In Re Pettey

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND ON ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE ENTERED AGAINST DEBTOR ROBERT J. PETTEY AND ATTORNEY JOSEPH CZERWONKA

CAROL J. KENNER, Bankruptcy Judge.

The Debtor’s conduct in this case constitutes an egregious abuse of the Bankruptcy Code. Either intentionally or with reckless indifference to the rights of his creditors in bankruptcy, the Debtor omitted information from his bankruptcy schedules, statement of financial affairs, and creditor matrix and thereby excluded certain judgment creditors — two nieces to whom he owes a principal balance…