Starbuck v. Esparza

The United States Bankruptcy Court judge for the Eastern District of Washington certified five questions of unsettled Washington law; the questions arose in a Chapter 12 bankruptcy proceeding and from an allied adversary proceeding in that court. RCW 2.60; RAP 16.16.

The Order of Certification lists 20 documents and records which the bankruptcy judge deemed material for our consideration. Order of Certification, at 4-5.

Also, we note that the bankruptcy court has held:(1) That; as against the bankruptcy estate of Cipriano Esparza, et ux., the statutory landlord Hen held by Tucker Starbuck is…