BLIXSETH v. YELLOWSTONE MOUNTAIN CLUB, LLC

No. 12-35986.

796 F.3d 1004 (2015)

Timothy L. BLIXSETH, Appellant, v. YELLOWSTONE MOUNTAIN CLUB, LLC; Ad Hoc Group of Class B Unit Holders; CIP Sunrise Ridge Owner LLC; CIP Yellowstone Lending LLC; Crossharbor Capital Partners, LLC; Marc S. Kirschner; Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch; Yellowstone Club Liquidating Trust, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Fox , Doubek Pyfer & Fox LLP, Helena, MT, Christopher Conant , Conant Law LLC, Denver, CO, Michael John Ferrigno , Law Office of Michael J. Ferrigno PLLC, Meridian, ID, Michael James Flynn, Sr., Esquire , Michael J. Flynn , Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Philip H. Stillman, Esquire , Stillman & Associates, Miami Beach, FL, for Appellant.

James A. Patten , Attorney General, Patten, Peterman, Bekkedahl & Green, PLLC, Shane P. Coleman, Esquire , Charles William Hingle, I, Esquire , Holland & Hart, LLP, Billings, MT, Ronald A. Bender , Worden Thane, P.C., Benjamin P. Hursh , Crowley Fleck, PLLP, Missoula, MT, Michael R. Lastowski, Esquire , Bankruptcy Counsel, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE, Robert R. Bell , Mullin, Hoard and Brown, Amarillo, TX, Evan R. Levy , George Abraham Zimmerman , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, N.Y., J. Richard Orizotti , Poore Roth & Robinson, Butte, MT, for Appellees.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

In a recusal motion, Timothy Blixseth and his attorneys hurled nineteen accusations of misconduct at a bankruptcy judge who had ruled against Blixseth. In a forty-seven page opinion, the judge found the accusations to be meritless. In re Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC, No. 08-61570-11, 2011 WL 766979 (Bankr.D.Mont. Feb. 25, 2011). The district court affirmed, as did we, concluding that Blixseth's accusations were "a transparent attempt to wriggle out...

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