Legal Opinion

Mullis v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 24, 1987No. 86-2331PublishedCited by 2,184 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TASHIMA, District Judge:

Appellant Tom Neeley Mullis (“Mullis” or “appellant”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his civil rights action against four bankruptcy judges (the “bankruptcy judge” or “judges”) of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (the “bankruptcy court”), the bankruptcy court clerk and two deputy clerks (the “clerk” or “clerks”) and a bankruptcy court trustee (“Martz” or the “trustee”). We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This dispute arises from the treatment of a bankruptcy petition. The complaint alleges that Mullis sent his wife to…

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