IN RE SASSON

No. 03-16364.

424 F.3d 864 (2005)

In re Robert SASSON, Debtor. Robert SASSON, Appellant, v. Norman F. Sokoloff, M.D., individually and as Trustee for Camelot Medical Group, Inc., Profit Sharing Plan, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 25, 2005.

Amended September 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Boone and Susan D. Silveira, Law Offices of David A. Boone, San Jose, CA, for the appellant.

Wayne A. Silver, Sunnyvale, CA, for the appellee.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, SUSAN P. GRABER, and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we are presented with the question of whether a bankruptcy court has subject matter jurisdiction to enter a money judgment in a nondischargeability adversary proceeding where the underlying debt has been reduced to judgment in state court. We conclude that it may and affirm the decision of the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP").

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