IN RE SANCHEZ

No. 99-56225.

241 F.3d 1148 (2001)

In re: Martha SANCHEZ, Debtor. Martha Sanchez, Appellant, v. Robert L. Gordon, dba Gordon and Associates, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Harold Shilberg, Law Offices of Harold Shilberg, San Diego, California, for the appellant.

Don E. Bokovoy, Weintraub & Bokovoy, San Diego, California, for the appellee.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge; JOHN T. NOONAN and WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted December 13, 2000 — San Francisco, California.

SCHROEDER, Chief Judge:

The question before us in this bankruptcy appeal is whether a Chapter 7 debtor's attorney violated the automatic stay provision of 11 U.S.C. § 362 by collecting legal fees for post-petition services in an amount greater than the bankruptcy court later determined to be reasonable. We hold that where, as here, the attorney had no reason to know that the court...

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