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IN RE MAPLE-WHITWORTH

No. 07-56537.

556 F.3d 742 (2009)

In the Matter of MAPLE-WHITWORTH, INC., Debtor. Michael N. Sofris, aka Sofris APC, Appellant, v. Maple-Whitworth, Inc.; United States Trustee; Larry Weinstock; Mica Bintu-Brown; and Emanuel Perez, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael N. Sofris, Michael N. Sofris APC, Beverly Hills, CA, for appellant Michael N. Sofris, aka Sofris APC.

Jerry Kaplan; David Scott Kadin, Kaplan, Kenegos & Kadin, Beverly Hills, CA, for appellee Maple-Whitworth, Inc.

Before: JOHN T. NOONAN and BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and SUZANNE B. CONLON, District Judge.

CONLON, District Judge:

This appeal involves an award of $42,257 in attorneys' fees and costs pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 303(i)(1), after dismissal of an involuntary bankruptcy petition. The purported debtor, Maple-Whitworth, Inc., sought fees and costs against only one petitioner, appellant Michael N. Sofris. But the bankruptcy court entered the award against some of the other petitioners who were served with the motion, under a theory of joint and several liability...

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