Legal Opinion
In Re: Laorphus Crawford, Debtor. Jack Ferm v. United States Trustee, in Re: Ibolya Rausch, Debtor. Jack Ferm v. United States Trustee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1999No. 97-16646, 97-16653PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Jack Ferm (“Ferm”) is a non-attorney bankruptcy petition preparer (“BPP”). In the course of preparing bankruptcy petitions for two debtors, Ferm did not include his own Social Security Number (“SSN”) on several documents submitted to the bankruptcy court, as required by 11 U.S.C. § 110(c). The bankruptcy court subsequently imposed fines against him totaling $800 for his failure to disclose his SSN, fines that were upheld on appeal to the district court. In these appeals, Ferm contends that § 110(c) violates his constitutional rights to privacy and equal…
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