JONES v. U.S. TRUSTEE, EUGENE

No. 12-35665.

736 F.3d 897 (2013)

Jerry Alan JONES, Debtor, Appellant, v. U.S. TRUSTEE, EUGENE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 2, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith D. Karnes (argued), Salem, OR, for Appellant.

Phyllis Rebecca Kamitsuka (argued), Trial Attorney, Office of the United States Trustee, Eugene, OR; Robert Joseph Schneider , Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and ANDREW D. HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and JAMES C. MAHAN, District Judge.


OPINION

M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal poses the question of whether a fraud that would serve as grounds for denying a bankruptcy discharge if it were known at the time of the discharge can serve as grounds for the later revocation of that discharge. We conclude that it may, and we therefore affirm the judgment of the district court.

FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

On December 23, 2008, Appellant Jerry Alan Jones filed a chapter 7 bankruptcy...

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