Pergament v. Yerushalmi (In Re Yerushalmi)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a January 7, 2010 order by United States Bankruptcy Judge Dorothy T. Eisenberg in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings of debtor Joseph Yerushalmi. Judge Eisenberg’s order granted summary judgment against Marc A. Pergament, the trustee of Yerushalmi’s bankruptcy estate denying the trustee’s attempt to recover certain assets from Ye-rushalmi’s family members. The trustee now appeals from Judge Eisenberg’s ruling. For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies the trustee’s appeal and affirms Judge Eisenberg’s…