Shanel Stasz v. Rosendo Gonzalez

520 F. App'x 563

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: May 22, 2013
• Docket: 11-60073
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Chapter 7 debtor Shanel Ann Stasz appeals pro se from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s order approving the trustee’s final report and applications for compensation (“Final Report”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). We review for an abuse of discretion. Leichty v. Neary (In re Strand), 375 F.3d 854, 857 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.

The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by approving the Final Report because the services for which compensation was sought were reasonably likely to benefit Stasz’s bankruptcy estate and/or necessary to the administration of the case. See id. at 857, 860 (setting forth factors relevant to determination of a reasonable fee allowance, and noting that “[w]e will not disturb a bankruptcy court’s award of attorneys’ fees unless the bankruptcy court abused its discretion or erroneously applied the law” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

Stasz’s contentions concerning whether the bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to approve the Final Report are unpersuasive for the reasons stated by the BAP. Her contentions concerning the BAP’s bias are also unpersuasive and unsupported by the record.

We do not consider arguments not properly raised before the bankruptcy court. See O’Rourke v. Seaboard Surety Co. (In re E.R. Fegert, Inc.), 887 F.2d 955, 957 (9th Cir.1989).

Stasz’s request for judicial notice, set forth in her opening brief, is granted.

AFFIRMED.

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