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IN RE DEROCHE

No. 04-15258.

434 F.3d 1189 (2006)

In re Mary DEROCHE; In re: Eric DeRoche, Debtors, Mary DeRoche; Eric DeRoche, Appellants, v. Arizona Industrial Commission, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 17, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan D. NewDelman, Esq., Roberta J. Sunkin, Esq., Allan D. NewDelman, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, for the appellant.

James S. Samuelson, Assistant Attorney General, Terry Goddard, Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellee.

Before REINHARDT and THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and JANE A. RESTANI, Chief Judge, Court of International Trade.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question of whether Chapter 7 debtors may recover, pursuant to state statute, attorneys' fees incurred in bankruptcy discharge litigation. We conclude that attorneys' fees are not available for litigating federal bankruptcy issues, and we affirm the decision of the district court.

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Eric and Mary DeRoche (collectively "DeRoche") filed a joint Chapter 7 bankruptcy...

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