Medina v. Vander Poel

ORDER RE: APPEAL

LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL; District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case is on appeal from an Order of the bankruptcy court granting Appellee William P. Vander Poel’s motion for summary judgment, which held that Appellant Luis Medina’s claims against Appellee sounding in California’s “Private Attorney General Act” (“PAGA”), Cal. Labor Code §§ 2699-2699.3, were discharged under 11 U.S.C. § 727. Appellant’s Opening Brief (“Medina’s Brief’), Doc. 11 at 1.

II. UNDISPUTED FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

According to the complaint filed in the underlying adversary proceeding, Appellant filed a…