Legal Opinion

In Re Bankruptcy Petition Preparers

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 23, 2004No. BAP No. AZ-03-1592-BKMO, Adversary No. 03-00741-PHX-CGCPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BRANDT, Bankruptcy Judge.

The bankruptcy court issued a general order requiring every bankruptcy petition preparer (hereinafter, “BPP”) in the District of Arizona to be certified under a new state regulation scheme. Following a show cause hearing, it entered an order enjoining Roger Brown (“Brown” or “appellant”) from preparing any further documents for filing in bankruptcy court until he obtained certification. Brown appealed, seeking to vacate the injunction and challenging the validity of the general order to the extent it enforces the state rule.

The salient question is whether the…

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