The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that bankruptcy professionals are entitled to derivative judicial immunity when they act pursuant to and in accordance with a bankruptcy court's...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's summary judgment dismissal of a successor chapter 7 trustee's claims against the original trustee and the debtor's...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a chapter 7 debtor's emergency petitions for writs of mandamus. The debtor had asked the circuit "to reassign his ongoing bankruptcy...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's order dismissing with prejudice a pro se civil complaint against a bankruptcy judge for damages and injunctive relief...
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s finding that the bankruptcy court did not err by annulling the automatic stay or denying Debtor's motion for reconsideration. The record supported...
In this consolidated appeal of two decisions by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (DC) by creditor Shanni Snyder (Snyder) arising out of the bankruptcy of U Lock,...
Judge(s):
Stephanos Bibas; Arianna J. Freeman; and Richard L. Nygaard
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (BC) to dismiss two debtors chapter 13 case,...
Judge(s):
Shon Hastings; Cynthia A. Norton; and Katherine A. Constantine
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of Debtors’ case; however, it reversed the bankruptcy court’s decision barring Debtors from filing another case for a year. The...
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...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court's sua sponte dismissal, with prejudice, of a pro se plaintiff/debtor's in forma pauperis complaint against a bankruptcy...
