United States Ninth Circuit

In an appeal brought by an attorney, arising after a bankruptcy court found he failed to honor his legal and ethical obligations in assisting certain debtors' with their bankruptcy application, an order denying his request for a jury trial on the reasonableness of his attorney fees, disgorging him of his fees, and sanctioning him is affirmed where: 1) the Seventh Amendment does not include a right to a jury trial on the reasonableness of attorney fees in bankruptcy proceedings; and 2) the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in disgorging him of his attorney's fees nor in sanctioning him.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/10/2007
• Published 12/10/2007

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., SUSAN P. GRABER, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tom Hale, Shelly, ID, appellant in propria persona.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gary L. McClendon, United States Department of Justice, Boise, ID, for the appellee.