Hawley v. Cement Industries, Inc.

Appellant appeals the district court’s affir-mance of the bankruptcy court’s denial of his Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharge, following creditor’s filing of an adversary proceeding under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(5). Because the bankruptcy court did not clearly err in denying Appellant’s discharge, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In September 1990, Appellant Phillip E. Hawley (“Appellant”) filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, claiming less than $20,000 in assets. In a signed statement dated June 15, 1989, Appellant listed his total assets at $13,-822,477, total liabilities at $1,876,814, and total net worth…