Bushay v. McDonnell (In Re Bushay)

In this appeal from a final decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”), appellant Patricia Bushay, a Chapter 13 debtor, seeks further review of the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of her adversary complaint for failure to comply with a discovery order. We review the bankruptcy court’s ruling for abuse of discretion. See Bachier-Ortiz v. Colon-Mendoza, 331 F.3d 193, 194 (1st Cir.2003). Essentially for the reasons stated by the BAP in its thorough decision, see In re Bushay, 327 B.R. 695 (1st Cir.BAP2005), we affirm. We add only that appellant’s lack of notice argument is based on an…