Bushay v. McDonnell (In Re Bushay)

187 F. App'x 17

• Court: Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• Decided: July 5, 2006
• Docket: 05-9008
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

In this appeal from a final decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”), appellant Patricia Bushay, a Chapter 13 debtor, seeks further review of the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of her adversary complaint for failure to comply with a discovery order. We review the bankruptcy court’s ruling for abuse of discretion. See Bachier-Ortiz v. Colon-Mendoza, 331 F.3d 193, 194 (1st Cir.2003). Essentially for the reasons stated by the BAP in its thorough decision, see In re Bushay, 327 B.R. 695 (1st Cir.BAP2005), we affirm. We add only that appellant’s lack of notice argument is based on an unreasonably narrow reading of the order to show cause, and her contention that she lacked notice that the court would consider her well-documented history of noneompliance with discovery obligations over the course of the proceedings in addition to her noncompliance with the specific discovery order is belied by the transcript of the proceedings that preceded the show cause order.

To the extent appellant challenges the bankruptcy court’s revision of the procedural basis for denying appellee’s motion for summary judgment following its initial dismissal of the complaint, we see no error nor discernable harm to appellant.

Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loe. R. 27(c).