Price v. Lehtinen (In Re Lehtinen)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRANDT, Bankruptcy Judge.
Jim Price, debtor’s counsel, appeals the order suspending him from practicing for three months in the bankruptcy court for the Northern District of California for sending, without his client’s consent, substitute counsel to her § 341 1 meeting, his non-appearance at her chapter 13 plan confirmation hearing (after which he mis informed her that her case had been dismissed), and for soliciting her to use his services as a real estate broker to sell her home.
We conclude that sanctions were warranted and that Price received due process, but the bankruptcy court…
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