In re Reeves

ORDER

W. HOMER DRAKE, JR., Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter constitutes a core proceeding, over which this Court has subject matter jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(A); In re Lehtinen, 332 B.R. 404 (9th Cir. BAP 2005) (attorney disciplinary matters arising during the course of an attorney’s representation of a debtor “in matters central to the administration” of the debtor’s case fit “comfortably within the ambit of a core proceeding”).

Factual Background

On July 19, 2004, Augustus and Juanita Reeves (hereinafter the “Debtors”), with the assistance of their counsel, Jonathan Melnick, filed a…