Harrington v. McKenna (In re Sanchez)

*265MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

Diane Finkle, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

Defendant Keven A. McKenna moves to dismiss this adversary proceeding in which the Plaintiff, in his capacity as the United States Trustee for Region One (“UST”), seeks to redress alleged violations of the Bankruptcy Code by Mr. McKenna serving in the bankruptcy case as a petition preparer.1 As grounds for dismissal, he asserts that the UST now lacks standing under 11 U.S.C. § 3072 to pursue these claims in this proceeding because the underlying bankruptcy case was dismissed on August 1, 2016 (Doc. # 6)…