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.
On an issue where the lower courts are divided, Bankruptcy Judge Marc Barreca of Seattle disagreed with the Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and a fellow bankruptcy judge in the Ninth Circuit.....
By adopting an opinion by the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel “in full,” the Ninth Circuit has limited its own precedents constricting a debtor’s ability to exempt a homestead.
In Wolfe v. Jacobson (In re.....
The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel explored what it called “the fringes of the bankruptcy discharge injunction” and the meaning of “personal liability of the debtor” in Section 524(a).
The.....
The federal and California moratoria on evictions during the Covid-19 pandemic did not apply in a bankruptcy case, “even if the property in question is [the debtor’s] residence,” according to.....
An individual chapter 7 debtor cannot assume a lease of personal property by reaffirming the debt under Section 524(c). For example, a debtor can only assume a car lease by assuming the lease under.....
Eventually, the Supreme Court will decide whether debtors can be compelled to arbitrate core and non-core disputes with creditors. For now, at least, courts in the Ninth Circuit are giving short.....
Almost one year ago, Bankruptcy Judge Mike N. Nakagawa of Las Vegas socked a mortgage servicer with some $300,000 in actual and punitive damages for “reprehensible” conduct by violating the automatic.....
On an issue where courts are split, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Joseph M. Meier of Boise, Idaho, followed the Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel by holding that post-petition appreciation in the.....
The bankruptcy court does not have constitutional power to enter final judgment in a preference suit against a defendant who did not file a claim or consent to final adjudication in bankruptcy court.....
Attempting to collect a debt paid in full under a chapter 13 plan can violate the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, or FDCPA, according to the Ninth Circuit.
Because the debtor was not.....