Walton v. Sosne (In Re Walton)

VENTERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

This case involves an appeal from the bankruptcy court’s order sustaining the Chapter 7 Trustee’s objection to the Debt- or’s exemption of an Individual Retirement Account. Before the bankruptcy court, the Debtor failed to respond to the Trustee’s objection to his exemptions and, after the order sustaining the Trustee’s objection was entered, the Debtor did not ask the bankruptcy court to reconsider that decision. Instead, the Debtor filed this appeal.

The Trustee seeks to dismiss this appeal on the grounds that the Debtor lacks standing to pursue the appeal.…