bacharach
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the judgment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) that claim and issue preclusion barred...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Scott H. Gan; and Christopher M. Klein
