Claim preclusion does not bar a debtor from amending their schedule of exemptions (which is allowed under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1009(a)) when the amendments assert different grounds for exempting...
Judge(s):
Marsha S. Berzon and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges, and Joan H. Lefkow, District Judge, sitting by designation
Per Ritzen Group v. Jackson Masonry, the bankruptcy court's order vacating its prior stay relief and abstention order and reimposing the automatic stay was a final order subject to immediate appeal...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decisions of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and the bankruptcy court that the debtor could not assume a settlement agreement with a pension fund...
Judge(s):
Marsha S. Berzon, Michelle T. Friedland, and Salvador Mendoza, Jr.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the sentence imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (DC) on Douglas Eligha Taylor (DET) upon the...
Judge(s):
Sandra S. Ikuta; Ryan D. Nelson; and Kenneth K. Lee
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (BAP) reversal of the bankruptcy court's decision finding that Creditor’s claims were nondischargeable....
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...
Overruling the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (DC) and deeming mootness inapposite, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Circuit) held the plain language of...
Judge(s):
Carlos T. Bea; Ana de Alba; and Jeffrey Vincent Brown
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's order confirming a chapter 13 plan over a creditor's objections. Most notably, the court held, as a matter of first...
Judge(s):
Mary M. Schroeder, William A. Fletcher, and Consuelo M. Callahan
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the rulings in the District Court and Bankruptcy Court denying a Rule 60 motion of a fee order providing for joint and several liability for the fees by...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court and Bankruptcy Court application of issue preclusion on the "maliciousness" prong under 11 USC 523(a)(6).
