Morris v. Peralta (In Re Peralta)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.
Appellant took a hard-line approach to the bankruptcy automatic stay after he repossessed the chapter 13 debtor’s vehicle: he insisted that the debtor prove a bankruptcy case was pending before he would return her vehicle and then quibbled for several days that the proof was not sufficiently official. Now he complains that the debtor did get something official: a $2,249.50 default judgment for willful stay violation.
We reject appellant’s contention that service of a summons and complaint by first-class mail was inadequate to establish personal jurisdiction and…
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