Once the Court finds that an appeal is frivolous, the prevailing party must file a motion for sanctions under Fed. R. App. P. 38 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927 within the time limits for filing a request...
Judge(s):
Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, and Paul J. Watford
The amount of compensation determined under a prepetition employment contract that is rejected is not presumptive evidence for the officer's or employee's section 506(b)(1)(A)(i) administrative...
Judge(s):
JURY*, BRAND, and LAFFERTY (*sitting by assignment)
The bankruptcy court abused its discretion by concluding creditors knowingly violated the discharge injunction because a belief, even an unreasonable one, the discharge injunction did not apply...
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed summary judgment on 523(a)(6) claim entered by bankruptcy court (S.D. Cal.). Bankruptcy court properly applied standard for willful injury; Ninth Circuit case did not...
The court had jurisdiction over the district court’s order affirming the grant of a homestead exemption. The bankruptcy court erred because it did not determine whether the debtor intended to...
Judge(s):
Michael Daly Hawkins, Barrington D. Parker, Jr., and Sandra S. Ikuta
BAP for 9th Circuit reversed and remanded judgment of bankruptcy court (D. Az.) revoking debtor's discharge under 11 USC 727. Bankruptcy court applied incorrect standard of law. Trustee was...
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed judgment denying discharge entered by bankruptcy court (C.D. Cal.). Circumstantial evidence and inferences from debtor's conduct established debtor's actual fraudulent...
The bankruptcy court did not err in ruling that withholding of a percentage of (Medi-Cal Payments and Supplemental
HQA Payments) payments owed to the debtor to recover unpaid quarterly fees was...
