BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed bankruptcy court (CD Cal.) denial of defendant's motion to strike plaintiff's notice of dismissal of adversary. Debtor failed to demonstrate any error by bankruptcy...
The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to dismiss the Plaintiffs' complaint without leave to amend reasoning that the complaint failed to allege plausible facts to support any claim made...
Applying an abuse of discretion standard, the BAP held that the Bankruptcy Court did not err in awarding $54,877 in attorneys' fees to a party that successfully prosecuted an unopposed motion to...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's dismissal of the debtor's case for failures to file schedules and a plan, to turn over tax returns and financial documentation, and to...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the judgment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC) that claim and issue preclusion barred...
Judge(s):
Laura S. Taylor; Scott H. Gan; and Christopher M. Klein
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington (BC) denying a creditor’s motion for...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's finding that State Farm's claim was nondischargeable under § 523(a)(6), because the evidence supported each element and the...
The plaintiff's failure to serve a summons on a defendant in a defendant in an adversary proceeding as required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004(e), and failure to timely cure his failure to properly...
The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to deny the Creditor's motion for summary judgment, because the Creditor failed to show that the transfer to the...