Ross H. Briggs v. John v. LaBarge Jr.

In this Chapter 13 bankruptcy matter, the debtor’s attorney, Ross Briggs, appeals from an order of the district court 1 affirming the bankruptcy court’s 2 order instructing the trustee to withhold attorney’s fees from Briggs in other bankruptcy cases as sanctions for Briggs’s continued violation of an earlier court order. For reversal, Briggs argues that the bankruptcy court acted without authority because (1) the court was actually exercising contempt power which it did not have, and (2) the court lacked jurisdiction to rule upon matters that were the subject of a pending interlocutory…