Frank Williams v. Chester King

BYE, Circuit Judge.

Chester King moved for sanctions after Stephen Wyse, representing one of King’s creditors, filed suit in state court seeking in part to recover a debt discharged by King’s bankruptcy. After Wyse and his client, Frank Williams, failed to appear in opposition, the bankruptcy court 1 granted the motion. Wyse and Williams filed a motion for relief, which the bankruptcy court granted in part following an eviden-tiary hearing. Wyse and Williams filed a second motion for rehearing or relief, which the bankruptcy court denied. Wyse and Williams appealed to the Bankruptcy Appellate…