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IN RE STASZ

BAP No. CC-07-1367-MoCK. Bankruptcy No. LA 05-43980 AA.

387 B.R. 271 (2008)

Shanel Stasz, Appellant, v. Rosendo Gonzalez, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appellee.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 15, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shanel Ann Stasz, Los Angeles, CA, Pro se.

Patrick K. McClellan, Irvine, CA, for Appellee.

Before: MONTALI, CASE and KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judges.

OPINION

MONTALI, Bankruptcy Judge.

In the matter before us we hold that an order of civil contempt issued in a contested matter within a main bankruptcy case, unlike in an adversary proceeding, is a final, appealable order. We publish this decision because it requires us to decide an issue of first impression in this circuit regarding the finality of this type of civil contempt order.

A Chapter 7 trustee obtained a bankruptcy court order requiring...

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