United States Ninth Circuit
Ransom v. MBNA Am. Bank, N.A., 08-15066
In an appeal from the Bankruptcy Court's refusal to approve Debtor's Chapter 13 plan, the Bankruptcy Court's order is affirmed, where an above-median income debtor seeking bankruptcy relief under Chapter 13 may not deduct from his projected disposable income a vehicle "ownership cost" for a vehicle he owns free and clear.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/09/2009
- Decided 08/14/2009
- Published 08/14/2009
Judges
- TROTT, Judge:, Before STEPHEN S. TROTT, M. MARGARET McKEOWN and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Christopher P. Burke, Chris P. Burke & Associates, Las Vegas, NV, for the appellant., Catherine Bentley Sevcenko, Executive Office for the United States Trustees, for amicus curiae, United States of America., Tara Twomey, San Jose, CA, for amicus curiae, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.
- For Appellees:
- Jeremy T. Bergstrom, Miles, Bauer, Bergstrom & Winters LLP, Henderson, NV; and William Andrew McNeal, Becket & Lee LLP, Malvern, PA, for appellee, MBNA, America Bank, N.A.