Legal Opinion
Eskanos & Adler, P.C. v. Somkiat G. Leetien
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 7, 2002No. 01-56203PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUG, Circuit Judge.
Somkiat Leetien (“Leetien”) filed for bankruptcy. Shortly thereafter, her creditor, First Select, Inc. (“First Select”), through its legal counsel and collection agent, Eskanos & Adler (“Eskanos”), filed in state court a collection action against Leetien. The bankruptcy judge jointly sanctioned Eskanos and First Select $1,000 for willfully violating the automatic stay protection in federal bankruptcy law by failing to timely dismiss or stay the state collection action. The district court affirmed.
Eskanos appeals, claiming that federal bankruptcy law imposes no…
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