Joining the Tenth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit also has held that chapter 13 trustees are not paid their fees when cases are dismissed before confirmation. The identical issue was argued on February 15 before the Second Circuit.
In short order, we’ll have either unanimity or a split of circuits. A split will give rise to an issue worthy of a grant of certiorari by the Supreme Court.
Notably, the Ninth Circuit’s opinion on June 12 adopted reasoning in an amicus brief filed in support of the debtor by the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center and National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel wrote a decision teeing up a case where the Ninth Circuit can decide whether a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress from a violation of.....
On a question where the lower courts are divided, the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel has decided that a prior decision by a state or federal court finding a violation of securities laws is.....
Laying the groundwork for the Supreme Court to grant certiorari and resolve a circuit split, the Ninth Circuit ruled that voluntary contributions to a retirement plan are not counted as disposable.....
The denial of compensation to a chapter 13 trustee when dismissal precedes confirmation does not offend the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, for multiple reasons explained by the Ninth.....
The powers of a Subchapter V trustee cannot be expanded to authorize the trustee to pursue avoidance actions belonging to the trustee, according to an opinion by District Judge Cathy Seibel of White.....
On the same day, the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel issued two opinions in the same case laying down important rules for involuntary petitions:
(1) Fully secured creditors with nonrecourse.....
Since the CARES Act has expired, the bankruptcy court cannot now amend a confirmed chapter 13 plan while retaining an 84-month duration of the plan. For reasons explained in an opinion by Bankruptcy.....
Over a dissent, the majority on a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel by holding that a debtor retains an “absolute right” to dismiss a chapter 13 case under Section 1307(b).....
A chapter 13 debtor has an unfettered right to dismiss under Section 1307(b) if the case has not previously been “converted” to chapter 13 under Section 706.
To protect a debtor’s right to dismiss, the.....
The Ninth Circuit bent over backwards to hold that sovereign immunity protects a state from the imposition of compensatory and punitive damages for filing an involuntary bankruptcy petition that was.....