Legal Opinion

Ellsworth v. Lifescape Medical Associates, P.C. (In Re Ellsworth)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 29, 2011No. BAP No. AZ-10-1253-MkMaD. Bankruptcy No. 07-00986-CGCPublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARKELL, Bankruptcy Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Doctor Jessica Ellsworth, M.D., and Kenneth Ellsworth (jointly, the “Ells-worths”) appeal the bankruptcy court’s order granting the motion of Lifescape Medical Associates, P.C. (“Lifescape”) to dismiss the Ellsworths’ chapter 13 1 bankruptcy case with prejudice. The Ells-worths have not established that the bankruptcy court abused its discretion in dismissing their case with prejudice, nor have they established that any of the bankruptcy court’s key findings supporting that dismissal were clearly erroneous. Therefore, we AFFIRM.

FACTS

Lifescape is a…

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