Smith v. Rojas (In Re Smith)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUNN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The bankruptcy court dismissed debtors’ chapter 132 cases on the basis that the debtors exceeded the § 109(e) unsecured debt limit for chapter 13 eligibility. Asserting that the bankruptcy court erred when it included in the unsecured debt calculation the amount owed on wholly unsecured junior consensual liens, the debtors appealed. We AFFIRM.
I. FACTS3
The parties in these cases are casualties of the steep decline in real property values that resulted when the so-called “Housing Bubble” burst.
The Smiths
On September 20, 2006, Russell and Joy Smith purchased their…
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