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IN RE PEKLAR

No. 00-55464.

260 F.3d 1035 (2001)

In re: Ronda S. PEKLAR, Debtor. Ronda S. Peklar, Appellant, v. Lloyd Ikerd, an individual, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Dean Epstein, Epstein Ascher, P.C., Orange, California, for the appellant.

Stephen R. Kilstofte, Cayer, Kilstofte & Craton, Long Beach, California, for the appellee.

Before: Procter HUG, Jr., Susan P. GRABER, and William A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

This case turns on the preclusive effect of a prior state court judgment of conversion. Under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6), a debt for "willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of another entity" is not dischargeable in bankruptcy. The specific question in this case is whether a civil judgment in California court for conversion under California law necessarily includes a finding...

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