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.
In December, we reported on a decision where Bankruptcy Judge David T. Thuma of Albuquerque, N.M., held that he could avoid a judicial lien based on a judgment for fraud. In re Mirabal, 23-10862, 2024.....
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The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel explained why “extremely narrow relief [is] available to a chapter 13 debtor who files bankruptcy to save [her] property after confirmation of a judicial.....
A district court in Minnesota ruled that a debtor is not required to arbitrate when the debtor sues the creditor for violating the automatic stay and discharge injunction. However, the January 13.....
On January 8, we reported on a decision where Chief Bankruptcy Judge Catherine J. Furay of Madison, Wis., held that a judgment creditor must docket the judgment to have a judgment lien on real.....
For a judgment to become a lien on a debtor’s real property, filing a UCC financing statement is no substitute for docketing the judgment, for reasons explained by Chief Bankruptcy Judge Catherine J.....
Building on Bartenwerfer, Bankruptcy Judge Robert J. Faris of Honolulu held that a husband owed a nondischargeable debt because he was the beneficiary of funds that his wife had misappropriated from a.....
Last week, we reported on a decision where Bankruptcy Judge Mina Nami Khorrami of Columbus, Ohio, decided that a consensual judgment results in a judicial lien that can be avoided as an encumbrance on.....
Even when a debtor consents to the entry of judgment, the resulting judgment lien is a judicial lien subject to avoidance under Section 522(f), not a consensual lien that cannot be avoided as an.....
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.....