United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit, BAP No. EP 15-043, April 14, 2016
Ruling:
Reversing and remanding, the First Circuit BAP concluded that Harris v. Viegelahn, 135 S.Ct. 1829 (2015), which held that plan payments made by a chapter 13 debtor from his post-petition wages and...
Case No. 15-10778; Case No. 10278 - NOT FOR PUBLICATION
Ruling:
Appeals DISMISSED as frivolous, but no damages awarded. First, the debtor's children (appellants) failed to present transcripts to the District and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to demonstrate...
No. 11-60039 (9th Cir. March 25, 2016) (Published)
Ruling:
The 9th Circuit vacated the BAP's denial of a petition for a writ of mandamus, holding the BAP did not have jurisdiction to consider the writ petition, reversing In re Salter, 279
B.R. 278 (B.A.P....
BAP for 9th Circuit reversed and remanded two orders of the bankruptcy court (D. Nev.) (a) dismissing debtor's complaint against a landlord for alleged violation of the codebtor stay under s 1301...
Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Case No. CC-15-1026-KiKuF (March 22, 2106) Not for Publication
Ruling:
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") affirmed the holding of the bankruptcy court. To determine whether the Debtor proposed his Chapter 13 Plan in good faith, the BAP considered the following:...
BAP No. WW-14-1424-KiFJu (BAP 9th Cir. March 15, 2016) (Unpublished)
Ruling:
The BAP for the 9th Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s (W.D. Wa.) orders denying Jeffrey’s claim of homestead exemption and denying chapter 13 debtor's motion to alter or amend the order...
Lane v. Barney (In re Lane), Case No. WY-15-023 (BAP 10th Cir. March 7, 2016). Published.
Ruling:
Monetary sanctions are appropriate in chapter 7 case where Debtor interferes with estate administration and appears that he has the ability to pay such sanctions. The sanctions will be paid from...
The BAP ruled that CCP 704.710(c) has been amended in 1983 to remove the work "actually" before "resided" in order to avoid the possible construction that a temporary absence such as...
Judge(s):
Hon. Judges Scott Gan (sitting by designation), Randall Dunn, and Ralph Kirscher
Summarized by Dean Langdon , DelCotto Law Group PLLC
10 years 2 months ago
Citation:
In re Yonish, Case No. 15-8006, (6th Cir. BAP March 3, 2016) (unpublished)
Ruling:
Limiting the precedential effect to the parties, the Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) reversed the decision below denying the Debtors' motion to reopen their case in order to avoid...
