In re Reece

MEMORANDUM OPINION

REBECCA B. CONNELLY, Bankruptcy Judge.

The question before this Court is whether the United States Trustee (UST) may proceed on her Motion to Dismiss pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 707(b) and (a) when the ease was not originally filed under chapter 7. The debtors seek dismissal of the UST’s motion because, according to the debtors: (1) section 707(b) does not apply to cases converted to chapter 7; and (2) section 707(a) is inapplicable to dismiss a case for “bad faith.” The Court disagrees with the debtors. For the reasons described below, the Court concludes a case originally…