PEYTON V. ALLISON, ET AL.
- Summarized by Jonathan Batiste , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 8 months 16 hours ago
- Case Type:
- Consumer
- Case Status:
- Affirmed
- Citation:
- No. 24-2102 (9th Circuit, Jun 27,2025) Not Published
- Tag(s):
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- Ruling:
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of adversarial proceedings surrounding state criminal convictions for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Bankruptcy court jurisdiction is confined to cases under the Bankruptcy Code and proceedings related to such bankruptcy cases.
- Procedural context:
- Debtor sought relief through adversarial proceedings, which the bankruptcy court dismissed. Debtor appealed the bankruptcy court’s dismissal, first to the district court, which affirmed, and then to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
- Facts:
- Debtor, a prisoner in California and chapter 7 debtor, initiated adversarial proceedings related to his state criminal conviction and incarceration. Because these proceedings did not surround the bankruptcy case or arise under the Code, the bankruptcy court had no subject matter jurisdiction and dismissed the proceedings.
- Judge(s):
- Canby, S.R. Thomas, and Sung
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