United States Ninth Circuit

The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that counsel for a Chapter 7 trustee pursued litigation that was not reasonable or necessary in its entirety.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/12/2004
• Decided 07/09/2004
• Published 07/09/2004

Judges

• TROTT, Circuit Judge., Before:  B. FLETCHER, TROTT, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce Leichty, pro se, Clovis, CA, real-party-in-interest/appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey J. Lodge, United States Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee, for the trustee/appellee.