In re: Ian Nehemiah Gray and Cynthia Jackson Gray
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JURY, Bankruptcy Judge.
Chapter 7 debtors 1 Ian and Cynthia Gray appeal from the bankruptcy court’s order sustaining the chapter 7 trustee’s objection to an amended exemption on the grounds of bad faith. Because the Supreme Court in Law v. Siegel, — U.S. -, 134 S.Ct. 1188, 188 L.Ed.2d 146 (2014), determined that bankruptcy courts have no discretion either to disallow amended exemptions or to deny leave to amend exemptions based on equitable grounds not specified in the Bankruptcy Code, we VACATE and REMAND.
I. FACTS
Ian and Cynthia Gray (Debtors) filed their chapter 7 petition and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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