United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of an attorney's fees request pursuant to a state statute for attorney's fees incurred in bankruptcy discharge litigation is affirmed since attorney's fees are not available for litigating federal bankruptcy issues.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/17/2005
• Decided 01/17/2006
• Published 01/17/2006

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge., Before REINHARDT and THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and JANE A. RESTANI, Chief Judge, Court of International Trade.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Allan D. NewDelman, Esq., Roberta J. Sunkin, Esq., Allan D. NewDelman, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James S. Samuelson, Assistant Attorney General, Terry Goddard, Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellee.