Smyth v. City of Oakland (In Re Brooks-Hamilton)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PERRIS, Bankruptcy Judge.
In these two appeals, the lawyer for a bankruptcy debtor appeals separate orders that imposed monetary sanctions on him for violation of Fed. R. Bankr.P. 9011 and prohibited him from practicing before the bankruptcy court in the Northern District of California for six months. Because the facts underlying both orders are the same, we will discuss both appeals in one Memorandum. For the reasons set out below, we AFFIRM in both appeals.
FACTS
Between 1996 and 1998, debtor Ralbert Rallington Brooks-Hamilton (debtor) borrowed a total of $500,000 from the City of…
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