By Herbert L. Beskin, Chapter 13 Trustee for the Western District of Virginia (Charlottesville) The Seventh Circuit thought that it had finished dealing with the intersection of cars, fines, Chapter 13, and the City of Chicago when it rendered its decision earlier in 2019 in “Steenes I.” In re Steenes, 918 F.3d 554 . Alas, it was not to be,...
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Post-discharge proceeding to enforce contempt and sanctions order against debtor’s attorney is core. The Fifth Circuit had previously affirmed a sanctions order finding the debtor’s attorney to have abused discovery and requiring payment of $5,000 to an appealing party, In re White-Robinson, 551 Fed.Appx. 121(5th Cir. 2014), cert. denied, 135 S.Ct. 76 (2014). While that appeal was pending, the attorney did not pay the unstayed sanction, and the Circuit now held that the contempt proceeding to enforce the sanctions . . .
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