Clear Sky Properties, LLC v. Roussell (In Re Roussel)

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

Blake Roussel filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. In an adversary proceeding, the bankruptcy court refused to apply collateral estoppel to a state judgment. It found nearly all the debt dischargeable. On appeal, the district court 1 reversed. It found nearly all the debt nondischargeable, but remanded the attorney-fee debt (including costs and expenses). Roussel appeals, asserting the district court erred in determining he was barred by collateral estoppel, committed defalcation while acting as a fiduciary, and acted willfully and maliciously. He…