SOCALDEAL INC

• Court: United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California
• Decided: November 22, 2019
• Docket: 2:18-bk-12119
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 Faye C. Rasch, State Bar No. 253838 frasch@wgllp.com 2 WEILAND GOLDEN GOODRICH LLP 650 Town Center Drive, Suite 600 FILED & ENTERED 3 Costa Mesa, California 92626 Telephone: (714) 966-1000 4 Facsimile: (714) 966-1002 NOV 22 2019

5 Attorneys for Chapter 7 Trustee, David M. Goodrich CLERK U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT 6 C Be Yn b t r a a k l c D h i es lt l r i c Dt E o Pf UC Ta Yli f Cor Ln Eia RK

7 CHANGES MADE BY COURT 8 NOT FOR PUBLICATION 9 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 LOS ANGELES DIVISION 12 In re Case No. 2:18-bk-12119-RK

13 SOCALDEAL, INC., Chapter 7

14 Debtor. ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT OF INTERIM FEES AND/OR 15 EXPENSES BY FARI BARA NEJADPOUR

16 Date: November 19, 2019 Time: 2:30 p.m. 17 Place: Courtroom 1675

20 On November 19, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., a hearing was held before the Honorable 21 Robert Kwan, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California, in 22 Courtroom 1675 located at 255 E. Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90012 on the 23 Application for Payment of Interim Fees and/or Expenses by Fari Bara Nejadpour (the 24 "Application"). Appearances were as noted on the record. 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 1 The Court having read and considered the papers filed in support of the Application 2 | and in opposition thereto, heard statements of counsel, and for the reasons set forth in the 3 | Court’s Tentative Ruling for the Motion (copy attached) posted on the court’s website 4 | before the hearing on the Motion on November 19, 2019, 5 IT IS ORDERED that the Motion is denied. 6 Hitt 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3 14

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24 || Date: November 22, 2019 25 United States Bankruptcy Judge 26 27 28 1244746v1 2 ORDER

1 TENTATIVE RULING FOR MOTION 2 Deny interim fee application of Fari Bari Nejadpour, attorney for Chapter 7 debtor, for the reasons stated in the trustee's opposition, namely, applicant's employment has not been 3 approved by the court as required by 11 U.S.C. 327(a) to seek compensation from the estate. In re Shirley, 134 B.R. 940, 944 (9th Cir. BAP 1992), and as debtor's counsel in a 4 Chapter 7 case, applicant cannot be compensated from the estate unless employed by the Chapter 7 Trustee and the employment is approved by the court. Lamie v. United 5 States Trustee, 540 U.S. 526, 537-538 (2004). Also, the application should be denied because applicant has not shown that the compensation requested from the estate is 6 reasonable for actual, necessary services for the benefit of the estate. 11 U.S.C. 330 and 503(b). Appearances are required on 11/19/19, but counsel may appear by telephone. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28