James Chandler v. Jan Johnson

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: May 6, 2015
• Docket: 13-60011
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MAY 06 2015

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

In re: HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS No. 13-60011 ALONZO NIETO, BAP No. 11-1643 Debtors,

MEMORANDUM* JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,

Appellant,

v.

JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee; HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS ALONZO NIETO; UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,

Appellees.

In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN; No. 13-60012 STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN, BAP No. 12-1017 Debtors,

JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. page 2

JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee; UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE, Sacramento,

In re: BEN LEANDO DYE; KAELYN No. 13-60013 MARIE DYE, BAP No. 12-1016 Debtors,

JAN P. JOHNSON; BEN LEANDO DYE; KAELYN MARIE DYE,

Appellees.,

SEAN GJERDE.

In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN; No. 13-60014 STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN, BAP No. 12-1019 Debtors, page 3

JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee; UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE, Sacramento,

In re: BEN LEANDO DYE; KAELYN No. 13-60015 MARIE DYE, BAP No. 11-1641 Debtors,

In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN; No. 13-60016 STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN, page 4

Debtors, BAP No. 12-1018

JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee; UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE, Sacramento,

In re: HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS No. 13-60017 ALONZO NIETO, BAP No. 12-1015 Debtors,

JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee; HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS ALONZO NIETO; UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,

Appellees. page 5 Appeals from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Kirscher, Dunn and Jury, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Submitted April 16, 2015** San Francisco, California

Before: KOZINSKI and GRABER, Circuit Judges and BENSON,*** Senior District Judge.

The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel correctly dismissed Chandler’s appeals of

the bankruptcy court’s entry of a default judgment of contempt against him.

Chandler was clearly apprised of the contempt proceedings and the bankruptcy

court’s entry of a default judgment of contempt. However, he didn’t move the

bankruptcy court to set aside the entry of the default judgment or for relief from the

default judgment. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(c), 60(b). An appeal “‘cannot be used as

a substitute’ for these procedures.” Consorzio Del Prosciutto Di Parma v. Domain

Name Clearing Co., 346 F.3d 1193, 1195 (9th Cir. 2003) (quoting Rohauer v.

Friedman, 306 F.2d 933, 937 (9th Cir. 1962)); see also In re Lam, 192 F.3d 1309,

1311 (9th Cir. 1999) (per curiam) (“[A] party may not challenge the entry of

** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable Dee V. Benson, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, sitting by designation. page 6 default in the first instance in an appellate court; rather, a party must first file an

appropriate motion in the court where the default was entered.”).

AFFIRMED.