The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's (E.D. Ky.) dismissal of the debtor’s undue hardship student loan complaint because the debtor failed to state...
BAP for 9th Cir. dismissed chapter 13 debtor's appeal of unspecified "orders" based on lack of jurisdiction. Debtor's pro se notice of appeal referenced various orders from prior to date of notice,...
BAP for 9th Circuit dismissed appeals based on lack of jurisdiction. Time to appeal under FRBP 8002(d)(1)(B) was statutory and jurisdictional, not "mandatory claim-processing rule," i.e.,...
Because the district court considered all the facts and circumstances of
Weakley’s cases in determining whether he intended to mislead the bankruptcy
court, see id. at 1185, it did not abuse...
Pawned property becomes property of the bankruptcy estate, and the pawnbroker's state-law notice regarding the pawned personal property violated the automatic stay. The BAP did not reach the issue...
Affirmed District Court's dismissal of a bankruptcy appeal for want of prosecution where the debtor-appellant repeatedly failed to comply with orders directing her to pay filing fees or to file the...
Summary Order, WITH NO PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. Debt arising from civil judgment based on Title VII hostile work environment claims following jury trial held non-dischargeable under section 523(a)(6)...
Under 26 USC § 7433(e), the IRS's good faith belief that it has a right to collect the purportedly discharged debts is not relevant to determining whether it "willfully violate[d]" the discharge...
Judge(s):
Stahl and Souter in the majority, and Lynch dissenting.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s decision, finding, among other things, that the district court: (i) did not violate the 6th Amendment’s Confrontation Clause...
