Legal Opinion
In Re: Michael W. Sheehan Wilhelmina Sheehan, Debtors. Yoji Oyama v. Michael W. Sheehan Wilhelmina Sheehan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2001No. 99-56391PublishedCited by 391 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge RASHIMA; Dissent by Judge FERGUSON
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
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Appellant Yoji Oyama filed an adversary proceeding to determine the debt of Michael Sheehan nondischargeable. Sheehan moved to dismiss for failure to serve the complaint on the debtor within the 120-day period provided in Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
The bankruptcy court granted Sheehan’s motion to dismiss, finding that there was no good cause under Rule 4(m) to extend the time period and that the excusable neglect provision of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(b) did not apply to a nondischarge-ability…
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