Critical Case Comment – Pro Se Debtor Sanctioned • NACTT Academy

Critical Case Comment – Pro Se Debtor Sanctioned

By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the Middle District of TN (Nashville)

Where pro se debtors filed numerous groundless complaints and made specious allegations against their former counsel, sanctions under Rule 9011 were appropriate notwithstanding the fact that the debtors were now acting pro se. (Hopkins) In re Jones, 2021 WL 4168110 (Bankr. S.D. O.H., Sept. 2, 2021)

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Joshua and Amanda Jones were represented by Nicholas Zingarelli when they filed a Chapter 13 petition. Their principal conflict in the case dealt with a substantial . . .

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